February 2023

During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden uncorked a series of howlers that eventually spurred heckling from Republican members of Congress. Pundits raced to condemn the backlash to Biden “You saw real white trash on display,” declared

Mark Thornton takes a look back at US stock markets, the national debt, and Fed policy (ZIRP, money supply, and its balance sheet). "After the Boom Must Come the Bust" (Radio Rothbard): Mises.org/MI_06_A Austrian Economic Research Conference: AustrianEconomics.org Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues.

China has created a crackdown cycle that is hurting the entrepreneurial spirit. Original Article: "The Chinese Communist Party Is Creating a Crackdown Economy" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

While President Joe Biden's White House continues to give happy talk about the economy, some major economic storm clouds are brewing. The future does not look good. Original Article: "You Think the Global Economy Is Brightening? Beware: The Big Hit Is Yet

The fact the money supply is actually shrinking serves as just one more indicator that the so-called soft landing promised by the Federal Reserve is unlikely to be a reality.  Original Article: "More Recession Signs: Money Supply Growth Went Negative Again in December" This Audio Mises

[This article is the Introduction to Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.] The world is now, and has always been, politically decentralized. At no time in history has all of humankind been ruled by a single

Now that a few days have passed and the hysteria has come down slightly, perhaps a few sane thoughts might be added to what has otherwise been a microcosm of everything that is wrong with America’s warmongering media and political

The following is excerpted from Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market, by Murray N. Rothbard (Mises Institute, 2004), pp. 1297–1327 (notes removed). There are two types of ethical criticisms that can be made of the free-market system. One type

Mark Thornton looks at how much money Americans will spend on the Super Bowl this year and discusses the accuracy of the Super Bowl Stock Market Indicator. Be sure to follow Minor Issues at Mises.org/MinorIssues.

Mises Institute scholar and Troy University business school Dean Allen Mendenhall is among the leading critics of woke capital. He leads a new initiative against the perverse investment practices demanded by ESG/DEI commissars, and joins Jeff Deist to discuss both the origins of "stakeholder"