Are “Progressive” Prosecutors Real Reformers or Leftists Acting in Bad Faith?
The surge of "progressive" prosecutors, many funded by George Soros, has been followed by increases in violent crime. Original Article: "Are "Progressive" Prosecutors Real Reformers or Leftists Acting in Bad Faith?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
How the Policy of Price Stability Generates Greater Economic Instability
Many mainstream economists believe that economic stability refers to an absence of excessive fluctuations in the overall economy. An economy with constant output growth and low and stable price inflation is likely to be regarded as stable, while an economy
Biggar Thy Neighbor
Nigel Biggar, a recently retired professor of theology at Oxford University, has never shunned controversy, as the title of one of his books, In Defence of War, suggests. In this week’s column, I’d like to examine an article of his,
Bringing the Truth
The best people in the world support the Mises Institute. Will you join them? Who are they? People just like you. People who happen to care deeply about human liberty and human flourishing. People who care about real economics. People who
The Fed Is Finally Seeing the Magnitude of the Mess It Created
The Fed's entire "strategy" can be summed up as "hike 'til it breaks, cut 'til it inflates." That's the best all those PhDs at the Fed have managed to come up with. Original Article: "The Fed Is Finally Seeing the Magnitude of the
The Secessionist French Classical Liberals: Molinari and Dunoyer
Back in 1976, Joseph Salerno lamented that "there exists today in Anglo-American economics a veritable 'conspiracy of silence' regarding the works and achievements of the French Liberal School of Economics." Not a whole lot has changed since then, and the same can
What Drove the Industrian Revolution in Britain? It Wasn’t Slavery
The link between the transatlantic slave trade and industrial growth in Britain is a recurring theme in public discussions. There is a widespread assumption that the profitability of the slave trade requires Britain to compensate the descendants of Africans, since
What Will Germans Do without Russian Gas?
Ryan and Tho talk with Mises.org author and German native Rosanna Weber about the energy crisis in Germany. German policymakers have greatly worsened the ongoing energy crisis in Germany by abandoning nuclear energy and taking a hard line on Russian natural gas.
Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control
While officials in the White House, Treasury, and the Fed give the appearance of being in control, but in truth, they cannot undo the damage they have done. Original Article: "Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control" This Audio Mises
Unscrambling Socialism from Our Economic Order: Wisdom from Leonard Read
Many years ago, in his “Unscrambling Socialism” (Notes from FEE, November 1964), Leonard Read wrote: Any adept student of human action knows that it isn’t enough merely to “drop anchor” in today’s sea of socialism, that is, to stop where we