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How do new markets form? When consumers change their tastes and preferences and behaviors, how are the markets to serve them activated? The markets don’t yet exist — entrepreneurial action is required to create them. The answer to the question,

The Mali Empire flourished as a trading center and gold-producing region from the late Middle Ages into the mid-seventeenth century. Original Article: "The Mali Empire: An African Story of Gold and Greatness" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

Some experts hold that the key to economic growth is to strengthen the labor market, which is based on the view that because of the reduction in the number of unemployed workers, more individuals can afford to increase spending. As

Introduction With my talk, I would like to accomplish three goals: First, I want to explain some sound and time-tested basics of monetary theory. Second, I would like to point out why it is important to have a free market in money; that

There are themes in the West that are difficult to question without running the risk of receiving sharp criticism. For the following themes, for example, there is a position considered “correct” by Western collective opinion: “Welfare State,” “climate policy,” “multicultural

For all of the talk about "our democracy," there is a better way to protect the lives and property of people than just electing politicians. It is called sound money. Original Article: "Sound Money Can Prevent What Representative Democracy Does Not" This

The ongoing energy crunch has revealed the hypocritical, if not duplicitous, nature of the Western imposition of climate and energy transition goals on other nations. Of course, we care about environmental protection, but the current arrangement amounts to eco-colonialism, is

The value of the US dollar has risen during the Ukraine war. If peace breaks out, the dollar might be one of its casualties. Original Article: "The Story of War and Peace in the Currency Markets" This Audio Mises Wire is generously

The foreign policy establishments in the West, the United States in particular, have pursued an aggressive policy that has led to war. The sad result is moral theater in the West and death in Ukraine. Original Article: "Review: How the West Brought

Before it was destroyed by British aggression in 1755, the Acadian community in Nova Scotia provided a window into an anarcho-capitalist society that was cohesive and successful. Original Article: "The Acadian Community: An Anarcho-Capitalist Success Story" This Audio Mises Wire is generously