The Great Capitalist Novel
I first heard of Garet Garrett when Murray Rothbard mentioned him in What Has Government Done to Our Money? James Grant said he was one of his heroes (James Grant is one of my heroes). When I finally got the
Federal Control of Abortion Laws Is Modern Colonialism
The proabortion centralist line of "accept our definition of human rights, or else" is what we'd expect from the imperialists of old who claimed the "savages" in the colonies couldn't be trusted with self-government. Original Article: "Federal Control of Abortion Laws Is Modern
To Succeed, the AfCFTA Must Be about Actual Free Trade, Not Government-Managed “Free Trade”
The African Continent Free Trade Area has the potential to serve Africans and bring about better living standards. However, it is threatened by government attempts to "manage" trade. Original Article: "To Succeed, the AfCFTA Must Be about Actual Free Trade, Not
Does an Increase in Demand Cause Economic Growth? How Keynesians Reverse the Roles of Demand and Supply
According to John Maynard Keynes: The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful than is commonly understood. Indeed, the world is ruled by little else. Practical men, who believe themselves
Politicizing Mass Shootings Only Guarantees There Will Be More of Them
American life is thoroughly politicized, to the point where there seems to be a talking points template to discuss anything that occurs. Thus, in the aftermath of the Robb Elementary School shooting in Uvalde, Texas, the same script is replayed
The Fed’s Latest Housing Bubble
After the 2008 housing bust, the government supposedly set up a fail-safe mortgage program aimed at preventing future bubbles. It failed. Original Article: "The Fed's Latest Housing Bubble" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
The German Rejection of Classical Economics
1. The German Rejection of Classical Economics The hostility that the teachings of Classical economic theory encountered on the European continent was primarily caused by political prepossessions. Political economy as developed by several generations of English thinkers, brilliantly expounded by Hume
Davos Man Is at It Again: The 2022 Annual Meeting of the World Economic Forum
The annual meeting of the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos is perhaps the world’s most unpopular conference, and the WEF’s founder and chairman, Klaus Schwab, one of the world’s most despised figures. Often compared to “Dr. Evil,” the character
Christian Sandstrom: Why Governments Can’t Act Entrepreneurially
A strange strand of thought has emerged in European political economy circles that has been given the name of The Entrepreneurial State. The headline claim is that the state (i.e., nation state governments) can and should intervene in the economy