Joe Weisenthal Thinks Debasing the Dollar Is the Moral Thing to Do
Joe Weisenthal is an editor and host at Bloomberg who has recently been using his large Twitter platform to cast stones at the inflation hawks. In one recent thread, Weisenthal mocked the people worried about the falling purchasing power of the
Nullification Works: Republicans Look to Legalize Marijuana as States Ignore Federal Drug War
The ongoing success of the cannabis nullification effort has shown the uselessness of those who repeatedly chant slogans about “federal supremacy” and “If you don’t like the (federal) law, change it.” Original Article: "Nullification Works: Republicans Look to Legalize Marijuana as
Since 2008, Monetary Policy Has Cost American Savers about $4 Trillion
After thirteen years with on average negative real returns to conservative savings, it is time to require the Federal Reserve to address its impact on savers. Original Article: "Since 2008, Monetary Policy Has Cost American Savers about $4 Trillion" This Audio Mises
Why Don’t Police Unions Protect Whistleblowers?
Sergeant Javier Esqueda of the Joliet Police Department in Illinois thought he was doing the right thing by leaking a video recorded from inside of a squad car that showed a black man, Eric Lurry, in medical distress from a
Garet Garrett’s “The Revolution Was”
Garet Garrett was among the most important figures from the literary, political, and laissez-faire economic traditions of the Old Right, but his name is hardly known today. In 1938 he penned "The Revolution Was," a remarkable essay about FDR's revolutionary
The Inca Empire: An Indigenous Leviathan State
One of the realities that nullifies persistent interpretations of the European colonization of the Americas as a cataclysm of subjugation is the existence of state exploitation in the precontact New World. As I have recently shown, many common Indians lived
Antitrust Regulation Assumes Bureaucrats Know the “Correct” Amount of Competition
The process of learning what’s most efficient and profitable includes merging with competitors and taking over different stages of the supply chain—all tactics that would be considered in violation of current antitrust laws. Original Article: "Antitrust Regulation Assumes Bureaucrats Know the
Is Price Stability Really a Good Thing?
Contrary to popular thinking, there is no such thing as a price level that should be stabilized by the central bank in order to promote economic prosperity. Original Article: "Is Price Stability Really a Good Thing?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously
Menger the Revolutionary
"There never lived at the same time," wrote Ludwig von Mises, "more than a score of men whose work contributed anything essential to economics." One of those men was Carl Menger (1840–1921), Professor of Political Economy at the University of Vienna
Smallpox: The Historical Myths behind Mandatory Vaccines
Throughout the corona “pandemic” the Holy Grail of public health officials has been vaccination: only by vaccinating enough people—first the elderly and infirm, then all adults, and now even children—can the nefarious virus be beaten. As vaccination has proven less