It’s Not Discrimination, Even When the Government Claims Otherwise
Governments are demanding there be "proportional" representation of women in professions that women historically have avoided. Those efforts will be unsuccessful. Original Article: "It's Not Discrimination, Even When the Government Claims Otherwise" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
As the Pentagon Fails Another Audit, Congress Wants to Spend Even More on “Defense”
In November, the Pentagon announced it had failed yet another audit. In spite of the fact the Department of Defense has had years to get its act together, the Pentagon still doesn't know how it spends or maintains its trillions
Born on the Tenth of January
If Tom Cruise was Born on the Fourth of July, then he can thank Thomas Paine, who can be said to have been born on January 10, 1776, with the publication of his incendiary essay Common Sense. In this pamphlet, which
Bartley J. Madden: Value Creation Principles
Value for customers is the purpose of all entrepreneurial business. Firms big and small must know, follow, and adhere to the principles of value creation. This is pragmatic not theoretical — the consequence of a failure to do so is
How the Middle-Class Dining Room Revolutionized Domestic Life
For families and friends gathering for Thanksgiving this year, many will assemble in a room called the "dining room." This is a modern luxury made possible by the bourgeois merchants of old. Original Article: "How the Middle-Class Dining Room Revolutionized Domestic Life" This Audio
The Ongoing Covid Deceptions: How Ruling Elites Lied about Masks and Mask Mandates
The mishandling of the covid-19 pandemic by global elites has severely eroded confidence in expert opinion. New information is emerging that senior officials doubted policies that were foisted upon the American public. By sharing the results of his deposition with
“Classical Liberalism” Will Never Satisfy the Left
“Today the tenets of this nineteenth-century philosophy of liberalism are almost forgotten. In the United States “liberal” means today a set of ideas and political postulates that in every regard are the opposite of all that liberalism meant to the
Who Pays Wealth Tax: The Rich or the Poor?
Spain's government is attempting to levy a wealth tax ostensibly to be "in solidarity with the poor." Because wealth taxes ultimately help lower real wages, there will be more poor people to share in the "solidarity." Original Article: "Who Pays Wealth Tax:
Do Falling Prices Cause or Predict a Recession?
In the midst of excessive US economic and geopolitical uncertainties due to rampant inflation and the continuing Russian invasion of Ukraine, the 7.7 percent October inflation report comes as a small relief. The unemployment rate touched 3.7 percent in October, remaining