Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All
Among Mises's contributions was his doctrine of consumer sovereignty in a free market. Original Article: "Consumers, Workers, and Monopolies: Free Markets Serve All" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
It Didn’t Begin with FDR: Currency Devaluation in the Third Century Roman Empire
Since the reordering of Augustus, during the first two centuries of the empire, the Roman state manipulated the intrinsic value of the denarius argenteus, the main axis of the imperial monetary system, from the theoretical 3.892 grams and between 97.0
The Economy Is a Mess: What Lessons Will We Learn?
As inflation advances and the economy slowly implodes, we also learn valuable lessons. Original Article: "The Economy Is a Mess: What Lessons Will We Learn?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
World Dollar Hegemony Is Ending (and That May Be a Good Thing)
The end of world dollar hegemony is coming and hardly anyone in government is taking notice or even understands what this means. Since the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the dollar has been the only currency accepted throughout the world
The Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran
The Ponzi game known as selling US government debt is nearing its end. The seller is running out of suckers. Original Article: "The Petrodollar-Saudi Axis Is Why Washington Hates Iran" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
Rothbard on Gold
At a time when inflation once again ravages the dollar, we recall Murray Rothbard's wisdom in his article "The Case for a Genuine Gold Dollar." Original Article: "Rothbard on Gold" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '
Changing of the Guard: Can Musk Deliver on His Promises for Free Speech and Information?
While Elon Musk says he will bring free speech back to Twitter, the forces of statism will not be still. The jury is out on how successful Musk's experiment will be. Original Article: "Changing of the Guard: Can Musk Deliver on His
Are Robots and AI Really Going to Displace All Workers? Probably Not
Among the components of the World Economic Forum’s Great Reset are a drastically reduced population and the replacement of human labor with robots and artificial intelligence (AI). The question immediately comes to mind: can robots and AI really make all
Multinational Agrichemical Corporations and the Great Food Transformation
In July 2022, the Canadian government announced its intention to reduce “emissions from the application of fertilizers by 30 percent from 2020 levels by 2030.” In the previous month, the government of the Netherlands publicly stated that it would implement
The Number of Employed Workers Fell in October and Price Inflation Continues to Outpace Wages
In another sign of weakness for the job market, the total number of employed persons in the United States fell, month over month, in October. That's the third time in the last seven months this total has fallen, dropping to