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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. '

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

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

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

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

Many economists, including Milton Friedman, have believed that since it is impossible to establish “how things really work,” the underlying assumptions of a model are unimportant. Anything goes provided the model can yield good predictions. Friedman wrote: The ultimate goal of

More than forty years ago, California voters enthusiastically passed Proposition 13, which limited property tax hikes. Politicians have been lying about it ever since. Original Article: "Why Proposition 13 and Attacking It Are Both Popular" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by

Jeff joins Chris Casey of WindRock Wealth Management for a deep analysis of next week's punishing midterm elections.

In last week’s column, I mentioned that regulation of drugs was among the important subjects Andrew Koppelman discusses in his thoughtful book Burning Down the House, and this week I’d like to look at what he has to say on

Government economists "seasonally adjust" data in order to better respond with policy recommendations to deal with business cycles. The problem is that government causes the cycles. Original Article: "Are Seasonally Adjusted Economic Data Useful?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher