Mises Wire As we noted earlier this week, modern pundits are claiming modern American capitalism was built on a foundation of antebellum slavery. The contention is obviously false for no other reason …
In the past two hundred years, technology has transformed the human environment more than in the thousand years before. Until 1840, more than 70 percent of the American work force …
The money supply growth rate rose in July, climbing to a six-month high, but remaining well below the growth rates typically seen during 2017 and 2018. In July, year-over-year growth …
Last week, news of forest fires in South America received widespread media coverage. Sizable portions of the Amazon rainforest have burnt down and smoke has taken over the skies of …
Patrick Frey has more than two decades of experience as a Los Angeles prosecutor. Although he is an enthusiastic fan of Austro-libertarianism, Frey comes on the show to challenge Bob’s …
The government — we are told — is necessary to protect us from the excesses of capitalism, and whatever gripes the average person might have about their elected officials, almost …
As Congress mulls price controls on doctors and hospitals in the form of the Lower Health Care Costs (LHCC) Act, lawmakers must learn from history. Luckily, the message is abundantly …
As Congress mulls price controls on doctors and hospitals in the form of the Lower Health Care Costs (LHCC) Act, lawmakers must learn from history. Luckily, the message is abundantly …
[Originally published October 2006.] While it was the reading of Menger’s path-breaking book, Principles of Economics, by Mises’s own account that turned him into an economist,1 it was his attendance …
The Austrian school of economics, marked by its unique causal-realist approach, contributed many important insights to the development of economic science. However, regardless of their profound contribution, the Austrian school …