Mises Wire Some blame high prices, wages, the Ukraine war, or the weak recovery. The fact is currency destruction is at the heart of generalized price rises everywhere. Original Article: “Commodities Do …
The usual “experts” claim inflation is a general increase in the price level. Wrong. Prices rise because of inflation, which is a government-caused increase in the amount of money in …
Jeff and Bob discuss whether America has its own oligarchs instead of Hoppe’s “natural elites.” Hoppe’s essay mises.org/Hoppe338 Jeff on the wrong elites: mises.org/WrongElites Bob on Piketty’s bad inequality numbers: …
Lenin called World War I a war among the capitalists of Europe. He was wrong. It was a war among oligarchs, statists who extract wealth from legitimate economic activity at …
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has brought all sorts of debates and revelations into the limelight, ranging from the laundry list of interventions enacted by the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO), …
In this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan McMaken and Tho Bishop mock the self-awareness of beltway foreign policy experts lamenting Putin’s challenge to “rules-based international order.” With countries like India …
As the Russian invasion of Ukraine enters its second month, much is still in flux and our information is far from perfect, but three things stand out. First, Vladimir Putin appears …
Events in Ukraine are happening very fast, and if I tried to predict what will happen there, my prediction would soon be overtaken by events. But one thing is certain. …
“To mount an effective response to the reigning egalitarianism of our age, therefore, it is necessary but scarcely sufficient to demonstrate the absurdity, the anti-scientific nature, the self-contradictory nature, of …
The invasion of Ukraine, the spike in inflation and the risks of supply shortages have made some politicians dust off some of the worst economic ideas in history: autarky and protectionism. Some believe that if …