https://mises.org/ en Tue, 16 Jun 26 11:00:00 -0500 https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surged Sure, the earnings average was up year over year, but prices increased more than earnings did. In fact, price inflation hit a 38-month high in May. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/real-wages-fell-second-month-price-inflation-surged https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-40-year-war-psychiatry Hooking people on bogus labels and antidepressants has already ruined too many American lives. Passing out millions more psychiatric Purple Hearts will not make this nation happier or more sane. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT James Bovard https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-40-year-war-psychiatry https://mises.org/power-market/media-says-was-blowout-jobs-report-closer-look-suggests-otherwise For many ordinary workers—many of which are stuck with part-time work and falling real wages—it's hard to see how this is a "blowout" jobs report. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/media-says-was-blowout-jobs-report-closer-look-suggests-otherwise https://mises.org/library/book/against-state Tue, 16 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. https://mises.org/library/book/against-state https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-all-billionaires-thieves-or-can-one-legitimately-earn-wealth According to AOC and Bernie Sanders, it is impossible for someone to obtain a billion dollars of income by any means beyond theft. How much of a mega-income is due to entrepreneurial profit and how much is a wealth transfer? Tue, 16 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Clifford F. Thies https://mises.org/mises-wire/are-all-billionaires-thieves-or-can-one-legitimately-earn-wealth https://mises.org/power-market/congresss-failure-libertys-gain Tue, 16 Jun 2026 10:30:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/congresss-failure-libertys-gain https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:55:22 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard https://mises.org/power-market/rockwells-against-state-now-available-free-online Tue, 16 Jun 2026 09:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/rockwells-against-state-now-available-free-online https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation When inflation surges, the first thing on the government's agenda is for the Federal Reserve to try to force up interest rates. However, as Frank Shostak writes, that might not be the best strategy. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 08:25:47 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard Economists like Harold Demsetz and Ronald Coase based their property rights views on utilitarianism. Murray Rothbard based his on justice. Tue, 16 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-justice-mattered-rothbard https://mises.org/notes-margin/bank-japan-raises-rates-31-year-high-flags-more-come BOJ says it may "tighten further as it focuses on taming price pressures from the Iran-war-induced energy shock". Tue, 16 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/bank-japan-raises-rates-31-year-high-flags-more-come https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets Prediction markets, while obviously imperfect, still work well because people voluntarily put their money where their beliefs are. Naturally, the government wants to shut them down. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:35:57 CDT Angelo Monaco https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets https://mises.org/mises-wire/ignoramus-chief-declares-i-love-inflation That wasn’t a misquote; Trump actually said I love the inflation—do take a moment to let that sink in. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Vincent Cook https://mises.org/mises-wire/ignoramus-chief-declares-i-love-inflation https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope Unfortunately, the Pope does not understand the role that monetary inflation plays in fueling AI's excesses. If he did, he might lead a necessary anti-AI spiritual alliance for sound money. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 01:04:12 CDT Brendan Brown https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared In spite of repeated claims from the Federal Reserve that monetary policy is at least moderately restrictive, there is no sign of any slowing in money-supply growth. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:12:46 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared https://mises.org/mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation When inflation surges, the first thing on the government's agenda is for the Federal Reserve to try to force up interest rates. However, as Frank Shostak writes, that might not be the best strategy. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/raising-interest-rates-does-not-counter-inflation https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state Regulatory systems are infamous for creating “traps” in seem to be impervious to reform. Regulators seek to “drain the swamp,” but, instead, find themselves up to their necks in alligators. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 09:25:13 CDT Thiago V. S. Coelho https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state https://mises.org/power-market/nothing-should-be-nationalized Mon, 15 Jun 2026 08:00:00 CDT Laurence M. Vance https://mises.org/power-market/nothing-should-be-nationalized https://mises.org/power-market/crucial-goal-environmental-activists-reject The very term “environmental activist” tells us that Greta and her ilk care not a whit for the betterment of mankind, except in the most theoretical and secondary way. It is the “environment” that is the end goal. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 07:00:00 CDT Patrick Barron https://mises.org/power-market/crucial-goal-environmental-activists-reject https://mises.org/notes-margin/oil-execs-sound-alarm-over-dwindling-stockpiles For more than 15 weeks, the world has had to dip into oil tanks and strategic reserves to make up for the millions of barrels of oil trapped behind the strait. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/oil-execs-sound-alarm-over-dwindling-stockpiles https://mises.org/mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state Regulatory systems are infamous for creating “traps” that seem to be impervious to reform. Regulators seek to “drain the swamp,” but, instead, find themselves up to their necks in alligators. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Thiago V. S. Coelho https://mises.org/mises-wire/moloch-regulatory-state https://mises.org/notes-margin/federal-reserve-surveys-warn-rising-inflation-and-food-costs-2026 It turns out printing $6 trillion during the Covid Panic has some longer term effects. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/federal-reserve-surveys-warn-rising-inflation-and-food-costs-2026 https://mises.org/notes-margin/swiss-voters-reject-proposal-population-cap Switzerland’s population has grown far faster than that of surrounding EU states, rising by 23% since the free movement agreement came into effect in 2002. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/swiss-voters-reject-proposal-population-cap https://mises.org/notes-margin/natanyahu-has-failed-iran-so-far US-Israel's plan to make Iran a failed state like Syria has failed. The US didn't even get Iran's enriched uranium. Mon, 15 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/natanyahu-has-failed-iran-so-far https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/feds-real-job-propping-dollar-reserve-currency-status Alexander Salter and Joshua Hendrickson argue that the Fed's actual institutional role is to backstop U.S. dollar hegemony. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 09:31:00 CDT Robert P. Murphy, Joshua Hendrickson, Alexander Salter https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/feds-real-job-propping-dollar-reserve-currency-status https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/why-politicians-lie-and-how-easy-money-keeps-boom-alive Mark Thornton reviews John Mearsheimer’s Why Do Politicians Lie? and connects political deception abroad to the Fed-driven distortions now warping markets, money, and the working class. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/why-politicians-lie-and-how-easy-money-keeps-boom-alive https://mises.org/mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope Unfortunately, the Pope does not understand the role that monetary inflation plays in fueling AI’s excesses. If he did, he might lead a necessary anti-AI spiritual alliance for sound money. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT Brendan Brown https://mises.org/mises-wire/sound-money-artificial-intelligence-and-pope https://mises.org/mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets Prediction markets, while obviously imperfect, still work well because people voluntarily put their money where their beliefs are. Naturally, the government wants to shut them down. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Angelo Monaco https://mises.org/mises-wire/fear-signal-why-state-urgently-wants-bind-prediction-markets https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south Before the Nat Turner Rebellion and the rise of militant abolitionism in the North, there were more anti-slavery societies in the South than in the northern states. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south Before the Nat Turner Rebellion and the rise of militant abolitionism in the North, there were more anti-slavery societies in the South than in the northern states. Sat, 13 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/abolitionist-movement-antebellum-south https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rothbard-calculus-consent In today's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon revisits The Calculus of Consent by James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock, considered a "classic" by mainstream economists. Murray Rothbard, however, dissented loudly. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:05:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rothbard-calculus-consent https://mises.org/mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared In spite of repeated claims from the Federal Reserve that monetary policy is at least moderately restrictive, there is no sign of any slowing in money-supply growth. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/april-money-supply-growth-hit-49-month-high-and-prices-soared https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism Egalitarian interpreters of the Declaration not only empower the centralized state but promote a view of “equality” that shares a common ethical error with slavery itself—that legal castes of humans may be created and enforced against the liberty of others. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:02:02 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism https://mises.org/mises-wire/brazils-monetary-hangover-why-lulas-fiscal-push-keeps-interest-rates-high The US is not the only country with an out-of-control central bank. Brazilians are feeling the pain from decades of irresponsible central bank and government decisions. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Antonio Vladika https://mises.org/mises-wire/brazils-monetary-hangover-why-lulas-fiscal-push-keeps-interest-rates-high https://mises.org/power-market/crisis-fed-no-one-talks-about Fri, 12 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Alex J. Pollock https://mises.org/power-market/crisis-fed-no-one-talks-about https://mises.org/power-market/sabrin-naples-daily-news-why-property-taxes-should-be-abolished Fri, 12 Jun 2026 09:00:00 CDT Murray Sabrin https://mises.org/power-market/sabrin-naples-daily-news-why-property-taxes-should-be-abolished https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism Egalitarian interpreters of the Declaration not only empower the centralized state but promote a view of “equality” that shares a common ethical error with slavery itself—that legal castes of humans may be created and enforced against the liberty of others. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-independence-versus-egalitarianism https://mises.org/notes-margin/how-cia-conjured-ukrainian-nationalism A late 1953 Agency memo documents how the CIA for years broadcast “black radio transmissions” in Ukrainian from a secret CIA installation in Athens, Greece. Fri, 12 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/how-cia-conjured-ukrainian-nationalism https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/ndaas-attempt-election-proof-us-israel-relations On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho look at the debate over the latest National Defense Authorization Act. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:10:00 CDT Tho Bishop, Ryan McMaken, Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/ndaas-attempt-election-proof-us-israel-relations https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change Not surprisingly, the present government is rapidly politicizing artificial intelligence. We don’t have to look far for disastrous results. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:08:47 CDT Joseph Solis-Mullen https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done The covid lockdowns were useless for public health, but they vastly strengthened government’s stranglehold over our lives. We cannot allow this to happen again. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:02:12 CDT Jeremy E. Powell https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done https://mises.org/mises-wire/stolen-once-stolen-twice-libertarian-case-against-zimbabwes-land-grabs The history of Zimbabwe has been one of stolen property and missed opportunities. It is time to recognize the importance of private property rights. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Constantine Taurai https://mises.org/mises-wire/stolen-once-stolen-twice-libertarian-case-against-zimbabwes-land-grabs https://mises.org/power-market/heres-what-new-fed-chairman-kevin-warsh-might-be-thinking-about-right-now Thu, 11 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Alex J. Pollock https://mises.org/power-market/heres-what-new-fed-chairman-kevin-warsh-might-be-thinking-about-right-now https://mises.org/mises-wire/magnifica-humanitas-ai-and-state Pope Leo’s recent encyclical on Artificial Intelligence makes some good points but also has weaknesses. Ulrich Fromy explains. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Ulrich Fromy https://mises.org/mises-wire/magnifica-humanitas-ai-and-state https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler Despite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created social strife in the US, but also was exported to Germany, where the Nazis embraced it. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 09:23:23 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler https://mises.org/power-market/why-thales-still-matters When Thales of Miletus asked what underlying principle governed the cosmos, he inaugurated something far greater than a theory about nature. He introduced the conviction that reality possesses an intelligible order accessible to human reason. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 07:00:00 CDT Marcos Giansante https://mises.org/power-market/why-thales-still-matters https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler Despite attempts to whitewash its past, progressivism was a poisonous ideology from the beginning. One of its worst legacies is eugenics, which not only created social strife in the US, but also was exported to Germany, where the Nazis embraced it. Thu, 11 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-american-progressives-influenced-hitler https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change Not surprisingly, the present government is rapidly politicizing artificial intelligence. We don’t have to look far for disastrous results. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Joseph Solis-Mullen https://mises.org/mises-wire/ai-creative-destruction-and-politicization-economic-change https://mises.org/power-market/nba-finals-and-new-york-knicks-unfair-ticket-prices The New York Knicks are in the NBA Finals for the first time in 27 years and high ticket prices provide an opportunity to debunk common economic fallacies. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Josh Bozzick https://mises.org/power-market/nba-finals-and-new-york-knicks-unfair-ticket-prices https://mises.org/mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done The covid lockdowns were useless for public health, but they vastly strengthened government’s stranglehold over our lives. We cannot allow this to happen again. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Jeremy E. Powell https://mises.org/mises-wire/potential-lockdowns-polarization-and-what-should-be-done https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west Contrary to the myth that kings routinely ruled over cowed subordinates by "divine right" in the Middle Ages, civil governments of the period faced countless institutional obstacles to the exercise of power. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 07:48:57 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west https://mises.org/power-market/we-should-not-integrate-our-military-any-foreign-nation Wed, 10 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/we-should-not-integrate-our-military-any-foreign-nation https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-iran-predicament-his-own-fault Trump is trapped in a genuinely difficult situation as he tries to reach a deal with Iran. But it is a crisis of his own making. Also, the establishment figures now condemning him should not be allowed to pretend they had nothing to do with it. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-iran-predicament-his-own-fault https://mises.org/notes-margin/remembering-uss-liberty On June 8, 1967, the U.S.S. Liberty was attacked by the State of Israel. Our “greatest ally” killed 34 Liberty crew members and wounded 173. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/remembering-uss-liberty https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-claims-iran-peace-deal-imminent-38th-time President Donald Trump claims a peace deal with Iran is only "two or three" days away. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-claims-iran-peace-deal-imminent-38th-time https://mises.org/notes-margin/killing-mood-smartphones-reduce-birth-rate-studies-say "The introduction of the smartphone " played a sizable role in the decline in US births" after 2007 as it shaped people's behavior with less in-person contact. Wed, 10 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/killing-mood-smartphones-reduce-birth-rate-studies-say https://mises.org/mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west Contrary to the myth that kings routinely ruled over cowed subordinates by "divine right" in the Middle Ages, civil governments of the period faced countless institutional obstacles to the exercise of power. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/medieval-europeans-paved-way-freedom-west https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/scholarly-takedown-mmt-emmanuel-maggiori-theorys-fatal-flaws Bob sits down with economist Emmanuel Maggiori to discuss his new book that engages MMT on its own terms, drawing on the MMTers' own textbook, papers, and responses to critics. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 03:15:28 CDT Robert P. Murphy, Emmanuel Maggiori https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/scholarly-takedown-mmt-emmanuel-maggiori-theorys-fatal-flaws https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-cia-covid-cover The US government coverup of the origins on the covid virus that hit the world in 2020 was bad enough, but now we know that the CIA itself was involved. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Vincent Cook https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-cia-covid-cover https://mises.org/power-market/self-defense-and-right-exclude If a property owner, or someone acting under the owner’s authority, deploys physical force to remove an intruder from the premises, does that use of force by the owner against the intruder give the intruder a right to “self-defense”? Tue, 09 Jun 2026 01:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/power-market/self-defense-and-right-exclude https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports The current free-for-all in Division I NCAA sports is not the product of a free market, but rather is chaos being imposed by the courts and government agencies. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:50:11 CDT Tho Bishop https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports The current free-for-all in Division I NCAA sports is not the product of a free market, but rather is chaos being imposed by the courts and government agencies. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Tho Bishop https://mises.org/mises-wire/anarcho-tyranny-killing-college-sports https://mises.org/power-market/prussian-assembly-line-praxeological-sovereignty-and-separation-school-and-state The contemporary school system operates as a direct administrative descendant of the nineteenth-century Prussian factory model. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:00:00 CDT Ely Valentino Binet Batista https://mises.org/power-market/prussian-assembly-line-praxeological-sovereignty-and-separation-school-and-state https://mises.org/mises-wire/hazards-criticizing-lincolns-war Domestic opposition to a government’s war is almost always seen as seditious—even if the criticisms are right. Whether it was war pursued by Abraham Lincoln or our modern wars of aggression, the attacks on the war critics are always the same. Tue, 09 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/hazards-criticizing-lincolns-war https://mises.org/notes-margin/video-message-radicals-and-moderates Prof. Dr. Karl-Friedrich Israel delivers the Laudatio in honor of Dr. Ron Paul, recipient of the 2026 Hayek Medal awarded at the Annual Conference of the German Hayek Society on May 22, 2026, in Münster, Germany. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 12:20:00 CDT Karl-Friedrich Israel https://mises.org/notes-margin/video-message-radicals-and-moderates https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-economy-headed-bust Does a recession loom in our future? Given the irresponsibility of the government’s economic policies, the short answer has to be “yes.” Mon, 08 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-economy-headed-bust https://mises.org/power-market/false-signals One must ask the decisive question: if fiat money is genuinely superior, why would coercion be required to impose it upon those who would supposedly benefit from its existence? Mon, 08 Jun 2026 07:00:00 CDT Roman Kireev https://mises.org/power-market/false-signals https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule As AI continues to grow, we are told to fear private transactions and to depend on the state for safety and security. The reality is that we need to fear the state and what it will do to us as technology becomes increasingly sophisticated. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 06:01:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule https://mises.org/mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule As AI continues to grow, we are told to fear private transactions and to depend on the state for safety and security. The reality is that we need to fear the state and what it will do to us as technology becomes increasingly sophisticated. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/were-freaking-doomed-without-freedom-state-rule https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-administration-launches-largest-ever-effort-denaturalize-us-citizens Federal law has long allowed the government to try to denaturalize foreign-born U.S. citizens who officials believe committed fraud to obtain their citizenship. Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-administration-launches-largest-ever-effort-denaturalize-us-citizens https://mises.org/power-market/jobs-created-or-lost-past-month-or-decade Mon, 08 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT D.W. MacKenzie https://mises.org/power-market/jobs-created-or-lost-past-month-or-decade https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/taxpayers-vs-tax-consumers-rothbards-real-theory-taxes-and-spending Taxes and spending don’t “balance out.” Mark Thornton channels Rothbard: taxes compound the damage—distorting markets, rewarding the political class, and grinding down real living standards. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/taxpayers-vs-tax-consumers-rothbards-real-theory-taxes-and-spending https://mises.org/mises-wire/civilizations-are-transaction-costs As Hayek noted, civilizations do not arise from political decrees, nor are they the simple product of culture. The costs of transacting exchanges also play an important role. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT Vladyslav Manzyuk https://mises.org/mises-wire/civilizations-are-transaction-costs https://mises.org/mises-wire/affordability-crisis-sovereign-debt-problem As economic uncertainty grows, the authorities turn to their only “solution”: increase sovereign debt and ratchet up inflation. Sat, 06 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Michael Dioguardi https://mises.org/mises-wire/affordability-crisis-sovereign-debt-problem https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard This key decision of the Continental Congress matters because the way a war is fought affects the outcomes; the choice to fight like a state means either losing or winning like a state. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 04:12:13 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard https://mises.org/mises-wire/brazils-public-sector-supersalaries-state-inequalitys-overlooked-engine A modern myth is that the more government taxes and spends, the more “equality” it brings. Brazil is proving that is not the case. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 02:00:00 CDT Mateus Bernardino https://mises.org/mises-wire/brazils-public-sector-supersalaries-state-inequalitys-overlooked-engine https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rothbard-scientism Murray Rothbard, like other Austrian economists, believed that the heavy use of mathematics in economic analysis damaged economic understanding instead of enhancing it. This wasn’t science, he said; it was “scientism.” Fri, 05 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/rothbard-scientism https://mises.org/mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard This key decision of the Continental Congress matters because the way a war is fought affects the outcomes; the choice to fight like a state means either losing or winning like a state. Fri, 05 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/charles-lee-alternative-george-washington-youve-probably-never-heard https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy According to the University of Michigan’s latest Index of Consumer Sentiment, a record number of Americans have negative views of the economy. This is yet more evidence that the American people are dissatisfied with their economic condition. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:28:02 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/subjective-nature-time-bergson-mises Time is a unique resource in economics because we cannot create more of it and are subject to its limitations. Ludwig von Mises and the Austrians understand the role of time in economic better than most other mainstream economists. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 01:23:11 CDT Ulrich Fromy https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/subjective-nature-time-bergson-mises https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge Thanks to the Fed’s creation of asset bubbles, the US economy is producing many billionaires. However, the savvy entrepreneur is becoming increasingly scarce. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:18:49 CDT Artis Shepherd https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge https://mises.org/power-market/five-objections-libertarians-have-answered Pundits of the "New Right" are radically opposed to libertarianism. Yet the facts of history, and libertarian arguments, already addressed these anti-libertarian views long ago. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Ryan Turnipseed https://mises.org/power-market/five-objections-libertarians-have-answered https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge Thanks to the Fed’s creation of asset bubbles, the US economy is producing many billionaires. However, the savvy entrepreneur is becoming increasingly scarce. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 11:00:00 CDT Artis Shepherd https://mises.org/mises-wire/great-disconnect-when-wealth-and-productive-ability-diverge https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl Can a communist system flourish under a liberal government? Bernie Sanders says yes, but Melanie Armstrong, author of Chicken in a Strange Way, gives a resounding no. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:54:52 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl https://mises.org/power-market/us-bares-its-fangs-against-us-citizens Thu, 04 Jun 2026 10:00:00 CDT Jacob G. Hornberger https://mises.org/power-market/us-bares-its-fangs-against-us-citizens https://mises.org/power-market/edmund-phelps-and-dynamic-capitalism Thu, 04 Jun 2026 09:00:00 CDT Peter G. Klein https://mises.org/power-market/edmund-phelps-and-dynamic-capitalism https://mises.org/power-market/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy According to the University of Michigan’s latest Index of Consumer Sentiment, a record number of Americans have negative views of the economy. This is yet more evidence that the American people are dissatisfied with their economic condition. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/federal-reserve-why-people-are-unhappy https://mises.org/notes-margin/napolitano-gitmo-and-torture-revisited A reminder that GW Bush and the "war on terror" made a mockery of the Bill of Rights. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 08:00:00 CDT Judge Andrew P. Napolitano https://mises.org/notes-margin/napolitano-gitmo-and-torture-revisited https://mises.org/notes-margin/8000-federal-workers-face-chop-under-sweeping-trump-order The order reclassified thousands of federal workers as at-will employees, meaning the government can now terminate them without offering a reason. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 07:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/8000-federal-workers-face-chop-under-sweeping-trump-order https://mises.org/notes-margin/powell-making-significant-mistake-staying-fed-says-senator Sen. Tim Scott, R-S.C., on Tuesday criticized Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell’s decision to stay on the central bank’s board. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 06:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/powell-making-significant-mistake-staying-fed-says-senator https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl Can a communist system flourish under a liberal government? Bernie Sanders says yes, but Melanie Armstrong, author of Chicken in a Strange Way, gives a resounding no. Thu, 04 Jun 2026 05:00:00 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-calculation-and-southern-california-beach-girl https://mises.org/notes-margin/can-military-industrial-beast-be-tamed "...we are witnessing an unprecedented shift of resources from domestic investments in the United States to the military-industrial complex" Thu, 04 Jun 2026 04:00:00 CDT William D. Hartung https://mises.org/notes-margin/can-military-industrial-beast-be-tamed https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-position-war-and-imperialism-us-state Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT Amirhossein Eshtiaghi https://mises.org/power-market/libertarian-position-war-and-imperialism-us-state https://mises.org/notes-margin/tikkun-olam-fixing-world-what-whom "I had surmised, that benevolence is meant to improve society, not the State; and to do so through personal, not political, acts in the community." Thu, 04 Jun 2026 03:00:00 CDT Ilana Mercer https://mises.org/notes-margin/tikkun-olam-fixing-world-what-whom https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/warshs-concerning-interest-redefining-inflation Although it's true that many government-driven price hikes in recent years aren’t “inflation” in the strict sense, the pain they cause is just as real. Warsh’s push to narrow what the Fed counts as inflation—so it can justify even more inflation—is alarming. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 05:31:01 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/warshs-concerning-interest-redefining-inflation https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/trumps-iran-predicament-his-own-fault Trump is trapped in a genuinely difficult situation as he tries to reach a deal with Iran. But it is a crisis of his own making. Also, the establishment figures now condemning him should not be allowed to pretend they had nothing to do with it. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 04:18:09 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/trumps-iran-predicament-his-own-fault https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality Government economic policies reflect abstract ideas of what agents wish reality were like. Praxeology is not beholden to abstract economic fantasies. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 11:24:02 CDT Philippe Lemieux https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/remembering-mogambo-guru The financial analyst Richard Daughty, whose pen name was Mogambo Guru, passed away four years ago, but while he was alive, he produced spot-on criticisms of the US government and its inflation rocket fuel booster, the Federal Reserve System. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 10:58:02 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/remembering-mogambo-guru https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality Government economic policies reflect abstract ideas of what agents wish reality were like. Praxeology is not beholden to abstract economic fantasies. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 06:02:31 CDT Philippe Lemieux https://mises.org/mises-wire/praxeology-antidote-hyperreality https://mises.org/mises-wire/warshs-concerning-interest-redefining-inflation Although it’s true that many government-driven price hikes in recent years aren’t “inflation” in the strict sense, the pain they cause is just as real. Warsh’s push to narrow what the Fed counts as inflation—so it can justify even more inflation—is alarming. Wed, 03 Jun 2026 12:02:23 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/warshs-concerning-interest-redefining-inflation