https://mises.org/ en Wed, 19 Aug 26 05:00:00 -0500 https://mises.org/mises-wire/flock-camera-backlash-very-good-sign The backlash against automated license plate readers is not really about traffic cameras. It is about a public that no longer assumes the people in charge are acting in good faith. Wed, 19 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/flock-camera-backlash-very-good-sign https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-government-grocery-discount Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stated plans for five city-owned grocery stores to compete with private stores in NYC. However, as Henry Hazlitt and Frederic Bastiat before him have pointed out, the unseen costs in an initiative like this will outweigh the “seen” benefits. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 12:49:01 CDT Tom Wilson https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-government-grocery-discount https://mises.org/mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-mamdanis-grocery-discount Mayor Zohran Mamdani has stated plans for five city-owned grocery stores to compete with private stores in NYC. However, as Henry Hazlitt and Frederic Bastiat before him have pointed out, the unseen costs in an initiative like this will outweigh the “seen” benefits. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Tom Wilson https://mises.org/mises-wire/seen-and-unseen-cost-mamdanis-grocery-discount https://mises.org/mises-wire/jamaicas-reparations-campaign-waste-good-government The island nation of Jamaica has the potential to be an economic powerhouse, but, instead, the government wishes to pursue a self-defeating policy of demanding “reparations” from Great Britain and other western nations. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Lipton Matthews https://mises.org/mises-wire/jamaicas-reparations-campaign-waste-good-government https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy There is no doubt that Chinese firms have made many advances in AI technology, but how far they can go in the future still is an open question. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 08:35:02 CDT Lipton Matthews https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy https://mises.org/power-market/support-troops-bring-them-home Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/support-troops-bring-them-home https://mises.org/notes-margin/three-things-we-can-do-now-us-empire-ends "The state has proven incapable of leading us wisely, and our growing recognition of that cold fact is amazingly liberating." Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Karen Kwiatkowski https://mises.org/notes-margin/three-things-we-can-do-now-us-empire-ends https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-not-privilege-group-membership Ludwig von Mises favored liberalism, which was based upon the equality of each person before the law. Today, elites are seeking a regime in which the law is written and enforced to favor one group over another. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/equality-law-not-privilege-group-membership https://mises.org/notes-margin/foreign-holdings-us-treasuries-fall-june-led-japan-uk-china-data-shows Japan is largest holder, followed by the UK. China's stash dropped 4% in June. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/foreign-holdings-us-treasuries-fall-june-led-japan-uk-china-data-shows https://mises.org/notes-margin/spy-state-oligarch-peter-thiel-buys-stake-argentinas-largest-oil-producer Thiel's contacts with Milei's inner circle have broadened since his arrival in Argentina in April, with sit-downs with key administration staff. Tue, 18 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/spy-state-oligarch-peter-thiel-buys-stake-argentinas-largest-oil-producer https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence The rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 03:08:02 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-fed-should-not-accommodate-increases-demand-money Most economists believe that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money. While sounding like a common-sense idea, it turns out to be dreadfully wrong. Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-fed-should-not-accommodate-increases-demand-money https://mises.org/mises-wire/keynes-he-became-keynesian Mon, 17 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/keynes-he-became-keynesian https://mises.org/podcasts/gold-and-silver-prospecting-liberty-mises-circle-new-mexico What should people think about the renewed interest in precious metals? Join Ryan McMaken, Jp Cortez, Kevin Duffy, and Mark Thornton for a discussion you won't find in traditional financial media. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 03:00:12 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/podcasts/gold-and-silver-prospecting-liberty-mises-circle-new-mexico https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/government-intervention-and-economic-inequality Mark Thornton explains how government intervention creates inequality, privileging protected industries and politically connected insiders while pushing costs onto everyone else. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/government-intervention-and-economic-inequality https://mises.org/mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy There is no doubt that Chinese firms have made many advances in AI technology, but how far they can go in the future still is an open question. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Lipton Matthews https://mises.org/mises-wire/innovation-mirage-why-deepseek-and-kimi-3-do-not-settle-question-chinese-technological-supremacy https://mises.org/mises-wire/pretexts-and-motives-behind-government-regulation Murray Rothbard wrote many years ago that government regulation, ostensibly created to protect consumers, actually protects incumbent producers from competition. Decades later, nothing has changed. Sat, 15 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Hal Snarr https://mises.org/mises-wire/pretexts-and-motives-behind-government-regulation https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 04:01:46 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/has-trump-already-lost-war-iran Months ago, the administration said the war's goals were regime change and the removal of all uranium from Iran. We never hear about that anymore because the war has failed to produce either goal. Instead, Trump calls for opening the Strait of Hormuz, which had been open before the war. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:00:03 CDT Ryan McMaken, Zachary Yost https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/has-trump-already-lost-war-iran https://mises.org/mises-wire/liberalization-holidays-and-ownership-time Everyone loves to have time off, but what happens when governments force people not to work against their will? Fri, 14 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Farzin Rahimi Zonouz https://mises.org/mises-wire/liberalization-holidays-and-ownership-time https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/feds-confidence-game-gold-debt-and-what-comes-next Dr. Mark Thornton of the Mises Institute joins VRIC Media to discuss what may really be driving Federal Reserve policy—and why the Fed’s priorities may have far more to do with government debt, financial markets, and confidence in the dollar than simply controlling inflation. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/feds-confidence-game-gold-debt-and-what-comes-next https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/scott-bessent-new-prince-yen Ryan, Tho, and Dr. Jonathan Newman discuss recent economics headlines, including interventions to prop up the yen, a bad jobs report, and troubling signs in bond markets. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Tho Bishop, Ryan McMaken, Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/scott-bessent-new-prince-yen https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/illegal-constitutional-amendment The Fourteenth Amendment to the US Constitution has been the basis of numerous Supreme Court decisions, yet there is a compelling case for its never having been legally ratified. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines those claims. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/illegal-constitutional-amendment https://mises.org/mises-wire/ahoy-ahoy-telephone-entrepreneurship-and-cronyism Our history books tell us about how Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone. They don’t tell us that his company then successfully got the government to grant it monopoly powers, thus harming consumers and stifling technological innovation for nearly a century. Fri, 14 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/ahoy-ahoy-telephone-entrepreneurship-and-cronyism https://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence The rhetoric of independence allows the Treasury and the Fed to cooperate when convenient and deflect blame when something goes wrong. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/mises-wire/imaginary-world-fed-independence https://mises.org/mises-wire/prussians-who-built-prussia The stereotype of the Prussian as the militaristic, state-loving creature probably needs to be rethought. The history of Prussia and its people is more complicated than contemporary historians wish to admit. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Jeremy E. Powell https://mises.org/mises-wire/prussians-who-built-prussia https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/if-markets-are-booming-why-are-you-struggling Mises Institute’s Mark Thornton joins Lynette Zang to break down why financial markets can boom while everyday Americans continue to struggle. They discuss the AI-driven market surge, rising debt, distorted markets, declining purchasing power, and why the difference between owning real money and relying on a financial system built on debt matters now more than ever. Thu, 13 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/if-markets-are-booming-why-are-you-struggling https://mises.org/mises-wire/alice-wonderland-world-wnba Thu, 13 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/alice-wonderland-world-wnba https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-first-world-war-destroyed-gold-standard The ordinary people of Europe, so devastated by the shells of the First World War, would again be victimized by the new inflationary national currencies that would destroy savings and investment across the European middle class. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-first-world-war-destroyed-gold-standard https://mises.org/mises-wire/six-nooses-how-interventionism-strangling-familys-will-reproduce As the birthrate falls in the US and other industrialized countries, we find that government intervention into the economy and family life is a big reason this is happening. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Felix Yang https://mises.org/mises-wire/six-nooses-how-interventionism-strangling-familys-will-reproduce https://mises.org/power-market/will-money-matter-economy-significantly-more-productive In a recent interview with The Economist, Elon Musk boldly contended that “money won’t matter in 2036.” He doesn’t understand money’s role. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 07:00:00 CDT Holden Mitrione https://mises.org/power-market/will-money-matter-economy-significantly-more-productive https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting Democrats learned the hard way that voters don’t like being told the economy is great when they’re struggling to afford everyday life. Now Republicans have chosen the same strategy. Wed, 12 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/return-economic-gaslighting https://mises.org/notes-margin/ingredients-are-coming-together-us-financial-crisis "Trying to defer America’s fiscal reckoning by monkeying with debt instruments is the trick used by broken hegemons through the ages. It is a Faustian pact." Wed, 12 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/ingredients-are-coming-together-us-financial-crisis https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/mark-thornton-joins-capitalcosm-discusses-gold-inflation-and-interest-rates Mises Institute senior fellow Mark Thornton joins Capital Cosm to discuss what rising gold and silver prices, stubborn long-term interest rates, and growing pressure on the dollar may be signaling about the economy. Thornton explains how monetary inflation, government debt, and changing global demand for the dollar are reshaping financial markets—and why sound economic thinking matters in uncertain times. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/mark-thornton-joins-capitalcosm-discusses-gold-inflation-and-interest-rates https://mises.org/mises-wire/freedom-speech-dying-slow-death-europe By branding censorship as “safety,” surveillance as “protection,” and political conformity as “civic duty,” European states have constructed a system where dissent is pathologized and criminalized. The UK is following the same dystopian path. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Claudio Grass https://mises.org/mises-wire/freedom-speech-dying-slow-death-europe https://mises.org/power-market/unhappy-anniversary Tue, 11 Aug 2026 08:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/unhappy-anniversary https://mises.org/mises-wire/substance-beats-labels-fighting-marxism Few Marxists admit to being Marxists. Instead, they are true believers in the creation of the utopian society—if only the rest of us will give them the power they deserve. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/substance-beats-labels-fighting-marxism https://mises.org/notes-margin/hegseth-still-lobbying-15-trillion-military-budget Trump wants a huge 50% increase to the war budget for his endless wars in Ukraine and Iran. Tue, 11 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/hegseth-still-lobbying-15-trillion-military-budget https://mises.org/mises-wire/alchemy-wealth-taxation California’s proposed billionaire wealth tax is being sold to voters as a way to replenish the state’s tax coffers with billions of new dollars. What it actually will do is to end the vital capital investment that has driven California’s economy for decades. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Robert Blumen https://mises.org/mises-wire/alchemy-wealth-taxation https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflationary-expectations-and-increases-prices-any-relationship Mainstream economists believe that central banks can “control” inflation, which they believe actually boosts the economy. The only thing inflation boosts is more inflation. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflationary-expectations-and-increases-prices-any-relationship https://mises.org/mises-wire/barbarous-relics-revenge Economic, political, and academic elites have declared gold to be a “barbarous relic,” but in the end gold always is the best choice for money. More than a century of the Fed's paper-based inflation is all the proof we need. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/barbarous-relics-revenge https://mises.org/events/fall-campus-mises-book-clubs This fall, students from across the US are participating in Mises Book Clubs led by scholars at various universities and colleges. These student groups promote deep reading in Austrian economics. Mon, 10 Aug 2026 12:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/events/fall-campus-mises-book-clubs https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/republican-party-displacement Mark Thornton explains how ideology can break the uniparty, why blocked realignment risks revolution, and why Austrian economics helps young Americans see through the crisis. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/republican-party-displacement https://mises.org/mises-wire/hamiltonian-ai-curse-how-american-tech-learned-make-its-losses-everyone-elses-problem When government becomes involved in finance, interest groups abound, each one seeking wealth transfers to the detriment of others. This has been the case since the founding of this country, and AI is just a new chapter. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Hamoon Soleimani https://mises.org/mises-wire/hamiltonian-ai-curse-how-american-tech-learned-make-its-losses-everyone-elses-problem https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-brics-gold-standard-fiction For the past few years, we have seen claims that the BRICS countries were going to develop a gold-based trading currency and push the dollar from its reserve currency perch. However, none of the economies of these countries can operate with a currency as good as gold. Sat, 08 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Jeremy E. Powell https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-brics-gold-standard-fiction https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/5-things-anthony-fauci-teaches-us-about-american-government Fauci is back in the limelight after the release of his diary before a Senate hearing last week. And that’s good, because the career of Anthony Fauci can teach us a lot about where power actually resides in America and how our system really works. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:29:47 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/5-things-anthony-fauci-teaches-us-about-american-government https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-progress-turns-against-itself-rise-anti-progress An article of faith with modern progressives is that all social problems can be solved with the growth and application of the administrative state. They have faith in the wrong thing. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Luc Lelièvre https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-progress-turns-against-itself-rise-anti-progress https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/myths-american-healthcare Much of the discussion around American healthcare ignores the fact that most of the American healthcare system is already a government healthcare system. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 02:00:03 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/myths-american-healthcare https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/what-did-you-expect In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes issue with the DEI movement in higher education, pointing to the utterly absurd case of Jason Arday, a professor of the sociology of education at Cambridge University, as DEI's poster child. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/what-did-you-expect https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history Dinesh D’Souza—a self-proclaimed opponent of “revisionist history”—reinterprets the Declaration of Independence through anachronism and equivocation, reading modern concepts of nationhood and equality back into 1776. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 10:33:38 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history Dinesh D’Souza—a self-proclaimed opponent of “revisionist history”—reinterprets the Declaration of Independence through anachronism and equivocation, reading modern concepts of nationhood and equality back into 1776. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/declaration-and-dinesh-dsouzas-revisionist-history https://mises.org/notes-margin/cops-shoot-and-paralyze-man-who-told-police-he-feared-being-swatted A man told the police he feared being "swatted" by scammers. The cops ignored this and attacked the innocent man instead. Fri, 07 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/cops-shoot-and-paralyze-man-who-told-police-he-feared-being-swatted https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/burritoflation-debate On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the social debate this week focused on Gen Z economic anxiety. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Tho Bishop, Ryan McMaken, Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/burritoflation-debate https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world Mutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 04:55:38 CDT Constantine Taurai https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-dont-we-keep-buying-and-buying In 1871, Carl Menger gave what still is the best explanation of diminishing marginal utility. What was true in 1871 is true today. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Soham Patil https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-dont-we-keep-buying-and-buying https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory In spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:38:57 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world Mutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Constantine Taurai https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-death-cheaper-care-mutual-aid-developing-world https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/why-mises-thought-fractional-reserve-banking-caused-boom-bust-cycle Bob returns to the fractional reserve banking debate to clarify a point the critics keep missing: in the Mises-Hayek-Rothbard framework, it's fractional reserve banking itself that sets the boom-bust cycle in motion, not merely central banks. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 09:00:00 CDT Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/why-mises-thought-fractional-reserve-banking-caused-boom-bust-cycle https://mises.org/power-market/conservative-aei-now-embraces-lefts-decolonization-narrative Thu, 06 Aug 2026 06:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/conservative-aei-now-embraces-lefts-decolonization-narrative https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-commerce-department-venture-capitalist-political-investment-its-worst By convincing Congress to permit the government to take equity positions in private firms, Donald Trump has completed the transition of the economy from free markets to political capitalism. Thu, 06 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/trumps-commerce-department-venture-capitalist-political-investment-its-worst https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory In spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 02:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/us-supports-mass-migration-moroccans-spanish-territory https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/road-ahead Deflate the dollars, or redefine the dollar’s weight—or some blend of the two. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:29:43 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/road-ahead https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/100-percent-gold-tradition Not a novelty but an inheritance: Jeffersonian, Jacksonian, and hard-money. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:24:33 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/100-percent-gold-tradition https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/professor-yeager-and-100-percent-gold An opponent of gold describes the 100 percent standard better than its friends do. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:15:30 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/professor-yeager-and-100-percent-gold https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/objections-100-percent-gold The supply of money, Rothbard answers, essentially does not matter. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 12:02:43 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/objections-100-percent-gold https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/100-percent-gold-banking Issuing receipts for gold that does not exist is not banking. It is fraud. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:51:39 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/100-percent-gold-banking https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/decline-weight-name-encouraging-bank-inflation The natural tendency of the state is inflation. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:45:39 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/decline-weight-name-encouraging-bank-inflation https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around Statistics can be interesting and informative, but only if one can properly understand them through sound economic theory. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:37:25 CDT Per Bylund https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/decline-weight-name-monopolizing-mint The first intervention was not inflation. It was the seizure of the mint. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:34:23 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/decline-weight-name-monopolizing-mint https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/dollar-independent-name-or-unit-weight If dollars are things in themselves, why may not everyone manufacture them? Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:23:16 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/dollar-independent-name-or-unit-weight https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/money-and-freedom To argue for a full gold standard is to risk being classed with the dodo bird. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:20:25 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/money-and-freedom https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/preface Bretton Woods was a dollar standard wearing the prestige of gold. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:11:21 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/podcasts/case-100-percent-gold-dollar/preface https://mises.org/mises-wire/property-rights-duality-and-defense-freedom It is not enough to treat property as a default state of nature that will eventually assert itself and merely needs to be intellectually explained. We must continually be ready to defend private property. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Finn Andreen https://mises.org/mises-wire/property-rights-duality-and-defense-freedom https://mises.org/power-market/call-iran-war-just-walk-away Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/call-iran-war-just-walk-away https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/dr-mark-thornton-joins-david-lin-report Dr. Mark Thornton joins David Lin to discuss the AI investment surge, tariffs, inflation, the Fed’s interest-rate dilemma, and the broader risks facing the economy. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 08:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/dr-mark-thornton-joins-david-lin-report https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-anthony-fauci-teaches-us-about-american-government Fauci is back in the limelight after the release of his diary before a Senate hearing last week. And that’s good, because the career of Anthony Fauci can teach us a lot about where power actually resides in America and how our system really works. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-anthony-fauci-teaches-us-about-american-government https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-only-has-43-day-emergency-buffer-crude-oil-left-45-year-low More 5-D chess from Trump: U.S. crude oil supplies have fallen to their lowest level in 45 years as President Donald Trump continues to wage war against Iran. Wed, 05 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-only-has-43-day-emergency-buffer-crude-oil-left-45-year-low https://mises.org/mises-wire/slobodians-bastard-caricatures-smearing-austrian-economists Quinn Slobodian’s Hayek’s Bastards suggests a connection between Austrian economics and a new wave of authoritarianism and racism. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Jesse Russell https://mises.org/mises-wire/slobodians-bastard-caricatures-smearing-austrian-economists https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco Last week, more than 50,000 people illegally entered the Spanish exclave city of Ceuta, which normally has a population of only 80,000. Why not just open the border permanently? Tue, 04 Aug 2026 07:54:02 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco https://mises.org/mises-wire/problems-causation-race-and-discrimination Why are there economic disparities between racial groups? A popular explanation is that they are caused by racial discrimination. Wanjiru Njoya takes a closer look at these claims. Tue, 04 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/problems-causation-race-and-discrimination https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco Last week, more than 50,000 people illegally entered the Spanish exclave city of Ceuta, which normally has a population of only 80,000. Why not just open the border permanently? Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/what-would-happen-if-spain-had-open-border-morocco https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/debt-gold-and-global-economy Andy Schectman, Founder & CEO of Miles Franklin Precious Metals, interviews Mark Thornton, Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute, to discuss why he believes the global economy is approaching a critical turning point driven by mounting debt, declining trust, and years of monetary distortion. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/debt-gold-and-global-economy https://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-savings-versus-real-savings-0 Mainstream economists tend to think of cash balances as the heart of new savings. Actually, real savings involves much more than that. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 11:00:00 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/monetary-savings-versus-real-savings-0 https://mises.org/power-market/federal-farm-interventions-harmful-usual The federal government aid program in one part of the economy creates a problem. Washington policymakers see a new problem. They believe the federal government should create a new aid program to solve the problem created by the earlier government aid program. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 07:00:00 CDT Stephen Anderson https://mises.org/power-market/federal-farm-interventions-harmful-usual https://mises.org/mises-wire/slumlord-fed If we wish to be honest, the Federal Reserve System needs to be put out of its—and our—misery. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/slumlord-fed https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-spending-billions-prop-japanese-yen The background: Japan is selling U.S. bonds and that's not great for the U.S. because it lowers bond prices and raises yields. In other words: higher interest rates for you and me. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-spending-billions-prop-japanese-yen https://mises.org/events/fall-2026-virtual-mises-book-club In September 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Clubs, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics. Mon, 03 Aug 2026 12:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/events/fall-2026-virtual-mises-book-club https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-your-free-august-rothbard-giveaway-case-100-percent-gold-dollar To celebrate The Year of Rothbard, we’re giving away some of his most radicalizing and influential books. Get your copy of our August offering, The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar, before August 31. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 10:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/mises-wire/get-your-free-august-rothbard-giveaway-case-100-percent-gold-dollar https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/gold-socialism-and-crisis-dollar Mark Thornton explains how inflation drives the K-shaped economy, why gold and silver remain central to the debt crisis, and why socialism appeals to young Americans left behind by government failure. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 06:00:00 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/gold-socialism-and-crisis-dollar https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-economics-made-obvious The beauty of Austrian economics is that it springs from real human action and does not depend upon the construction of abstract mathematical models meant to parallel reality. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT James Anthony https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-economics-made-obvious https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around Statistics can be interesting and informative, but only if one can properly understand them through sound economic theory. Sat, 01 Aug 2026 05:00:00 CDT Per Bylund https://mises.org/mises-wire/inflation-and-statistics-economics-explains-them-not-other-way-around https://mises.org/power-market/why-comments-sections-are-not-coming-back-misesorg Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/why-comments-sections-are-not-coming-back-misesorg https://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-your-property-rights As socialists gain increasing power in this country, their first target is private property. We need to push back against this wave of legalized theft. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 02:00:00 CDT Finn Andreen https://mises.org/mises-wire/fight-your-property-rights https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/when-limited-government-fails-stop-cronyism-and-state-sponsored-wealth-grabbing In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Cronyism: Rise of the Corporate State 1849–1929 by Patrick Newman. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/when-limited-government-fails-stop-cronyism-and-state-sponsored-wealth-grabbing https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracy-bureaucracy-idiocracy Modern mass democracy, especially when coupled with bureaucracy, creates uniquely powerful incentives for the production, consumption, and institutionalization of unreality. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 05:00:00 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/democracy-bureaucracy-idiocracy https://mises.org/notes-margin/italy-suspends-its-schengen-free-movement-agreement-spain-after-60000-migrants-reach-spanish-territory-0 The locals still have some control over their own borders, unlike in the USA where the central government dictates border policy for all. Fri, 31 Jul 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/italy-suspends-its-schengen-free-movement-agreement-spain-after-60000-migrants-reach-spanish-territory-0 https://mises.org/mises-wire/zimbabwe-has-no-long-money More than a decade ago, Zimbabwe became synonymous with hyperinflation. While that era has mercifully passed, the nation’s central bank still is following inflationary policies. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 11:00:00 CDT Jabulani Chibaya https://mises.org/mises-wire/zimbabwe-has-no-long-money https://mises.org/power-market/burying-lindsey-graham-wont-be-easy Thu, 30 Jul 2026 08:00:00 CDT Karen Kwiatkowski https://mises.org/power-market/burying-lindsey-graham-wont-be-easy https://mises.org/notes-margin/commerce-department-quietly-announces-7-new-equity-stakes-private-companies The Trump government is expanding its ownership of the means of production. Marx would approve. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/commerce-department-quietly-announces-7-new-equity-stakes-private-companies https://mises.org/power-market/sure-way-destroy-prosperous-nation The sure way to destroy a prosperous nation is to debase the currency. History is full of examples—from ancient Rome to the nascent French Republic to Weimar Germany. The US and the West, fiat currency regimes all, are irrevocably destined to join this sorry club. Thu, 30 Jul 2026 07:00:00 CDT Patrick Barron https://mises.org/power-market/sure-way-destroy-prosperous-nation