Inflation is raging and progressives want action. What kind of action? They want to return to the 1970s regime of price controls. Original Article: "Guns and Self-Defense" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

The libertarian who is happily engaged expounding his political philosophy in the full glory of his convictions is almost sure to be brought short by one unfailing gambit of the statist. As the libertarian is denouncing public education or the

When the average person thinks of the Nazis, what often comes to mind is World War II, the Holocaust, and rousing speeches of hate. However, the National Socialists also had economic and political policies, policies many just assume were either

Inflation is raging and progressives want action. What kind of action? They want to return to the 1970s regime of price controls. Original Article: "Back to the Future: Progressives Imagine the Good Old Days of Price Controls" This Audio Mises Wire is

Argentina has provided the prime example of counterproductive policy for most of the past century. At the beginning of the twentieth century, it was one of the wealthiest countries in the world; now it is one of the poorest. More

[From For a New Liberty.] Historians have long debated the precise causes of the American Revolution: Were they constitutional, economic, political, or ideological? We now realize that, being libertarians, the revolutionaries saw no conflict between moral and political rights on the

Unlike a private-sector service, police do not operate under any contractual obligations to provide services in any particular way. They can choose to do nothing at all, and face no real consequences.  Original Article: "Why Police Do Nothing While Kids Are Killed" This

The United States economy may have delivered no growth in the first half of 2022 after the decline in the first quarter, narrowly avoiding a technical recession. Original Article: "US Household Saving Rate Vanishes, Credit Card Debt Soars" This Audio Mises Wire

Most commentary on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—which overturns Roe v. Wade—has focused on the decision's effect on the legality of abortion in various states. That's an important issue. It may be, however, that the Dobbs decision's

Cause of the Boom-Bust Business Cycle The primary cause of the recurring “boom and bust” business cycle is central banks like the Federal Reserve creating money out of thin air. This was first explained by Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises over