During the 1930s, the Rockefellers pushed hard for war against Japan, which they saw as competing with them vigorously for oil and rubber resources in Southeast Asia and as endangering the Rockefellers' cherished dreams of a mass "China market" for

Many people want to change the world. Depending on the direction they would like to go in, they need to select a suitable strategy. Speaking for myself, my desired change is to return to a free market in money and credit.

A plague unlike any other in modern years appeared on our shore as early as 2019, but it wasn’t until the start of February 2020 that the world began seeing massive surges in cases. Banking on the premature experiment in

While the covid-19 pandemic brought sickness and death, another pandemic raged through Washington: abuse of executive power. Original Article: "The Pandemic of Executive Overreach Comes to an End. When Will the Next One Begin?" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by

While supporters of the Biden administration fault Putin for shortages, Austrian economists know the answer lies in Washington's monetary and economic mismanagement. Original Article: "Austrian Economists Are Not Surprised by the Shortages" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

As should be clear by now, Francis Fukuyama’s declaration in The End of History: The Last Man (1992) that we had arrived at “the end of history” did not mean that classical liberalism, or laissez-faire economics, had emerged victorious over

The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) is the world's largest free trade area by the number of countries. It is the most ambitious and, given demographic trends, the most promising free trade project on earth. The AfCFTA matters very

A Selection from The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics. 1. The Beginnings What is known as the Austrian School of Economics started in 1871 when Carl Menger published a slender volume under the title Grundsätze der Volkswirtschaftslehre. It is customary to trace

In his ambitious new book, Conservatism: A Rediscovery (Regnery, 2022), the distinguished Israeli philosopher Yoram Hazony poses a sharp challenge to the view that freedom is the highest political value, and in this week’s column, I’d like to address his

Jeff and Bob take a look at the misnamed "World Economic Forum" and its conference this past week in Davos, focusing on their recently published report. Read the WEF's Chief Economists Outlook: Mises.org/WEF22