Media reports claim this debt prevents economic recovery. Chuck Schumer would erase it with the flick of a pen. Elizabeth Warren would remove it to free students’ ability to buy a house and form a family. Janet Yellen opines paying

Such is the intellectual stature of Ludwig von Mises that even many decades after his passing the opponents of classical liberalism and laissez-faire capitalism continue to attack his life’s work. A recent instance of this phenomenon is an article published

The average square footage in new single-family houses has been declining since 2015. House sizes tend to fall just during recessionary periods. It happened from 2008 to 2009, from 2001 to 2002, and from 1990 to 1991. But even with strong

Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022. The 1989 Rockford Institute meeting picture: Mises.org/1989-Rockford Sponsored by Angela and Roger Box.

Hyperinflation? Yes, it can happen here, and the more officials deny hyperinflation is possible, the more they create the conditions that causes it. Original Article: "Inflation, High Inflation, Hyperinflation" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. '

Quantitative easing was designed as a tool to provide time for governments to implement structural reforms, boost growth, and strengthen the economy. However, it has become a tool to increase the size of government and take increasingly riskier levels of

Recorded at the Arizona Biltmore Hotel in Phoenix, Arizona on October 7th, 2022.

In his book The Case against the Fed, Murray Rothbard writes a section on deposit insurance, which was instituted under FDR’s New Deal in 1933 at $2,500 per account and over time raised, reaching $250,000 during the banking crisis of

The world seems to be on fire, and much of the trouble comes from the efforts of central banks to suppress interest rates. No one understands that problem better than British historian Edward Chancellor. Original Article: "Edward Chancellor's Much-Needed (But Not

“The Earth speaks to us through the elements of nature. In every natural thing, we can find a hidden, powerful message.”—Ralph Waldo Emerson Every natural element with which the earth has been endowed has a usefulness—a purpose. If we listen to