When asked about price inflation in his Sunday interview with 60 Minutes, President Biden claimed that inflation "was up just an inch

[This article is excerpted from chapter 21 of Money, Method, and the Market Process, a collection of essays selected and edited by Margit von Mises and with an introduction by Richard M. Ebeling.] I The history of civilization is the record of

While the current political narratives claim that only Europeans were involved in the infamous transatlantic slave trade, the Africans themselves were also major players in directing and overseeing it. Original Article: "Europeans Were Not the Only Slave Traders in Africa" This Audio

A new monetary age is coming and sooner than anyone thinks. Since 1971 the world’s monetary system has been unanchored by anything of intrinsic value. In the fall of that year, President Nixon took the US off what remained of

Do these things to stand apart from your peers. Original Article: "Five Keys to Professional and Personal Development" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon. 

Demand for goods arises because of perceived benefits. For instance, individuals demand food because it nourishes them. This is not so, however, about pieces of paper we call money, so why do we accept them? According to Plato and Aristotle, the

On 60 Minutes last Sunday, President Biden declared "the pandemic is over," but quickly added "we still have a problem with COVID, we’re still doing a lot of work on it." Biden then reiterated: "But the pandemic is over" and his

The reality of socialism is that it politicizes life entirely. How that is supposed to improve quality of life remains a mystery. Original Article: "How Do We Define Socialism? By What It Does—and Does Not—Do" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored

Last week the Edmund Burke Foundation played host to the third annual National Conservative Conference in Miami, Florida, bringing together several of the preeminent political and intellectual leaders in the contemporary Right. Organized by Yoram Hazony, this year’s natcon brought

When people start freezing to death in Europe this winter, who will be blamed? Regulations, Russia, the North Atlantic Treaty Organization? They all will be, but no one with a recognizable face or name will pay any price. The war fueled