Richard Arneson has been a major figure in political philosophy for the last few decades, and in this week’s article, I’d like to look at some points he raises in his article “Liberal Egalitarian Critiques,” his contribution to The Routledge

For the first time in more than a decade, the European Central Bank (ECB) raised its key interest rate this past Thursday. The deposit facility rate went from –0.5 to 0.0 percent. The change comes after fourteen months of price inflation

The Keynesians running our economic life may be reassured that the Fed cannot fail in a technical sense, but the public should be appalled. Original Article: "The Fed Cannot Go Bankrupt; However, It Can Bankrupt the Country" This Audio Mises Wire is

Who hasn’t heard of the Industrial Revolution, the historical turning point that created modern society, for better or worse? Economist Donald Boudreaux has described this as the “hockey stick of human prosperity,” which launched the average person from subsistence to

The Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) and the media reported the inflation rate—that is, the Consumer Price Index's rate of increase—to be 1.3 percent for June 2022 and 9.1 percent year over year (for the last twelve months). This shocked markets and

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Jeff Deist: Welcome, Dr. Smith. I know you are a University of Oklahoma alum and your surgery center is in Oklahoma City. Are you an Oklahoma native? Keith Smith: Yes, I am. I was born in Tulsa and lived in the

Even amidst plenty of bad news, quiet revolutions happen all around us. No American industry is more ripe for disruption than medicine. Americans are addled; sick, overweight, mentally unwell, and dependent on too many prescription drugs. The business of “healthcare” is

Once wealthy Argentina has suffered under one interventionist regime after another for nearly a century. What are the prospects for changing things for the better? Original Article: "Argentina's Difficult Political Landscape and Libertarian Prospects for Change" This Audio Mises Wire is generously

The Federal Reserve has declared its program of monetary expansion (formerly referred to as inflation) over in an effort to fight rising prices (currently referred to as inflation). As Murray Rothbard explained, "Government intervention brings about bank expansion and inflation,