Electric Cars: Policy Beyond Capability?
Peter Van Doren The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently announced proposed emission standards that would mandate a large increase in the sale of new zero‐emission vehicles from model years 2027 through 2032. Compliance with the proposed rule is estimated to require 67
How the Dollar Became the World’s Top Global Currency
In March 2009, in the midst of recession, then Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner was pressed to respond on the question of whether or not another currency—possibly the IMF’s special drawing rights (SDRs)—might displace the US dollar as the dominant global
The Great Reset and the Grand Refusal
Recorded in Birmingham, Alabama on April 22, 2023. From the Mises Institute's recent event in Birmingham, Alabama dedicated to the global threat of "The Great Reset".
Canada’s Housing Boom Was a Bubble. Now Comes the Bust
The latest Canadian housing data showed a slight uptick in prices and a pause from 2022’s correction, and a new wave of dip buyers has already begun to call this a buying opportunity, as if valuations at ten times average
Equality Requires State Violence
Although equality and "equity" are modern buzzwords, the only way to reach such a social nirvana is through violent means. Do we really want to go there? Original Article: "Equality Requires State Violence" This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher Condon.
Three Reasons Americans Should Be Concerned about the United Kingdom’s Online Safety Bill
Jennifer Huddleston On the TV show Parks and Rec, libertarian character Ron Swanson takes a trip to London and famously quips, “History began on July 4 1776. Everything before that was a mistake.” When it comes to issues like free expression online, it is easy
Enemies of the Human Race
The Revolt against Humanity: Imagining a Future without Usby Adam KirschColumbia Global Reports, 2023; 100 pp. Aristotle says in book 1 of the Nicomachean Ethics that “happiness, therefore, being found to be something final and self-sufficient, is the End at which
CDC Survey Finds Record Low Number of Adult Cigarette Smokers as Adult Vaping Increases
Jeffrey A. Singer When 14 academic public health experts wrote in the American Journal of Public Health in 2021 supporting e‑cigarettes as a powerful tobacco harm reduction tool, it mostly fell on deaf ears. San Francisco and other cities have since banned
The Economics of Space Travel
Are NASA contracts propping up the private space industry? Or are Government regulations stifling the private space race? Dr. Eli Dourado, Senior Research Fellow with the Center for Growth and Opportunity at Utah State University, joins Bob to discuss the recent