3+ hour, 5+ min ago  (251+ words) As I see it now, there are really two economies'two distinct systems of producing and exchanging wealth. Or rather, two systems that purport to do these things, though only one of them really produces anything, and the other is organized…...

1+ day, 1+ hour ago  (624+ words) The destruction of New York is the logic of decades of history and long-forgotten pols addicted to outrageous spending and taxation. Today's successors of these big taxers are as myopic as the Bourbon kings who "learned nothing and forgot nothing....

1+ day, 2+ hour ago  (25+ words) John Stossel asks guests, how did America make it to 250 years? Featured in the video are Ryan Mc Maken and Ron Paul. Remote video URL...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (116+ words) Antony was a longtime friend of the Mises Institute and always a solid contributor to Mises. org." The possibility that there may be offshore oil deposits in Jamaica has brought some to say that finding oil would actually be harmful…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (381+ words) But that doesn't mean countries with natural resources are doomed. Comparing Jamaica to Venezuela and Angola misses the real point. Their problems aren't caused by oil itself. They're caused by corruption, bad leadership, political unrest, and ineffective systems. Oil didn't…...

1+ day, 5+ hour ago  (386+ words) Over the weekend, Mises Institute Associated Scholar Antony Mueller passed away. As noted by our friends at Mises Institute Brasil, where Mueller held the title of Senior Fellow, he "built a career marked by academic rigor, independent thought, and exemplary…...

1+ day, 4+ hour ago  (131+ words) He now basically supports the opposite of every position he campaigned on. So it would be interesting to see him now campaign on the claim that "THIS time I'm not lying." The possibility that there may be offshore oil deposits…...

1+ day, 7+ hour ago  (177+ words) Remembering Murray Rothbard on our imperialistic wars: "The true principle of isolationism is that the government should be isolated and people who trade, interchange, and engage in voluntary travel, migration, and so forth should be allowed to peacefully do so....

1+ day, 11+ hour ago  (628+ words) Many more examples of scandal-ridden, million-dollar egalitarian schemes could be cited. In these cases most observers did not object to the welfare schemes in principle, based on a benefit-cost analysis. These schemes only came under public fire when fraud or…...

2+ day, 2+ hour ago  (501+ words) By popular thinking, increases in demand cause economic growth. According to such thought, whenever the economy falls into a recession what is required is to strengthen demand. Since government is seen as an important part of total demand, what is…...