Mises Institute

5/1/2026

Luck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.

5/1/2026

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

5/1/2026

Luck egalitarians fallaciously declare property and wealth to be illegitimate or at least suspect due to a mysterious, unquantifiable force called luck. Their arguments fail even if what they claim about luck is true.

5/1/2026

The Australian philosopher David Stove, while not exactly a Rothbardian, still preferred the free market. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon introduces readers to Stove’s many interesting viewpoints.

5/1/2026

The US regime can entice "cooperation" from tech companies with enough taxpayer money and threats of regulation.

5/1/2026

Once reserved to actual American servicemen, Republicans now seek taxpayer funded benefits for Americans who fight for Israel.

5/1/2026

The UK does not have an energy problem, it has a freedom problem.

4/30/2026

The Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.

4/30/2026

The dearth of child-bearing in western countries like the US is seen as a political crisis. Yet, if there is any place in our lives where government should stay out, it is in the area of childbirth.

4/30/2026

The old republic is gone. The constitutional order of the Jeffersonian years—i.e., the so-called "American experiment"—was swept away long ago.

4/30/2026

The Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.

4/30/2026

In his concluding argument, Molinari envisions a society where security is provided by competing private firms chosen voluntarily by consumers.

4/30/2026

Molinari describes the inevitable consequences of monopolized security: rising costs, declining quality, and the use of force against the very citizens the government claims to protect.

4/30/2026

Molinari argues that majority rule is no more legitimate than royal absolutism when it violates individual rights.

4/30/2026

Molinari distinguishes between society, which arises naturally from voluntary human cooperation, and government, which imposes itself through force.

4/30/2026

Molinari describes how coercive control over defense led to the familiar abuses of taxation, war, and the suppression of individual liberty.

4/30/2026

Molinari draws a parallel between monopoly and communism, arguing that both represent departures from the principle of free competition.

4/30/2026

Molinari frames this choice as the central political question that determines whether a society will be free or oppressed.

4/30/2026

Molinari confronts the common objection that security is somehow different from other goods and must be exempted from market provision.

4/30/2026

Molinari applies the general principle of free competition directly to the provision of security services.

4/30/2026

Molinari argues that the division of labor and voluntary cooperation form the natural basis of social organization.

4/30/2026

Molinari opens by establishing that humans have a fundamental need for security of their persons and property.

4/30/2026

Rothbard introduces Molinari's essay as a pioneering work that took free-market principles to their logical conclusion by questioning the state's monopoly on defense.

4/30/2026

The dearth of child-bearing in western countries like the US is seen as a political crisis. Yet, if there is any place in our lives where government should stay out, it is in the area of childbirth.

4/30/2026

The U.S. national debt now exceeds 100% of gross domestic product, crossing a once-unthinkable threshold, on the way toward breaking the record set in the wake of World War II.

4/30/2026

Ryan McMaken, Jonathan Newman, and Joshua Mawhorter of the Mises Institute take a look at the politics of "fedspeak" and what officials at the Federal Reserve really mean when they say they're going to fix the Fed.

4/30/2026

" But the problem is bigger than any single commander in chief. The United States has left itself unprepared for modern war."

4/30/2026

A soft coup took place in D.C. last night, and Jerome Powell could stay in the bunker until 2028, if he so chooses.

4/30/2026

Biden's FBI "diligently attempted to use its enforcement authority against parents who defended their children’s safety at local school board meetings."

4/30/2026

The old republic is gone. The constitutional order of the Jeffersonian years—i.e., the so-called "American experiment"—was swept away long ago.

4/30/2026

4/29/2026

Despite support from some economists in the free market camp, fractional reserve free banking is doomed for failure, as Murray Rothbard pointed out.

4/29/2026

Despite support from some economists in the free market camp, fractional reserve free banking is doomed for failure, as Murray Rothbard pointed out.

4/29/2026

"There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them. It went by in the Night of Depression, singing songs to freedom."

4/29/2026

I recently joined Lena Petrova on the World Affairs in Context podcast to discuss the Austrian Money Supply measure, and how easy money drives price increases.

4/29/2026

The latest rupture of the global energy map came Tuesday, when the United Arab Emirates said it would leave the Saudi-led OPEC.

4/29/2026

There are fuel protests in Ireland, which are not surprising given the havoc Trump’s Iran war has caused in oil markets. They also should be protesting against the government policies that make the situation worse.

4/29/2026

The milestone comes as oil prices have surged higher over the past week amid a dual blockade by the United States and Iran of the Strait of Hormuz.

4/29/2026

4/29/2026

Alito wrote that “allowing race to play any part in government decisionmaking represents a departure from the constitutional rule that applies in almost every other context.”

4/29/2026

Mark Thornton argues we’re on the on-ramp to hyperinflation, and that the “gold didn’t spike on war” story misses the real driver: Fed policy, oil-driven CPI optics, and the coming scramble for liquidity.

4/29/2026

The right of self-determination is the right of the inhabitants of every territory to decide on the state to which they wish to belong.

4/29/2026

Here’s an existential fear regarding AI: companies in the economy will invest in AI to such an extent that the result will be massive layoffs of highly-skilled, high-wage technical employees and a severe reduction in demand for routine, repetitive jobs.

4/29/2026

There are fuel protests in Ireland, which are not surprising given the havoc Trump’s Iran war has caused in oil markets. They also should be protesting against the government policies that make the situation worse.

4/29/2026

A third of all dollars in existence were created since 2020. The money supply just hit a 44-month growth high. The Fed calls this "restrictive." Ryan McMaken calls it something else.

4/28/2026

Whether rates go up or down, neither outcome will be pleasant, leaving a bondholder caught between the Unthinkable and the Unimaginable.

4/28/2026

We are told that it takes “eternal vigilance” to protect our freedom. But what if the entity taking away our freedom has the weapons and the “law” on its side?

4/28/2026

If we uphold voluntary exchange on the market as the standard of fairness, then the only neutral tax is one that is flattened to zero percent for everyone.

4/28/2026

While there is a public uproar about China having access to the work of American scientists, there is a bigger issue at stake: Is science “owned” by “the public”? If not, why are we so worried about the Chinese?

4/28/2026

Free speech isn’t about protecting one’s personal viewpoint. It is about promoting and protecting individual liberty.

4/28/2026

Under a system of private ownership, in which the government's only function is to protect property rights, it is immaterial where the frontiers of people's country are drawn.

4/28/2026

According to Tehran Times ... 1,460 of the victims were identified as civilians.

4/28/2026

The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in international settlements.

4/28/2026

"There are those who still think they are holding the pass against a revolution that may be coming up the road. But they are gazing in the wrong direction. The revolution is behind them. It went by in the Night of Depression, singing songs to freedom."

4/28/2026

While there is a public uproar about China having access to the work of American scientists, there is a bigger issue at stake: Is science “owned” by “the public”? If not, why are we so worried about the Chinese?

4/27/2026

Whether rates go up or down, neither outcome will be pleasant, leaving a bondholder caught between the Unthinkable and the Unimaginable.

4/27/2026

We are reminded time and again that prices emerge from subjective valuation, not objective criteria.

4/27/2026

We are told that it takes “eternal vigilance” to protect our freedom. But what if the entity taking away our freedom has the weapons and the “law” on its side?

4/27/2026

Bob sits down with researcher Robert Aro to review his recent Mises.org article on why the widely anticipated post-QT crash never materialized.