The Paper Numbers Since The Great Recession
Mark Thornton takes a look back at US stock markets, the national debt, and Fed policy (ZIRP, money supply, and
Decorum Propels DC Deceit
During Tuesday’s State of the Union address, President Joe Biden uncorked a series of howlers that eventually spurred heckling from
The Super Bowl Indicator
Mark Thornton looks at how much money Americans will spend on the Super Bowl this year and discusses the accuracy
Ten Ethical Objections to the Market Economy
The following is excerpted from Man, Economy, and State, with Power and Market, by Murray N. Rothbard (Mises Institute, 2004),
So Much Hot Air: The (Fake) China Threat
Now that a few days have passed and the hysteria has come down slightly, perhaps a few sane thoughts might
Universal Rights, Locally Enforced
[This article is the Introduction to Breaking Away: The Case of Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.] The world is
Imperialist Nonsense: The US Takeover of the Philippines
Robert Kagan is a well-known neoconservative historian who believes that America ought to exercise a “benevolent hegemony” over the rest
ESG and DEI are Worse Than You Think
Mises Institute scholar and Troy University business school Dean Allen Mendenhall is among the leading critics of woke capital. He leads a new initiative
It’s Too Early to Tell If We’re in
Are asset inflation and its bellwether, the euro, really heading into a new spring following a winter marked by the
An Age of Liberty in the Polish Commonwealth
When proposing alternatives to the state, libertarians should look back at the basics of political philosophy and find historical examples