Default by Inflation Is the Real Drama in
The real drama of default in global markets has not been the federal debt ceiling negotiations in Washington but the
Licensing Laws Deepen South Africa’s Electricity Crisis
Since 2007, South Africa has been experiencing an electricity crisis. Eskom (a South African state-owned company) cannot produce enough electricity
Myth #2: Deficits Do Not Have a Crowding-Out
Recorded by the Mises Institute in the mid-1980s, The Mises Report provided radio commentary from leading non-interventionists, economists, and political
Commodity Prices Debunk the “Blame Ukraine” Excuse for
Most politicians have used the “Ukraine invasion card” to justify the massive inflationary burst in 2021-2023. It does not matter
David French Gets to Sit with the Cool
Most of us would like to forget many of the unpleasant aspects of our adolescence, and especially our days in
Fossil Fuels Enable Us to Better Fight Fires
This week we’ve seen a relatively unprecedented environmental phenomenon in New York City. Canadian wildfires have led to the worst
Secession Means More Choices, More Freedom, Less Monopoly
[This article is Chapter 1 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities. Now available at Amazon
It’s Raining Entrepreneurship at a Taylor Swift Concert
The flowers of entrepreneurship bloom in the strangest places. Kirznerian entrepreneurs attending the rain-soaked Taylor Swift concert at Gillette Stadium
Rothbard on Utilitarianism
No matter how many times you have read a book by Ludwig von Mises or Murray Rothbard, you will find
Do Sticky Prices Make the Market Stuck?
Jonathan Newman joins The Human Action Podcast to discuss his recent Twitter controversy over the claim that market prices can be