Mises Daily

Competition in education, just as competition in the market place, results in a better experience for consumers.

Central banks are becoming the real centers of political power.

The Keynesian promise of prosperity springing from massive government spending is attractive to politicians, economists, and public intellectuals.

The state rarely misses an opportunity to use crisis to its advantage and crony capitalism has become one of the largest benefactors of government fixes.

By late 2010, inflation-adjusted income in Iceland was down over 35 percent.  Inflating one’s currency may give the appearance of recovery, but the truth is somewhat less rosy.
 

 Why write an article on a subject you know nothing about? This is a question Amia Srinivasan might usefully have asked herself.

Come one, come all, and learn the five best ways to create a monopoly.

Philosophers have argued that society must invest great power in the rulers because only great power can hold back the forces of evil. Is there another alternative?

 If we wish to limit the power of the state, the state’s death penalty may be a good place to start.

Water is distributed in the West not by markets and market prices, but by the political process.