U.S. Economy

The fact that the US government can tax citizens directly makes the act of state secession far more difficult.

That didn't take long. Only hours after the British vote to secede from the EU passed, political leaders in Scotland renew their drive to secede from the UK.

Gun control advocates continue to narrowly define the "developed" world in order to make the US seem strange and isolated in this regard.

In Venezuela — and everywhere the state controls the economy — the political elites enjoy luxury while the people do much less well.

The Fed admits the jobs data is worsening, and sees no way to raise rates without torpedoing the tepid recovery.

Evidence continues to pile up against the claim that low-incomes cause obesity thanks to insufficient access to grocery stores.

Many Americans now lack even small amounts of savings to deal with life emergencies. This is a triumph for Keynesian economics.

The Rothbard Graduate Seminar is underway, and students are gathering for a week of careful study of Mises's Human Action.

Not realizing that women with children earn less than childless women, this woman thinks women with children need to check their privilege.

They have mismanaged the economy and I am afraid the worst is yet to come.