Mises Wire

Legislating against unfairness in order to achieve "equal" outcomes is like legislating against the wind. While government has little control over outcomes, its predations can make those outcomes worse.

The Fed for many years has manipulated the money supply in order to attempt to keep interest rates below market levels. At some point, however, the market prevails in one way or another.

Murray Rothbard once wrote that egalitarianism is a "revolt against nature." Egalitarianism also can be likened to a superstition, a belief that has no basis in truth.

Texas politicians have decided their political "wisdom" can replace a market pricing system in production and distribution of electricity. Failure looms.

The Labor Party's recent triumph over the intellectually-spent Tories finds the political regime wanting to bring back full-blown socialism. There is little to stop the British left from pushing a disastrous agenda.

Inequality is inevitable and there are many reasons it exists. However, by declaring that racial discrimination is the primary cause of inequality is to substitute egalitarian ideology for economic reality.

Rate cuts do not signal a healthy economy but a slowing one, so equities slump despite the promise of a rate cut because investors continue to see lower buying pressure.

Bob and Professor St. Onge assess the recent collapse of the Yen Carry Trade: and whether financial markets are a reliable barometer for economic conditions.

Government officials cannot stand to be mocked, but Brazil's finance minister and his tax plans have made the regime the target of a new wave of mockery.

Professor Tara Smith tries to set the record straight regarding Ayn Rand, Objectivism, and reason. Unfortunately, as David Gordon demonstrates, Smith's analysis misses the mark.