https://mises.org/ en Wed, 08 Apr 26 12:02:34 -0500 noAustrian,Economics,Austrian,Biography,Mises,Rothbard,Research,in,Austrian,Economics,Free,Market,Theory,Libertarianism,Auburn,classical,liberalism,capitalismAll our conferences on such diverse topics as welfare, bureaucracy, war, and monetary reform, as well as our weekly seminars, are available online. In addition, you will find Mises media at the Institute Youtube channel and on Google video.All our conferences on such diverse topics as welfare, bureaucracy, war, and monetary reform, as well as our weekly seminars, are available online. In addition, you will find Mises media at the Institute Youtube channel and on Google video. https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:27:15 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 05:29:57 CDT Gregory Bresiger https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-prices This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 04:06:31 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-prices https://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-draft Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/germany-restricts-emigration-prevent-young-men-escaping-military-draft https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 01:22:11 CDT Joakim Book https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book The old saw that when one has a hammer, everything else is a nail certainly applies to a new book by Oliver Bullough on so-called money laundering. Joakim Book sets the readers straight. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:02:50 CDT Joakim Book https://mises.org/mises-wire/money-laundering-and-oliver-bulloughs-new-pearl-clutching-book https://mises.org/notes-margin/chiles-president-begins-building-border-barrier-less-week-term Chilean President Kast said Chile had been "violated by illegal immigration, drug trafficking and organized crime." Wed, 08 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/chiles-president-begins-building-border-barrier-less-week-term https://mises.org/power-market/what-strategy-took-ucla-and-what-it-missed The tradition of Alchian, Demsetz, and colleagues has continuing relevance for strategy scholars. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 10:00:00 CDT Peter G. Klein https://mises.org/power-market/what-strategy-took-ucla-and-what-it-missed https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas Over the centuries, many academic institutions and publications have played their role in the good work of defending freedom. The Mises Institute does this today. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 09:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-mises-institute-and-battle-ideas https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-ceasefire-already-collapsing-israel-attacks-lebanese-civilians-again The Straight of Hormuz is closed again. Israel will not abide by any ceasefire, so Trump can only succeed by ignoring Netanyahu. Which Trump will not do. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-ceasefire-already-collapsing-israel-attacks-lebanese-civilians-again https://mises.org/power-market/parasitic-kenyan-state-murray-rothbards-anatomy-power-and-decade-economic-scandals-2014-2024 The Kenyan government from 2014 to 2024 perfectly illustrates Rothbard’s thesis: a parasitic caste that siphons public funds while cloaking predation in the rhetoric of development, security, and public service. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 02:02:21 CDT George Omondi Ojwang’ https://mises.org/power-market/parasitic-kenyan-state-murray-rothbards-anatomy-power-and-decade-economic-scandals-2014-2024 https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-prices This war is not just making energy more expensive, it’s knocking out the higher order goods the global structure of production depends on. This has already locked in dangerous shortages in critical industries like healthcare, food production, and much more. Wed, 08 Apr 2026 12:02:34 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-destruction-trumps-war-goes-far-beyond-high-gas-prices https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 04:53:27 CDT C.J. Maloney https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law https://mises.org/misesian/editor-marchapril-2026 In this issue of The Misesian, Patrick Newman explores the many ways that Rothbard remains relevant to current economic and political controversies. And other articles, all of which are in the Rothbardian tradition of advancing the scholarship of freedom and sound economics. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/misesian/editor-marchapril-2026 https://mises.org/misesian/mises-spotlight-brandan-buck I think any study of history or even the present ought to rely on the belief in contingency, that human action is what drives history, not broad deterministic sweeps of things that human beings are not in control of. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 CDT Brandan P. Buck https://mises.org/misesian/mises-spotlight-brandan-buck https://mises.org/misesian/entrepreneurship-beyond-politics In contrast to the pessimistic political atmosphere, our message in Oklahoma City was hopeful. Entrepreneurs are building alternatives, undermining institutionalized corruption, and tangibly improving people’s lives. Politicians may promise prosperity, but it’s entrepreneurs who create it. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/misesian/entrepreneurship-beyond-politics https://mises.org/misesian/sortition-god-will-fail Landemore wishes to be a radical democrat, but she is not radical enough. Why do people need to be ruled at all? In a free-market social order along Rothbardian lines, people are at liberty to deal with others as they wish, so long as they do not violate rights. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/misesian/sortition-god-will-fail https://mises.org/misesian/remembering-roger-w-garrison-who-led-way Garrison developed over the course of his career what has come to be called capital-based macroeconomics, a full-blown Austrian alternative to mainstream macroeconomics that he laid out in his great work, Time and Money: The Macroeconomics of the Capital Structure. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/misesian/remembering-roger-w-garrison-who-led-way https://mises.org/misesian/natural-entrepreneurship Conflict over the natural world often originates in people’s different conceptions of how the natural world can and should be used. Entrepreneurship in a free market helps settle these conflicts peacefully, without one group using the power of the state to force its preferences on others. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT Timothy D. Terrell https://mises.org/misesian/natural-entrepreneurship https://mises.org/library/periodical/misesian-vol-3-no-2-2026 In this issue of The Misesian, Patrick Newman explores the many ways that Rothbard remains relevant to current economic and political controversies. And other articles, all of which are in the Rothbardian tradition of advancing the scholarship of freedom and sound economics. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/library/periodical/misesian-vol-3-no-2-2026 https://mises.org/misesian/why-rothbard-relevant-ever Murray Rothbard is one of the all-time greats in Austrian economics and libertarianism. When studying his achievements, we immediately see that Rothbard is a giant whose shoulders free-market scholars should aspire to stand on. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT Patrick Newman https://mises.org/misesian/why-rothbard-relevant-ever https://mises.org/misesian/how-change-world-entrepreneurship-versus-politics Entrepreneurship is a voluntary undertaking that causes change by providing value. No force, no threats, and no coercion are involved. It is market action fully in line with our libertarian ideals. And it provides alternatives, and produces variety. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT Per Bylund https://mises.org/misesian/how-change-world-entrepreneurship-versus-politics https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck The US finds itself once again in an undeclared overseas war. Republicans in Congress, however, are unwilling to hold Trump to the Constitution. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 09:02:24 CDT Gregory Bresiger https://mises.org/mises-wire/donald-trump-another-bismarck https://mises.org/power-market/worse-john-mccain Tue, 07 Apr 2026 07:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/worse-john-mccain https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law Before J. M. Keynes and Stephanie Kelton, there was John Law. The promise of free money never seems to die. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:02:29 CDT C.J. Maloney https://mises.org/mises-wire/irresistible-promise-john-law https://mises.org/articles-interest/war-peace-and-state "It is legitimate to use violence against criminals in defense of one's rights of person and property; it is completely impermissible to violate the rights of other innocent people." Tue, 07 Apr 2026 06:00:00 CDT Murray N. Rothbard https://mises.org/articles-interest/war-peace-and-state https://mises.org/notes-margin/brief-history-israeli-nuclear-program-open-secret-heart-iran-war Israel’s nuclear weapons program, estimated at over 90 warheads, was secretly developed with financial and diplomatic support from the West. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/brief-history-israeli-nuclear-program-open-secret-heart-iran-war https://mises.org/power-market/immigration-right Claiming immigration as a right conflicts with the property rights of others. Tue, 07 Apr 2026 02:02:22 CDT Daniel Sutter https://mises.org/power-market/immigration-right https://mises.org/mises-wire/constitutional-government-and-tenth-amendment The Tenth Amendment to the US Constitution was supposed to affirm the sovereignty of individual states. However, after years of centralization, that amendment has been reduced to what Murray Rothbard called a “meaningless tautology.” Tue, 07 Apr 2026 12:02:18 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/constitutional-government-and-tenth-amendment https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:28:10 CDT Lipton Matthews https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power https://mises.org/events/ethics-liberty-seminar Join us for a special seminar on Murray Rothbard's The Ethics of Liberty. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:49:37 CDT https://mises.org/events/ethics-liberty-seminar https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/gold-fiat-and-fed On the Investing News Network with Charlotte McLeod, Dr. Jonathan Newman presents a primer on Austrian economics. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 01:43:41 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/individual-interview/gold-fiat-and-fed https://mises.org/power-market/entrepreneurship-agreement-under-uncertainty Under Knightian uncertainty, how do entrepreneurs persuade others to join their projects? Mon, 06 Apr 2026 09:00:00 CDT Peter G. Klein https://mises.org/power-market/entrepreneurship-agreement-under-uncertainty https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-and-price-oil Are rising oil prices responsible for inflation? While some economists and many in the media make that connection, the reality is much different. Inflation occurs because of expansion of the money supply. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:02:18 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/price-inflation-and-price-oil https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-begs-ceasefire-iran-rejects-it The country that is losing generally does not reject ceasefire proposals. Meanwhile, Iran demands an end to the Israeli war on civilians in Lebanon, etc. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 06:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/trump-begs-ceasefire-iran-rejects-it https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-iran-war-worse-expected-better-hoped "Americans now know that the US government lives for war, is owned by Israel, and is completely beholden to and integrated with the military industrial complex..." Mon, 06 Apr 2026 05:00:00 CDT Karen Kwiatkowski https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-iran-war-worse-expected-better-hoped https://mises.org/notes-margin/thanks-trump-rising-fuel-prices-endanger-milei-coalition Rising prices, triggered by Trump's Iran War (which Milei supports) endanger the political future of Milei in Argentina, as it does with other rightwing regimes in South America. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/thanks-trump-rising-fuel-prices-endanger-milei-coalition https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-loses-least-six-aircraft-iran-war-friday " US officials said that the two C-130s and two Little Birds were destroyed at a makeshift airstrip after they got stuck in the sand..." Mon, 06 Apr 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/us-loses-least-six-aircraft-iran-war-friday https://mises.org/power-market/degrees-seriousness-national-debt We hit an ignominious milestone recently when the national debt crossed $39 trillion. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:02:47 CDT Christopher Baecker https://mises.org/power-market/degrees-seriousness-national-debt https://mises.org/power-market/mayor-mamdani-has-declared-war-gold Being the good socialist he is, Mayor Zohran Mamdani of New York City recognizes that gold represents sound money and commerce. Naturally, he wants to tax it into oblivion. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 02:02:37 CDT Jp Cortez https://mises.org/power-market/mayor-mamdani-has-declared-war-gold https://mises.org/mises-wire/elusive-giffen-good-once-again Can silver be called a Giffen Good? Probably not, although that fact doesn’t discourage some from looking for the equivalent of a unicorn in economic thinking. Mon, 06 Apr 2026 12:03:21 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/mises-wire/elusive-giffen-good-once-again https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/gold-whiplash-and-petrodollar Gold and silver whip around with war and liquidity stress, while the Fed quietly rolls out “emergency” support. Mark Thornton explains what’s driving the moves. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 06:02:21 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/gold-whiplash-and-petrodollar https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power What happens when a corporation resists a government edict because company leaders believe the policy to be morally wrong? The ordeal of Anthropic is a current case in point. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:38 CDT Lipton Matthews https://mises.org/mises-wire/when-corporations-resist-state-ethics-ai-and-limits-government-power https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy One of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its overall legacy is destructive, and even the jobs war “creates” are economically undesirable. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:38 CDT Carlos Boix https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy One of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its overall legacy is destructive, and even the jobs war “creates” are economically undesirable. Sat, 04 Apr 2026 12:03:34 CDT Carlos Boix https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/why-naive-pro-democracy-classical-liberalism-doesnt-work In this lecture from the 2026 Libertarian Scholars Conference, Ryan McMaken looks at how the old classical liberal program of democracy and constitutions has failed, and why we need a more realist view of the state and its many crimes. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 03:45:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/why-naive-pro-democracy-classical-liberalism-doesnt-work https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ideological-impregnation-thought However one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than a correct theory. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 10:15:11 CDT Ludwig von Mises https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ideological-impregnation-thought https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of the historical evidence illustrates Menger’s theory. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:14:50 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-post-office-and-non-profits-share-socialist-calculation-problem Government entities like the Postal Service operate in a world of market prices, so they are not fully socialist. However, they still are subject to the limitations of socialist calculation problems. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 09:02:40 CDT Thiago V. S. Coelho https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-post-office-and-non-profits-share-socialist-calculation-problem https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/golden-rule In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Joseph Salerno’s Money, Sound and Unsound, and still finds it golden. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 06:02:28 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/golden-rule https://mises.org/power-market/roger-garrison-pioneer-digital-pedagogy-dawn-internet-age A tribute to the late Roger W. Garrison (1944–2026) was delivered at the opening reception of the Austrian Economics Research Conference (AERC) in Auburn, Alabama on March 19, 2026. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 02:01:50 CDT Dale Steinreich https://mises.org/power-market/roger-garrison-pioneer-digital-pedagogy-dawn-internet-age https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america Despite the claims of the chartalists, early American monetary history tells a much different story than one falsely claiming state-issued fiat money undergirded the colonial economy. In fact, much of the historical evidence illustrates Menger’s monetary theory. Fri, 03 Apr 2026 12:02:22 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/trump-right-birthright-citizenship On this episode of Power and Market, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss Pam Bondi being fired, the SCOTUS taking up Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship, and the difference between realist and naive libertarians. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 05:00:01 CDT Connor O'Keeffe, Ryan McMaken, Tho Bishop https://mises.org/podcasts/power-and-market/trump-right-birthright-citizenship https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/corruption-system Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 04:50:13 CDT Carlos Boix https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/corruption-system https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for US supporters of military and economic aid to the State of Israel. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 02:21:07 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/cantillon-effects-and-politics-money-creation This week, Bob explains Cantillon effects: the insight that new money doesn't raise all prices equally or simultaneously, but flows through the economy in a sequence that benefits early recipients at the expense of everyone else. Then, he shows why this phenomenon is the foundation on which the entire Austrian theory of the business cycle is built. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:30:17 CDT Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/cantillon-effects-and-politics-money-creation https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca The real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 01:14:47 CDT Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr. https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for the US regime which exploits Americans to send military aid to the State of Israel. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 11:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 10:47:30 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-favorite-thing-take-oil It's unknown what Trump thinks is the real reason for the current war with Iran, but stealing the oil is perhaps on the list, right after bombing the country "back to the stone ages." Thu, 02 Apr 2026 09:02:21 CDT Vincent Cook https://mises.org/mises-wire/my-favorite-thing-take-oil https://mises.org/mises-wire/hypocrisy-western-universal-values The original western values such as juridical equality, political freedom, natural rights, and religious tolerance are being co-opted into a system of “positive” rights that are socially and morally destructive. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 06:02:55 CDT Finn Andreen https://mises.org/mises-wire/hypocrisy-western-universal-values https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:02:18 CDT William L. Anderson https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship The process of naturalization is a government-created "right" with no basis in property rights. In other words, there is no libertarian case for birthright citizenship. Thu, 02 Apr 2026 12:02:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship The process of naturalization is a government-created "right" with no basis in property rights. In other words, there is no libertarian case for birthright citizenship. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:33:05 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency To call Trump’s actions king-like is to greatly understate the problem. What we actually face is a massive, self-amplifying executive branch that makes deranged presidents far more dangerous than an actual king could ever be. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 04:36:31 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/podcasts/guns-and-butter/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism For Rothbard — as for Locke — it is not the use of force that is disputable, but the use of force against peaceful and innocent people. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 11:55:48 CDT Carlo Lottieri https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism https://mises.org/power-market/inside-2026-libertarian-scholars-conference "The conference featured not only a wide range of topics, but also a diverse group of participants—from those engaged in more strictly academic work to those shaped by practical experience..." Wed, 01 Apr 2026 10:00:00 CDT Halina Šimo https://mises.org/power-market/inside-2026-libertarian-scholars-conference https://mises.org/power-market/marxist-propagandist-jurgen-habermas-has-died The philosopher Jürgen Habermas died on March 14. He was the leading philosopher of the Frankfurt School, a hotbed of Marxism and critical theory. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 09:00:00 CDT Ryan McMaken https://mises.org/power-market/marxist-propagandist-jurgen-habermas-has-died https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism For Rothbard – as for Locke – it is not the use of force that is disputable, but the use of force against peaceful and innocent people. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 08:00:00 CDT Carlo Lottieri https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism https://mises.org/power-market/bring-troops-back-end-war-now Wed, 01 Apr 2026 07:00:00 CDT Ron Paul https://mises.org/power-market/bring-troops-back-end-war-now https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-analytic-statements-matter In a world characterized by genuine uncertainty rather than mechanical predictability, analytic reasoning provides a form of epistemic certainty that empirical observation alone cannot secure. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 06:02:41 CDT Roberto Ledezma https://mises.org/mises-wire/yes-analytic-statements-matter https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency To call Trump’s actions king-like is to greatly understate the problem. What we actually face is a massive, self-amplifying executive branch that makes deranged presidents far more dangerous than an actual king could ever be. Wed, 01 Apr 2026 12:02:35 CDT Connor O'Keeffe https://mises.org/mises-wire/our-problem-isnt-kings-its-presidency https://mises.org/power-market/10th-annual-austrian-economics-meeting-europe-may-28-30-angers-france On May 28th, the 10th annual Austrian Economics Meeting Europe will be held at Western Catholic University in Angers, France. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 01:00:00 CDT Mises Institute https://mises.org/power-market/10th-annual-austrian-economics-meeting-europe-may-28-30-angers-france https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificial-intelligence-hammers-final-nail-karl-marxs-coffin Marx built part of his system on the belief that capital would create the “great reserve army of the unemployed,” and modern Marxists have made the same claim about AI. However, we are seeing AI actually enhance the value of labor, not diminish it. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 10:02:23 CDT Andy Fischer https://mises.org/mises-wire/artificial-intelligence-hammers-final-nail-karl-marxs-coffin https://mises.org/misesian/keep-your-schroeder-wheel Paul Schroeder (1927–2020) was generally regarded as the greatest American diplomatic historian specializing in Europe: The Transformation of European Politics, 1763–1848. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 09:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/misesian/keep-your-schroeder-wheel https://mises.org/notes-margin/walmart-recession-indicator-flashing-red The Walmart Recession Signal (WRS), which measures Walmart's stock price against a basket of luxury stocks, shows high risk of a sharp economic downturn. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 05:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/walmart-recession-indicator-flashing-red https://mises.org/notes-margin/we-are-road-serfdom "...the power of the state expands and the liberty of the citizen contracts." Tue, 31 Mar 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/we-are-road-serfdom https://mises.org/power-market/austrian-fix-manufactured-iranian-energy-crisis The ongoing destruction of the world’s largest natural-gas reservoir at South Pars and Qatar has produced exactly what Austrian economics predicts: sudden, irreplaceable capital destruction followed by a violent supply shock. Tue, 31 Mar 2026 02:02:21 CDT Lucas Peters https://mises.org/power-market/austrian-fix-manufactured-iranian-energy-crisis https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution America’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 01:49:19 CDT Patrick Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-market-economy-be-trusted People claim to support economic intervention because the market cannot be trusted to be “stable” enough to keep the economy out of recessions. However, it is government itself, not the free market, which creates the instability in the first place. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:02:31 CDT Frank Shostak https://mises.org/mises-wire/can-market-economy-be-trusted https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-fuel-price-hikes-are-hurting-chiles-new-conservative-government Thanks to Trump-caused global price hikes, the Chilean Left has a much easier time destroying Chile's new Catholic anti-socialist leader. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 06:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/trumps-fuel-price-hikes-are-hurting-chiles-new-conservative-government https://mises.org/notes-margin/israeli-state-targets-christians-forcing-holy-sites-close For the first time in many centuries, Christians cannot enter the the Church of the Holy Sepulchre. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/israeli-state-targets-christians-forcing-holy-sites-close https://mises.org/misesian/easterly-eden Easterly questions if economic development is really development unless all parties have the right and opportunity to consent voluntarily in their own decisions Mon, 30 Mar 2026 05:00:00 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/misesian/easterly-eden https://mises.org/notes-margin/americans-assume-saudi-arabia-top-foreign-oil-source-us-theyre-wrong Only 22% of surveyed Americans correctly stated the top source of foreign oil in the US: Canada. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 04:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/americans-assume-saudi-arabia-top-foreign-oil-source-us-theyre-wrong https://mises.org/notes-margin/irans-grip-strait-hormuz-tighter-ever-after-month-war So far in March barely six vessels per day on average have traversed the strait. That compares with about 135 a day in normal times. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 03:00:00 CDT https://mises.org/notes-margin/irans-grip-strait-hormuz-tighter-ever-after-month-war https://mises.org/mises-wire/once-again-crisis-raises-question-why-does-state-exist As government lurches from one crisis to another, people demand the government fix the problems it causes. Maybe we need to rethink the “government to the rescue” myth. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:02:31 CDT George Ford Smith https://mises.org/mises-wire/once-again-crisis-raises-question-why-does-state-exist https://mises.org/mises-wire/walter-williams-against-erasing-confederate-history When protesters began tearing down Confederate statues and markers in the summer of 2020, Walter Williams objected to what he called “statucide.” Such antics, he argued, would serve no purpose in advancing the best interests of black Americans. Mon, 30 Mar 2026 12:02:19 CDT Wanjiru Njoya https://mises.org/mises-wire/walter-williams-against-erasing-confederate-history https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/central-banks-vs-reality-golds-signal-war-economy Mark Thornton explains the gold and silver selloff. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 06:00:12 CDT Mark Thornton https://mises.org/podcasts/minor-issues/central-banks-vs-reality-golds-signal-war-economy https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution America’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:02:29 CDT Patrick Newman https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-sovereign-debt-structurally-insulated-market-discipline Government debt is junk investment, but the markets treat it as gold. That is because government greases the skids, keeping its paper from the market discipline that private investments experience. Sat, 28 Mar 2026 12:02:30 CDT Michael Dioguardi https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-sovereign-debt-structurally-insulated-market-discipline https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/what-would-strategic-victory-look-iran Foreign policy scholar Brandan Buck joins Ryan McMaken to talk about whether or not a US tactical victory in Iran can lead to a strategic victory as well. And what does victory for the Iranian state look like? Are there any prospects for a lasting peace? Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:10:00 CDT Ryan McMaken, Brandan P. Buck https://mises.org/podcasts/radio-rothbard/what-would-strategic-victory-look-iran https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/can-ai-solve-socialist-calculation-problem Bob untangles two arguments that even Austrian economists sometimes conflate: Mises' calculation problem and Hayek's knowledge problem. Then, he explains why the distinction matters, especially in light of recent claims that AI and modern computing could finally make central planning viable. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 04:00:17 CDT Robert P. Murphy https://mises.org/podcasts/human-action-podcast/can-ai-solve-socialist-calculation-problem https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/murray-n-rothbard-and-truth-about-central-banking Drawing on Rothbard's writings on money and central banking, Murray Sabrin makes the case that inflation is a hidden tax, the Federal Reserve is neither independent nor beneficial, and that ending central banking is the unfinished business of the American Revolution. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:05:01 CDT Murray Sabrin https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/murray-n-rothbard-and-truth-about-central-banking https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-public-about-public-economics Dr. Tate Fegley uses Rothbard's theory of demonstrated preference to dismantle the mainstream public goods framework, showing that claims of market failure and welfare improvement by the state have no scientific basis because they contradict what individuals actually reveal through their choices. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 CDT Tate Fegley https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-public-about-public-economics https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/murray-n-rothbard-capitalist-entrepreneur Dr. Per Bylund unpacks Rothbard's concept of the capitalist entrepreneur as the economy's true mover and shaker: the figure who not only forecasts future consumer demand but puts real capital behind those forecasts, bearing uncertainty and driving the structure of production. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 CDT Per Bylund https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/murray-n-rothbard-capitalist-entrepreneur https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-public-about-inequality Drawing on Rothbard's essay on inequality and the division of labor, Dr. Lucas Engelhardt argues that human diversity is the very foundation of comparative advantage and prosperity, and that billionaires arise either by serving large numbers of people through the market or by extracting wealth through political connections. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:00:00 CDT Lucas M. Engelhardt https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-public-about-inequality https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-informed-layperson-about-prices-and-competition Drawing on Man, Economy, and State, Dr. Jonathan Newman walks through Rothbard's theory of price formation and competition, showing that prices reflect subjective preferences, not seller greed, and that the only consumer-harming monopolies are those created by the state. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 11:45:00 CDT Jonathan Newman https://mises.org/podcasts/aerc-2026/what-rothbard-can-teach-informed-layperson-about-prices-and-competition https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 09:02:25 CDT Carlos Boix https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/atlanta-tsa-and-test-case-interventionist-non-intervention The TSA stories, especially at Atlanta, are illustrations of interventionist non-intervention: non-delivery of promised, paid-for, and monopolized service. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 08:34:56 CDT Joshua Mawhorter https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/atlanta-tsa-and-test-case-interventionist-non-intervention https://mises.org/mises-wire/huerta-de-soto-exposes-failures-socialism A century after Ludwig von Mises exposed the fundamental weakness in the socialist economy, Jesús Huerta de Soto demonstrates why Mises was right and his detractors were wrong. In Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon explains why Huerta de Soto is right. Fri, 27 Mar 2026 06:02:58 CDT David Gordon https://mises.org/mises-wire/huerta-de-soto-exposes-failures-socialism