Mises Institute

• Scarcity, Monopoly, and Intellectual Property
  Law and rights do not depend on the dictates of the state. With this position, Butler Shaffer puts himself at odds with much that passes in our day for wisdom among professors of law. There is an apparent acceptance of Jeremy Bentham’s dictum that “property is entirely the creature of law.” […]
• The Sad State of the Economics Profession
  Economists today have sold themselves to the enemy. To succeed they have to toe the line, and they don’t bite the hand that feeds them. […]
• The IMF is Dead Wrong on Low Interest Rates
  Interest rates are low, and staying low, because they are constantly manipulated by the Fed and other central banks. […]
• Cognitive Dissonance on Minimum Wages and Maximum Rents
  The minimum wage forces the price of labor up, and rent control forces the price of rental housing down. […]
• Ranchers and Empire in the American West
  The battle over cattle grazing in Nevada is just the latest episode in a long history of federal regulation of lands in the American West. […]