Mises Institute

• Economic Progress and the Primacy of the Individual
  The economic success of the West and of free economies everywhere stems from the acceptance within many societies (to varying degrees) that individuals are all equal in the right to own property and exercise freedom from the collective. States, on the other hand, claim a special and exalted position within society. […]
• Scarcity, Monopoly, and Intellectual Property
  Law and rights do not depend on the dictates of the state. There is growing 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. […]