The bulk of the US gold reserves held in Fort Knox are made up of impure “non-standard” bars that don’t qualify for use in ...

While there is a public uproar about China having access to the work of American scientists, there is a bigger issue at stake ...

If we uphold voluntary exchange on the market as the standard of fairness, then the only neutral tax is one that is flattened ...

The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the ...

Free speech isn’t about protecting one’s personal viewpoint. It is about promoting and protecting individual liberty.

We are told that it takes “eternal vigilance” to protect our freedom. But what if the entity taking away our freedom has the ...

Some economists have claimed that “transparent” monetary policy in which the Fed operates predictably will lessen the chances ...

Whether rates go up or down, neither outcome will be pleasant, leaving a bondholder caught between the Unthinkable and the ...

So, sorry, but I’m not in the mood to thank any more uniformed servicemembers or veterans. I’m going to tip my hat to the ...

The word “democracy” is almost sacrosanct in modern society, yet what advocates call “our democracy” is not what it claims to ...

It is important to note that states and what we know as taxes gradually emerged through war, conquest, plunder, and tribute.

If prices are instrumental in providing needed information to market participants, then inflation can be seen as introducing ...