Mises Daily

Good economic reasoning advises sharp constraints on the size and scope of government. Don Mathews says Gore's bad economics is merely a political tool. 

It's not all it's cracked up to be. Freedom is the only way out of the current mess, says Andei Kreptul. 

The Cold War was and is hugely expensive. The full economic cost of any policy must be considered before lending moral and financial support to it, argues Chris Westley. 

Mark Thornton explains why he won't sign a statement endorsing Bush's economic plan.

Government statistics often carry the label, but Frank Shostak says it is worse than meaningless.

Once we accept that government has a legitimate role in divvying out economic favors among its citizens, on what basis do we make moral distinctions among competing demands?

Air travel delays keep getting worse. Who's to blame?  

The foes of trade are missing an important effect of the rising volume of world commerce, says Hans Sennholz: the improvement of living conditions in all countries. 

John Kenneth Galbraith has been a socialist--which is to say, an opponent of freedom--for nearly all of his career. 

For those of us who see television news and commentary as a vast, statist wasteland, the work of John Stossel has been welcome relief. But now he's under attack.