U.S. Economy

Mention the term “free-market economics” and many people’s thoughts immediately turn to the Chicago School, the academic home of nine Nobel prize w

The law & economics movement has become one of the most dynamic schools within economics.

Mixing economics and government is a dangerous idea, nearly as dangerous as mixing church and government.

In this article James Rolph Edwards discusses the United States economic system and social security.

Volume 17, Number 1 (2003)

Real reform of the Fed begins with setting interest rates free, the abolition of deposit insurance, and ending the Fed’s position as lender of last

Keynesians are fond of overstating both the magnitude of the trade deficit and its alleged negative effects, writes Joseph Salerno.

Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.

In a free-market economy, firms threatened with competition often respond by searching for ways to increase efficiencies, attempting to lower costs

Any government intervention in the economy, such as, loan programs, regulations, and subsidies, creates malinvestments, writes Dayne Girard.