The EU Wants to Use War as an Excuse for More Debt
(Mises)—The European political and financial elite knows that the war in Ukraine is lost but wants to use it as...
Trump Must Cut Millions of Tax-Funded “Private” Jobs
Three weeks ago, the Trump administration sent out an order to the executive branch calling for federal agencies to “temporarily...
Trump’s Foreign Aid Freeze: A Step in the Right Direction
On January 24, 2025, President Donald Trump ordered an immediate freeze on virtually all US foreign aid and issued a...
Europe’s Economy Slows as Its Welfare State Grows
Summary Welfare State Expansion: European countries, known for having the largest welfare states within the OECD, are experiencing a decline...
2025: More Inflation, More Asset Bubbles, and More QE?
Capital markets, monetary policy, fiscal policy. The extent to which these three factors intertwine is of no small consequence to...
What to Do About Homelessness
Housing affordability has become a big problem in recent years, driven in part by immense amounts of new money creation....
Fiscal Federalism: No More Federal Funding of Local Government
Walking the sidewalks in any US small or large city, one sees at street intersections ramped curb-cuts designed to benefit...
Bitcoiners’ Guide to Austrian Economics
Austrian economics is a scholarly tradition that consists of a body of theory that explains how an economy works. Austrian...
Report: 2025’s Best and Worst US States for Sound Money
The newly-released 2025 Sound Money Index has identified Wyoming, South Dakota, and Alaska as the states with the most favorable...
The Economics of Medical Waiting Rooms
Americans regularly complain about wait times to obtain medical appointments, especially with primary care physicians and certain specialists. Waiting several...