How the McKinley Tariff Almost Destroyed the Republican Party
President Trump has discovered a new political hero to idolize: President William McKinley, an imperialist and protectionist.
The Significance of 2024 and the Challenges of 2025
2024 was a rough year for the Washington establishment as its control over public discourse continued to collapse. While this is an
A Brief Note on a Historic Proposal by Argentine President, Javier Milei
Argentina President Javier Milei is proposing a new law that would “declare it an imprescriptible crime for the state and the central
An Economic Forecast for 2025
Mark Thornton looks forward to 2025—and a little bit backwards at 2024—and projects what we might see in the coming new year.
Happy New Year: A Toast to 50 Years of Legalized Gold
On New Year’s Eve 1974, President Gerald Ford snuck in an executive order legalizing private gold ownership, revoking FDR’s previous policies banning
Radical Republicans and the Thirteenth Amendment
While US historians tend to tell the simple, good-versus-evil story of the creation and implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, revisionist
Last Day to Give in 2024!
End the year right and get a head start on a great New Year's Resolution by helping the Mises Institute!
Is the Market Economy Inherently Unstable, Or Is Government the Culprit?
The Federal Reserve and so-called government stabilizers exist ostensibly to balance a market economy that supposedly is fundamentally unstable. But what if