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Thomas A. Firey The bitter reaction by economists and Wall Street to the Trump administration’s new tariff regime has put a spotlight on one of Donald Trump’s top economic advisers,…

Chris Edwards President Trump’s anti-market impulses are taking center stage this week with his damaging tariff policies. But the president is occasionally supportive of pro-market reforms, such as his remarks…

Kyle Handley Recent critiques of international economics may surprise many actual economists. The latest rap against my profession is that we economists were too ideological and optimistic about the benefits…

In The General Theory, J.M. Keynes allegedly “discredited” Say‘s Law. Of course, Keynes actually debunked a straw man that was a caricature of what Say actually wrote. It‘s time to…

In May 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.

Adam N. Michel After five rounds of voting, the pass-through tax deduction was chosen as the worst tax expenditure. The 20 percent business deduction arbitrarily favors certain types of businesses…

If devaluing the currency was a real measure of competitiveness, Argentina and Venezuela would be the most competitive nations on the planet.

Jeffrey A. Singer In 2019, Colorado lawmakers reduced possession of up to four grams of most controlled substances to a misdemeanor. Distribution or sale of controlled substances remained felonies. The law…

President Trump‘s recent assertions that the Fed should lower the discount rate puts him squarely in the middle of Fed politics and exposes the messy truth that the Fed is…