Audio Mises Daily

Bruce Ivins had the skill, the opportunity, and the motives to single-handedly produce the crisis that the state needed, writes Floy Lilley.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Why the sudden pressure against drug prohibition? It is a burden on taxpayers. It is a burden on government budgets. It is a burden on the criminal-justice system. It is a burden on the healthcare system. The economic crisis has intensified the pain from all these burdens, writes Mark Thornton.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

Disputants would be far better off if they could choose among competing arbitration agencies and thereby reap the benefits of competition and specialization, writes Morris and Linda Tannehill.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Holly Hinton and Joel Sams.

The person of intelligence tends to "see things as they are," never permits his view of them to be directed by convention, by the hope of advantage, or by an irrational and arbitrary authoritarianism. His consciousness is uncontrolled by prejudice, prepossession, or formula, writes Albert Jay Nock (1870–1945).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joel Sams.

This great company keeps reinventing itself to serve the public: real people, not abstractions, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Every time we object to a thing being done by government, they conclude that we object to its being done at all, writes Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Joel Sams.

The Old Right of the postwar period had a rugged and near-libertarian honesty in domestic affairs as well, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

The abolitionist would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the state immediately, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.

Milk in its natural state — raw milk — is consumed by very few Americans, because it is illegal in many states and thoroughly discouraged by federal health organizations, regulators, and the Big Dairy lobby. Its dangers are minimal, and those are due to its prohibition, writes Mark Thornton.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.

We should thank our lucky stars for air conditioning — and hope that that government won't destroy it, writes Mark Thornton.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.