Tom Woods explains the “unacceptable“ opinions behind freedom and free markets.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

The term “quid pro quo” has been twisted to now include government handouts and state-mandated exchanges, writes Gary Galles.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

Christopher Westley reports from this year's National Association of Business Economists Convention. He finds that the mainstream's intellectual blinders are firmly in place, and that the “fatal conceit” Friedrich Hayek wrote about in 1988 is alive and well in 2014.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

How much is Obama's war on ISIS going to cost you? You don't want to know, writes Daniel McAdams.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

Although it's clear that they offer no economic net benefit, American cities are building taxpayer-funded sports stadiums every chance they get. Billionaire team owners and politicians benefit greatly while ordinary taxpayers do less well, writes Salmaan A. Khan. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.

Libertarians — and Murray Rothbard in particular — are not pacifists, but reject the killing of innocents and other unjustified forms of military aggression, writes David Gordon.

This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Dianna Keiler.

In their new book "Money", Steve Forbes and Elizabeth Ames write with insight about the dangers of inflation and easy money, but ultimately, they fail to follow through on their analysis and instead make peace with monetary expansionism, writes David Gordon. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Robert Hale.

Don't expect sustained opposition to war to come from either side, writes Andrew Syrios. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Keith Hocker.