What do we mean by “states‘ rights”? Mises scholar, Wanjiru Njoya, takes us through the discussion to show us how different people have tried to define and explain that term.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-doctrine-states-rights

Austrian economics veers sharply from the economic mainstream over the use of mathematics and quantitative measures. Instead, Austrians build upon irrefutable premises based upon human action.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/questionable-role-quantitative-methods-economics

Some in Congress are floating the idea of selling government land -- especially in the West -- as a way to pay down federal debt and free more land for housing. While this might seem like a free market "solution," we should remember that the government is a rapacious monopoly.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/selling-public-lands

While it is tempting to see the economic success of Singapore and Hong Kong as similar, there really are stark differences between them. Hong Kong has developed through laissiez-faire and entrepreneurship while Singapore is much more state directed.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/economic-success-singapore-and-hong-kong

Why did North and South go to war with each other in 1861? The standard narrative is that slavery caused the war while more thoughtful people realize that the causes are much more complex than the simple "slavery existed" narrative.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/understanding-causes-lincolns-war

Socialists despise individual liberty because they believe that allowing humans to make free choices supposedly leads to selfish and anti-social behavior. However, by denying individual choice, socialists are denying human action itself.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/axiom-action-and-inescapability-liberty

Jesús Huerta de Soto has published a series of lectures on Austrian Economics, and Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy reviews his Lectures in Austrian Economics, Volume 1. Dr. Gordon is especially interested in how de Soto deals with time.

Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/invasion-spatializers

This article is dedicated to some of the quotes, especially from key participants and primary sources, about inflation and its consequences during the American Revolution. As usual, war led to inflation, which in turn facilitated war, and both contributed to centralization.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/their-own-words-revolutionary-voices-inflation

Mises University begins Sunday, July 20, and given that misinformation abounds about the economy, it is good to have a forum where students can learn economic truths and stretch their minds.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-mises-university-matters

Despite assurances from Amtrak's administrators that profitability is just around the corner, Amtrak remains a huge money loser. However, even given the long distances of some of the routes, Amtrak could still be profitable if its leadership is willing to make changes.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/subsidies-amtrak-and-siemens-pathway-cronyism-few