Pentagon Tells Lawmakers It Needs Additional $80 Billion for Iran War and Other Costs

Government debt is junk investment, but the markets treat it as gold. That is because government greases the skids, keeping its paper from the market discipline that private investments experience.

Nearly 100 Election Ballots Discovered Among Discarded Mail in Seattle Dumpster Nearly 100 voters in Washington state have been issued replacement ballots after election workers recovered a large collection of undelivered mail from a dumpster at a Seattle park, just days before the midterm elections, according to KOMO News. The incident came to light when a resident alerted King County Elections to suspicious mail disposal at Golden Gardens Park. County employees investigated and discovered two containers of discarded correspondence, including 92 election ballots that had never reached their intended recipients. The KOMO...

Help us keep alive Murray Rothbard’s legacy! In honor of Rothbard and all that he did to revitalize Austrian economics and the cause of liberty, the Mises Institute is proud to launch the Year of Rothbard to celebrate his 100th birthday.