Mises Institute

Mises Senior Fellow Alex J. Pollock explains how the post-1971 “Nixonian” paper-money world makes the Fed both the engine of inflation and a prop for an oversized state, urging students to see central banking as the hidden arsonist behind booms, busts, and the erosion of their future purchasing power.

Dr. Mark Brandly examines what’s genuinely hard and what’s overstated about Gen Z’s economic situation, arguing that inflation, regulation, and a bloated welfare–bureaucratic state are driving their struggles, and urging students to learn economics and join the fight for liberty.

Connor O’Keeffe explains why the New Right’s economic populists have adopted a progressive myth of “laissez-faire gone wrong,” and instead shows how a century of inflation, bailouts, regulation, and managed trade has rigged the system against younger Americans.

Dr. Jeffery L. Degner explains how an “inflation culture” reshapes marriage, adulthood, and family life for Gen Z and contrasts it with a path of courageous independence, sound saving, and earlier family formation.

The Trump administration’s killings of scores of Venezuelans are provoking outrage across the Western Hemisphere. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth recently

Federal interest payments are now huge thanks to rising interest rates. The Fed may soon intervene in a big way in an effort to force down yields on Treasurys.

Japan says it will increase more bond-buying (and thus drive more inflation) to confront rising yields which threaten Japanese sovereign debt.

Gas is the cheapest since 2021. In a tepid economy, demand falls, and demand for oil is now outpaced by production. Gas then gets cheaper.