How State Intervention Fueled Haiti's Descent into Chaos
As the official government in Haiti loses control, many are calling it a failed state. Crises like this are often evoked to discredit libertarians. But blame for Haiti’s current plight lies with the...
View ArticleCNN Is Wrong. Deflation Is a Good Thing
A recent CNN broadcast claimed that deflation was bad for the economy and that we need to adjust to higher prices. As usual, the journalistic “experts” got it backwards.
View ArticleThe Mises Institute: How Capitalism Can Save America Again
Tom DiLorenzo recently appeared on Tom Mullen Talks Freedom to discuss the Mises Institute’s mission and the abysmal economics of the two major political parties.
View ArticleSeparating Information from Disinformation: Threats from the AI Revolution
While fears that AI will morph into something like the Terminator and try to destroy the world, the real threat from AI is that the authorities will use it to produce propaganda and public lies.
View ArticleUnderstanding the AI Revolution
The “AI” in our present real-world hype is nothing like the sci-fi “creatures” of film; AI machines are nowhere near conscious beings.
View ArticleBe on the Lookout for These Lies in Biden’s State of the Union Address
In his State of the Union speech Thursday, President Biden will claim the economy is growing—and that his administration will “crack down” on corporate greed. He will not address the damage his...
View ArticleThe Economics of the AI Revolution
Artificial intelligence has much to contribute as a consumption good and a producer’s good. However, there also are limitations in what AI can do, given it susceptible to the GIGO rule: Garbage in,...
View ArticleThe Great Depression and Great Depression II: Similarities, Differences
The United States survived the first Great Depression, although it permanently changed the role of government. Will excessive government spending and money creation lead to Great Depression II?
View ArticleThe Folly of Rent Control in New York City (Again)
New York City’s government has imposed draconian rent controls. The natural outcome, as economists note, has been massive shortages, as apartment owners no longer have an incentive to rent empty...
View ArticleFree Markets and the Antidiscrimination Principle
The right to be able to enter into contracts with others is fundamental to free markets and a free society. That means people should be able to engage in discrimination.
View ArticleNo, There Is Not a Perfect Open Border System between the States
Open-borders advocates often point to the alleged openness of borders between the individual states in the USA. However, a closer look shows there are many restrictions most Americans are unaware of.
View ArticleA Tale of Two Bureaucracies
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
View ArticleBureaucracy: Applying Mises’s Insights to Our Present Day
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
View ArticleNew Video: A Lecture on State Militias and the Second Amendment
Unfortunately, the independent state militias in America were eventually replaced by the "National Guard" which is essentially now a reserve force for the federal government's enormous standing army.
View ArticleLooking Back at the Crossroads: Liberty or Socialism
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
View ArticleThe Money Supply Fell for the Fifteenth Month in a Row as Full-Time Jobs...
The money supply has fallen repeatedly, year-over-year, but in recent months the total money supply has flattened out and deflation has disappeared.
View ArticleHaiti, Jimmy Barbeque, and Uncle Sam
On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan and Tho are joined by Marcel Gautreau to discuss the situation unfolding in Haiti.
View ArticleShades of Gray
David Gordon comments on John Gray’s The New Leviathans, noting that Gray’s reasons for turning away from liberalism and free markets are based on fallacies.
View ArticleHazlitt Against Keynes on Unemployment and Wages: A Lesson for Modern...
Henry Hazlitt's The Failure of the New Economics remains the best criticism of J.M. Keynes' General Theory.
View ArticleSelf-Ownership and the Right to Self-Defense
The right to self-defense is a crucial component of our rights of self-ownership. Wanjiru Njoya explains the details.
View ArticlePersonal Medical Bankruptcy: Made in DC
When the government wants to make something more affordable, that usually means new subsidies, laws, and regulations that drive up the real price. Higher medical prices will mean more medical...
View ArticleThe Drug War
Mark shares the latest episode in the Mises Institute's The Costs of the Progressives video series, "The Drug War," which cites Mark's research on the economics of prohibition.
View ArticleRyan McMaken on the History and Benefits of Secession
Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his recent talk on secession at Oklahoma State University.
View ArticleAyn Rand and the Austrian Economists
Henry Hazlitt Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Shone and Brae Sadler.
View ArticleA Case for Argentina’s Dollarization: Why and How to Implement It
The Friedrich A. Hayek Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Donald and Judy Rember.
View ArticleBureaucracy and Grove City College: How One College Resisted the...
Today we are featuring the winning essays in the Student Essay Contest for undergraduates at the Austrian Economics Research Conference.
View ArticleCalifornia’s Latest Hustle: Utility Bills Based on Ratepayers' Income
California’s legislature wants to combine the idea of two-part price discrimination with a soak-the-rich mentality in charging for utilities. What possibly could go wrong?
View ArticleAustrian Economics Research Conference 2025
The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential...
View ArticleTwo Cheers for Vivek Ramaswamy for His Commentary on the Fed
While Vivek Ramaswamy was unsuccessful in his Republican presidential primary bid, at least he helped to demystify the Federal Reserve. This is not the usual political rhetoric the public receives.
View ArticleLibertarian Scholars Conference 2025
Join us in Auburn in March for Libertarian Scholars Conference 2025.
View ArticleNavigating the Slippery Slope: How Hoover's Interventions Paved the Way for...
One of the great myths of US History is that Herbert Hoover was a laissez-faire president. In truth, he intervened in the economy more than any of his predecessors, creating the crisis known as the...
View ArticleWho Really Works Against the Public?
“The public be damned” is a statement by railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt that has been twisted out of context. While the American ruling classes insist that private enterprise is the enemy of...
View ArticleKnowing Murray in the Early Years (1971–1972) and Why Rothbard and Rand Would...
The Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Steven and Cassandra Torello.
View ArticleThe Forgotten Austrian: Peter F. Drucker and the Welfare State
The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture. Sponsored by Yousif Almoayyed.
View ArticleWho Will Take Care of the Roads? Why, The Coercive, Substandard, and...
When someone makes the “roads” argument for the presence of government, they fail to point out that the final government product is substandard and often a hazard to people who use those roads. There...
View ArticleThe Tyranny of the 1964 Civil Rights Act
New York City’s government has imposed draconian rent controls. The natural outcome, as economists note, has been massive shortages, as apartment owners no longer have an incentive to rent empty...
View ArticleFederal Judges Co-Opted America's State Constitutions
In the early republic, debates over constitutional rights were centered on state bills of rights. But, over time the state charters were gradually co-opted by federal judges and courts.
View ArticleBoeing’s Problems Are Not Due to Free Markets
Critics of Boeing are blaming free markets and the profit and loss system for recent safety failures. However, Boeing hardly operates in a free market anymore, given that half its revenues come from...
View ArticleBig Agriculture's Protectionism Targets the Amish
The recent raid on an Amish family farm is the direct result of government protectionism of big agriculture through needless and cumbersome regulations.
View ArticleThe West Is Losing Interest in Ukrainian Victory
Ryan and Zach talk about the signs that the West is slowly abandoning its goal of total victory over Russia in Ukraine.
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