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Mainstream economics is obsessed with “maximizing” so-called utility functions and discovering the ubiquitous “social utility curve.” In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon...
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This week, Dr. Gordon reviews a new work— Reinterpreting Libertarianism: New Directions in Libertarian Studies—and offers insights on some of the contributions.
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Ryan McMaken and historian Larsen Plyler talk about how the Americans of the 1770s envisioned a new community of independent and sovereign states. The...
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Throughout history, Jews have been denounced as “moneylenders,” yet, as Carl Menger noted, there are very good reasons why Jewish people have been overrepresented...
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Menger said alternative monetary theories were “unhistorical,” one could argue that Menger’s theory also lacks historical evidence necessary to verify his theory. Did Menger...
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Thinking clearly about the state requires us to think differently than what is typically believed. The state is not a “necessary evil,” but rather...
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Any political figure, celebrity, professor, social or climate activist, or anyone else who calls for elimination of inhibition of this system—and the spillovers it...
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Even as historians have softened on their outlook on Hoover, they usually still manage to avoid the obvious connection between interventionism and lack of...
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The phenomenon of falling birth rates is due to factors far beyond the mere cost of living, and state-funded benefits for childrearing activities have...
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On the John Curley Show, Ryan McMaken presents a practical case for strengthening families by shrinking Leviathan’s reach.
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Is minarchism an antidote for the growing statism and socialism infecting our body politic? Think of it as “statism lite.”
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On this episode of Radio Rothbard, Ryan, Connor, and Tho discuss the latest jobs number data, what it means for the affordability crisis, the...
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Rothbard’s biographer, and a great friend to peace and freedom. I still miss reading Justin’s weekly column at antiwar.com.