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The importance of this book lies primarily in how it shows the interventionist state is at the root of Western society’s increasingly loathsome, self-destructive,...
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For most Americans, the debate is about what size the welfare state should be. Austrian economists, however, ask why there should be a welfare...
Mainstream economists claim money has purchasing power because the government issuing the money has so declared. That makes no sense.
Contrary to mainstream economists, credit expansion that is not backed by real savings leads ultimately to an economic downturn.
Political and academic elites have successfully convinced the public that they should fear private enterprise. However, people really should fear an out-of-control government.
The importance of this book lies primarily in how it shows the interventionist state is at the root of Western society’s increasingly loathsome, self-destructive,...
The government’s inflationary borrow-and-spend policies have given Americans a false sense of prosperity. In the end, such policies are unsustainable.
Mainstream economists believe that economic theory is valid when it “predicts” economic actions or trends. Austrian economists, however, say that the purpose of economic...
Like the Biden administration, the European Union elites are seeking to crush free speech on the Internet in the name of preventing “hate speech”...
While these students are right to oppose the horrific Israeli attacks on Gaza, many of the protests reflect leftist groupthink and typical higher education...
The attempt by the mainstream economics profession to create economic literacy has turned into a movement to promote economic illiteracy.
Animal control officers are supposed to, well, control animals in a municipal area. But thanks to animal control policies, it’s the stray animals that...
Why have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans...
In 1959, Ludwig von Mises gave lectures on economics in Argentina, where the economy was in steep decline. In the 1920s, Argentina was one...
While Austrian and feminist critiques of neoclassical economics have some similarities, they also differ strongly on important points. Feminist critiques are based upon what...