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Regulating Banks the Austrian Way

By ending this legal privilege, we eliminate the ability for banks to grow to such inordinate sizes. By abiding by the same legal principles (or “regulations,” if you will) as any other deposit-taking firm, banks are not unduly advantaged. If banks shrink in size, the “too big to fail” doctrine is eliminated, or at least greatly reduced.

The History of Our Movement

Raico describes their hilarious attempt to meet Mises, in the guise of door-to-door salesmen.

FDR: Sowing the Seeds of Chaos

FDR locked in a destructive worldwide régime of economic nationalism that eventually led to war.

Prohibition Caused the Greatness of Gatsby

The Great Gatsby is a testament to how the Jay Gatsbys of the world can reach the stars with the help of government prohibition.


The Circle Bastiat

Christopher Westley: Thomas Sowell on Why the Intelligencia Pay No Price for Being Wrong
Thomas Sowell recently sat down with Peter Robinson to discuss his latest book, Intellectuals and Race. Here's a short excerpt: Robinson: ...[N]ow you're saying that multiculturalists [who argue for] bringing kids into [academic] ins ... More »

Hunter Lewis: Was Marx Right?
Not very  often, but  occasionally he hit on something of importance. For example, he said in the Communist Manifesto  that: The cheap prices of its commodities are the heavy artillery with which [ the profit system]...compels all n ... More »

Joseph Salerno: Fed Bank President Targets Unemployment Targeters
The Fed has committed itself to maintaining its zero interest rate policy as well as quantitative easing for as long as the unemployment rate remains above 6.5 percent (and inflation rate below 2.5 percent). James Bullard, the President of the Feder ... More »

Joseph Salerno: David Stockman Seminar in NYC
The Mises Institute will be hosting the David Stockman Seminar in New York City on Tuesday May 21. Lew Rockwell, Judge Andrew Napolitano, and myself will be in attendance. Mr. Stockman will be talking about his hard-hitting new book on crony capita ... More »

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Libertarianism Today

The Mises Institute is the exclusive distributor of this paperback edition at this special low price! If you want to understand the underlying political dynamic alive in the United States, you mus... More »

Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude, The

States are more vulnerable than people think. They can collapse in an instant—when consent is withdrawn. This is the thesis of this thrilling book. Murray Rothbard writes a classic introduction to... More »

The Law

How is it that the law enforcer itself does not have to keep the law? How is it that the law permits the state to lawfully engage in actions which, if undertaken by individuals, would land them in j... More »

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Two Essays by Ludwig von Mises (Middle of the Road Leads to Socialism; Liberty and Property)

Prices and Production

Complete Libertarian Forum (1969-1984)

Individualism and Economic Order

Economic Policy: Thoughts for Today and Tomorrow



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