Near the beginning of his ten-hour lecture series on the history of political thought, the great free-market historian Ralph Raico takes a little time to define his terms. In the first lecture he says...

More on the Presumed Theft of Gold that Became the Fort Knox Holdings

03/06/2025 Power & Market Jane L. Johnson

Mises Wire recently ran a story entitled “ The Gold at Fort Knox Was Stolen From Americans,” written by Mises Institute‘s executive editor Ryan McMaken. His essay‘s apt title reiterates the facts of...

Is Money Property? The Student Loan Debacle “Under the Aspect of Property Rights”

03/06/2025 Mises Wire Misty Peñuelas

When the Joe Biden administration announced a comprehensive plan to forgive student loans, the public outrage was palpable. Although only a slight haircut for the government, conservative literati...

Massie and Lee Introduce Bills to “End the Fed”

03/06/2025 Power & Market Tho Bishop

Yesterday Rep. Thomas Massie reintroduced legislation to abolish the Federal Reserve. I just reintroduced “End the Fed.” Title: Federal Reserve Board Abolition Act, HR 1846. Americans would be better...

The ECP Shows the Impossibility of Socialism

03/06/2025 Power & Market Soham Patil

The ECP (Economic Calculation Problem) is a critique of central planning and why they are inherently doomed to fail. The ECP was put forth by Ludwig von Mises. In it he argues that economic...

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Carson’s Rejoinders

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Kevin A. Carson

In this article, Kevin A. Carson responds to the numerous reviews of his book Studies in Mutualist Political Economy. Volume 20, Number 1 (2006)

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