How EU Law Has Made the Internet Less Free for Everyone Else
Like the Biden administration, the European Union elites are seeking to crush free speech on the Internet in the name of preventing “hate speech” and “disinformation.” Of course, the EU ruling classes won’t have to worry about being censored.
Mises in Argentina: Lessons of the Past for Today
In 1959, Ludwig von Mises gave lectures on economics in Argentina, where the economy was in steep decline. In the 1920s, Argentina was one of the world’s wealthiest countries, but decades of Peronism and inflation started the country on the long road to poverty.
Central Banks Are Wrong about Rate Cuts
Central Bank’s control of interest rates cripples economic growth. Yet central banks will not give up power because it is central to financing huge government deficits.
Economic Education Has Become Economic Disinformation
The attempt by the mainstream economics profession to create economic literacy has turned into a movement to promote economic illiteracy.
Freedom of Contract and Property Rights
Conservatives and utilitarian classical liberals support freedom of contract because they deem it “useful” to society. However, Murray Rothbard believed that contractual freedom should be based upon the natural right of self-ownership.
Low Time Preference Leads to Civilization
Economists use time preference to explain the existence of interest, but the ability of people to postpone some present consumption in order to save for the future has much broader social ramifications.
Abundance, Generosity, and the State
In his latest book, Guido Hülsmann investigates the nature, forms, causes, and consequences of gratuitous goods and concludes that they thrive within a free economy.
The Great Chocolate Crisis
In this week's episode, Mark examines the Chocolate Crisis of 2024. Should chocolate lovers panic?
Did the MMT Camp Correctly Predict the Post-Covid Economy?
Did Stephanie Kelton correctly predict that government debt would be benign back in May of 2020? Bob and guest Jonathan Newman discuss.
Abolish the CIA and FBI
Ryan and Tho discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's dangerous "security" agencies.
FDR’s War Against Civil Liberties
Historian David Beito joins Bob to discuss issues such as the Japanese concentration camps and the government's mass surveillance of telegrams.
Auburn, AL
Research Fellowships at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, are available to graduate students and post-docs interested in scientific research in the Austrian school and libertarian political economy.
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Auburn, AL
Join us in Auburn in 2024 for an event celebrating 75 years of Human Action.
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Auburn, AL
Students apply now for the summer term Mises Book Club, beginning June 2024.
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Auburn, AL
2024 marks the 25th anniversary of the Rothbard Graduate Seminar, which provides an intense study of Misesian and Rothbardian economic analysis, along with the substantive conclusions of that research in related fields.
