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Who Really Works Against the Public?

“The public be damned” is a statement by railroad magnate William Henry Vanderbilt that has been twisted out of context. While the American ruling classes insist that private enterprise is the enemy of the people, it really is our government that bears that distinction.

Mises Wire George Ford Smith
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.
Minor Issues

The Drug War

Mark shares the latest episode in the Mises Institute's The Costs of the Progressives video series, "The Drug War," which cites Mark's research on the economics of prohibition.

Mark Thornton
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

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.

Economics for Beginners

The Costs of the Progressives

Progressivism

The battle between American individualism and modern progressive collectivism.
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