Employed Workers Dwindle and Full-Time Jobs Fall as the Fed Readies More Easy Money
According to the BLS’s household survey, employed workers are down by 725,000 while full-time work is down for ten months in a row. Naturally, the Fed plans for interest rate cuts.
Self-Described “Austrian” Is New Leader of UK Conservative Party: Should Kemi Badenoch Give Us Hope?
In the aftermath of its recent election debacle, Britain’s Conservatives have selected Kemi Badenoch as their new leader. Badenoch describes herself as an “adherent to Austrian Economics.” Will it make any difference in Britain’s future?
Marx’s Misanthropy
Marx is often portrayed as motivated by love of the working class, but, starting from the time he was a university student, he displayed contempt and hatred for the masses he deemed beneath him.
The Secret Passage: How Amzalak and Salazar Helped Ludwig von Mises Escape the Nazis
In 1940, shortly after Nazi armies ran across Europe and conquered France, Ludwig von Mises and his wife, Margit, escaped to the US after a harrowing journey through hostile territory. Here is their story.
Slash Military Spending: “Defense” Budgets are Bigger than Ever Before
Even though the Pentagon has failed seven audits in a row, defense spending is now 60 percent higher (in real terms) than its old Cold War peak.
Prices Are Not Measurements of Value
One of the fallacies of modern academic neoclassical economics is that we can take cardinal measures of value. Austrian economists, beginning with Carl Menger, know better.
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
In the last few years, many Americans have started to see the truth about the Federal Reserve. Putting this book in their hands at this moment will have a profound effect for the better.
David Glasner on the Sraffa-Hayek Debate
David Glasner shares his perspectives on the famous Sraffa-Hayek debate, a topic on which he has expressed disagreement with Bob in print.
Fiscal Folly
Government spending does not reflect true economic value the way personal spending does.
Trump Faces a Mess of an Economy
Interest rates, inflation, home prices, and federal spending all pose big challenges to a Trump administration that is ill-prepared to deal with the deep-seated problems in the US economy
Responding to Bryan Caplan’s Continued Critique of the Austrians
Bob reacts to Bryan Caplan's current views, arguing that the history of economic thought is indeed important, and the Misesian approach to praxeology is crucial.
Virtual
In January 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Tampa, FL
Join the Mises Institute for its fifth year in a row in Tampa for an exciting discussion on the future of academia and alternatives to state-controlled education.
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Auburn, AL
Join us in Auburn in March for Libertarian Scholars Conference 2025.
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Auburn, AL
The Austrian Economics Research Conference is the international, interdisciplinary meeting of the Austrian school, bringing together leading scholars doing research in this vibrant and influential intellectual tradition.
