Is Culture Degeneration Biological or Ideological?
Why do cultures degenerate? At the recent Natal Conference, Robin Hanson cites biological and evolutionary factors. However, if one looks to Mises and the Austrians, we look squarely at human action that begins with the human mind and purposeful action.
Price Controls and Drug Shortages in France: A Textbook Case of the Evils of Interventionism
France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis.
Relearning the Lessons We Never Learned from World War I
The 20th century gave us two world wars that have altered the world’s political landscape to this day. We would do well to remember the main lesson from World War I: there is no “honor” in warfare. It is pure murder.
Lord of the Manor
For this week‘s version of Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Mary Grabar‘s Debunking FDR, which examines Roosevelt‘s paternalistic worldview and how it shaped his political life and his presidency.
Student Loans: A New Sheriff in Town
Forbes called this explosive loan situation, a “perfect storm…of heavier debt loads, higher payments, and an unforgiving economy.”
MMT and US History: Redefining Chartalism
MMT uses chartalism and a few dubious examples to appeal to history to establish the theory‘s authority and validity, only to discard this element as irrelevant and unnecessary.
The Misesian
Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State” introduces the state as a unique, coercive institution, distinct from society. The latest Misesian expands on this view, examining historical commentary on the state’s emergence and its central role in modernity.
What the New Right Gets Right—and Wrong—About Free Trade
Bob responds to Oren Cass’s appearance on Tucker Carlson, offering a charitable yet firm economic critique of the anti–free trade ideas gaining ground on the political right.
The Triumph of Economic Freedom
Mark Thornton reflects on the persistent misconceptions about capitalism in America and offers up a "Marxist interpretation" of our dilemma.
The Rise of War Propaganda and the Defeat of Laissez-Faire
Ryan McMaken looks at how classical liberals' pro-peace foreign policy was defeated by a century of war propaganda beginning with the First World War.
Why Are US Drug Prices So High?
Alex Tabarrok joins Bob to break down Trump’s drug price executive order, price controls, and the real economics behind Big Pharma and healthcare innovation.
Virtual
In May 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Auburn, AL
The Rothbard Graduate Seminar provides an intense study of Misesian and Rothbardian economic analysis, along with the substantive conclusions of that research in related fields.
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Auburn, AL
Virtual Mises University is the online counterpart to the Mises University conference and can be attended by anyone.
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Auburn, Alabama
Mises University is the world's leading instructional program in the Austrian School of economics.
