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Does a Government Budget Surplus Contribute to National Savings?
Keynesian economists like to claim that government budget surpluses amount to “national savings.” However, real savings are used to spur capital development, which government surpluses have nothing to do with the structure of production.
It’s the Root That’s Killing Us
For all of the talk about the need for “limited government,” we should always remember that the government has a legal monopoly on violence, and it uses that legal privilege often.
Disaster Prediction and Alerts Would Thrive in the Free Market
People (including most mainstream economists) assume that only a government bureaucracy can effectively deal with predicting disasters and alerting people in harm’s way. However, this is an area of enterprise that is ripe for free markets.
If Employment Is So Strong, Why Is McDonald’s Slashing Prices?
This is all a reminder that one should never take what Fed mouthpieces say as reliable insights into present or future economic trends.
Charles A. Beard on the Causes and the Perils of Interventionism
Since the Progressive Era, American foreign policy has seen one military intervention after another, leading to disastrous consequences. Historian Charles A. Beard understood the dangers and futility associated with these interventionist policies.
The Tariff Question in the Antebellum South
While many historians claim slavery was the sole cause of the Civil War, they are overlooking the role of tariffs in creating the economic and political divides between North and South before the war began.
Free Book Giveaway
The 20th century proved that Friedrich A. Hayek was right: socialism doesn’t work; government control of money results in inflation and business cycles; and collectivism breeds war, totalitarianism, and impoverishment.
Charlie Kirk on Drugs: Addicted to Progressive Values?
Charlie Kirk blames cannabis for social decay, but Mark Thornton shows it’s Progressive policies, not personal liberty, that fuel addiction, welfare dependence, and urban breakdown.
Why Rothbard Thought the Fed Eliminated Market Safeguards Against Bank Inflation
Rothbard argued that the Fed stripped away the natural checks of free banking, paving the way for endless credit expansion and inflationary cycles.
Inflation and Family Economics
Economist Jeff Degner joins Ryan McMaken to discuss how inflationary monetary policy has changed our culture, and the family with it.
Fraud at the Fed, Smithsonian, and DC Council
On this episode of Power and Market, the roundtable talks about a new brewing scandal involving the Fed, revisits the conversation on nationalizing Washington, DC, and the new "golden age" of the S
Virtual
In September 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Delray Beach, FL
Join us for Supporters Summit 2025 in Delray Beach, Florida, to discuss "Economic Freedom: The Key to Liberty."
Various Locations
This fall, students from across the US are participating in Mises Book Clubs led by scholars at various universities and colleges. These student groups promote deep reading in Austrian economics.
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Auburn, AL
Join us in Auburn in March for Libertarian Scholars Conference 2026.
