Hate speech

The Folly of Criminalizing “Hate”

Yet another discouraging trend in law in the UK, Europe, and the US has been the criminalization of what authorities call ”hate speech.“ However, much of what passes for such “speech” is innocuous at worst and historically has been protected. 

Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya
GDP

Is GDP an Accurate Measure of Reality?

Mainstream economists speak of GDP as though it is the economy itself, however, GDP is not a good measure of economic reality. Instead, it presents a distorted picture of genuine economic activity and leads to mistaken conclusions about the economy.

Mises Wire Frank Shostak
Slave ship

Governments Had a Major Role in Sustaining Slavery

Despite claims from progressive historians that US slavery was a natural outgrowth of a free market economy, the reality is that slavery would have been much costlier without governments—federal and state—subsidizing it. It is time to set the record straight.
Joshua Mawhorter
Confusing economics

Conceptual Clarity in Dismantling Economic Jargon

Keynesians are known for using obscure and jumbled jargon to explain their fallacious ideas. The hope being that, the more confusing the language, the greater the perceived scholarship. Good economics can and should be clearly logically explained.
Wanjiru Njoya
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.
Albuquerque, NM

Join Peter Klein and Ryan McMaken in New Mexico to discuss how to live free in an unfree world.

Auburn, Alabama

In September 2024, undergraduate students will have an opportunity to participate in the Fall Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.

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Hilton Head, SC

Join us in Hilton Head this October to discuss Our Enemy, the State.

Economics for Beginners

The Costs of the Progressives

Progressivism

The battle between American individualism and modern progressive collectivism.
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