When the state declares war on abstractions, it is in perpetuity. Whiskey nor cocaine signed a treaty. Yet, for more than a hundred years, American politicians have declared “wars” on these abstractions with the same certainty that they declared wars on foreign nations.

When Pinker Doesn’t Know

10/10/2025 Friday Philosophy David Gordon

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Steven Pinker’s new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. As Dr. Gordon aptly points out, Pinker knows a lot less than he thinks he does.

The Fed and Its “Neutral” Rates

10/10/2025 Power & Market Alejandro A. Tagliavini

Interest rates should be determined by the market, according to its needs, to operate efficiently and effectively distribute society’s financial resources.

Economics and the Infantilization of Culture

10/10/2025 Mises Wire Joshua Mawhorter

The yearning for a state-controlled system is not born of compassion for others but rather of infantile selfishness.

The Crisis of the American Tax State

10/09/2025 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

United States is now a full-blown "tax state" in that lawmakers can raise taxes with minimal effort without meaningful legal resistance from any other domestic institution.

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Now Accepting Applications: Theory Development Workshop at Oklahoma State University (with Per Bylund)

10/06/2025 Power & Market Mises Institute

Mises Institute Senior Fellow Per Bylund will lead a new workshop on “Exploring & Developing New Theoretical Approaches to Market-Based Management & Entrepreneurship.” Now accepting applications.

Donate Today and Help Us Counter Regime Propaganda

09/24/2025 Mises Wire Mises Institute

Donate today and help us train the next generation of Austrian economists and counter regime propaganda.

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