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The Future of Government is Smaller

Decentralization and SecessionEntrepreneurshipPrivate Property

Blog03/13/2018

In a truly free society, the scope of government easily can be reduced to a much smaller domain than even many friends of freedom often think.

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The Scam That Is Urban "Land Use" Planning

Bureaucracy and RegulationThe EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

Blog02/07/2018
Government planners admit they don't know how consumers actually want to use city land. But that doesn't stop them from regulating every lot in town.
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How Sound Economics Birthed the Video-Game Era

The EntrepreneurEntrepreneurshipProduction Theory

Blog01/19/2018
Technological know-how is not enough to make a high-tech endeavor successful.
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Like Returning Gifts? Thank the Market

EntrepreneurshipMonopoly and Competition

Blog01/04/2018
For Austrians, competition entails not only vigorous price cutting, but intense competition in terms of product quality, return policies, and more.
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Why Profit Is So Important

EntrepreneurshipValue and Exchange

Blog12/27/2017
Profit has nothing to do with exploitation. It is about the most efficient use of real funding or real savings.
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Entrepreneurship: Kirzner vs. Mises

EntrepreneurshipHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog12/12/2017
Mises conceives of the entrepreneur as the uncertainty-bearer. For Kirzner, entrepreneurship becomes reduced to the quality of alertness.
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Cradles of Capitalism: the City-States of Greece and Italy

World HistoryEntrepreneurshipMoney and Banking

Blog11/14/2017

Ancient and Renaissance city-states were some of the greatest incubators of economic and entrepreneurial activity.

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More Spending Does Not Drive More Employment

Booms and BustsThe EntrepreneurEntrepreneurship

Blog09/27/2017

Entrepreneurship — not spending — is the key to a growing economy.

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Why Was Ancient China so Good at War, and so Bad at Commerce?

War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryEntrepreneurship

Blog08/22/2017
By providing rewards for bureaucrats and punishments for merchants, many rulers destroyed interest in entrepreneurship and innovation outside the state.
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Week in Review: August 12, 2017

Legal SystemTaxes and SpendingWar and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryEntrepreneurship

Blog08/11/2017
As the war drums with North Korea get ever louder, it’s appropriate that this week was the anniversary of the atomic bombing of Japan.
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