The Road to Totalitarianism
The greatest threat to American liberty today comes from within. It is the threat of a growing and spreading totalitarian ideology.
Interventionism
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Yet Another “Operation Twist”?
The Fed's plan will fail: a fall in interest rates cannot cause the economy to grow.
Free Trade: The Litmus Test of Economics
Power lovers hate free choice, so they hate free trade.
The Devilish Principles of Hillarycare
The details of the Clintonian plan, however diabolic, are merely petty demons compared to the general principles, where Lucifer really lurks.
Why Gold?
Austrians wish to extend their laissez-faire views to the creation and sale of a specific commodity: money.
Hitler’s Economics
Hitler is the modern archetype of political evil, but many who condemn him still embrace his policies, writes Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.
How Amazon Survives the State
In a world of convoluted rules, capitalism finds ways to get goods cheaply to the people who want them.
The Watermelon Summit
Watermelon: “green” on the outside, red on the inside. Rio Earth Summit: “Watermelons of the World Unite!”
Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal.
Why Don’t People Get It?
Every evil of the day, even those directly caused by the government, are blamed on the market economy.
[Day 10 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily originally ran January 1, 2008.]
