Our Interests and Their Interests
Mises formed a highly sophisticated theory of classes and of class conflict by distinguishing sharply between the market and the state.
Interventionism
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Gustave de Molinari and The Anti-statist Liberal Tradition, Part 2
Molinari's most original contribution to political and economic thought is his thesis that the market can provide the service of police protection.
Trump’s Solar Tariffs Are Bad, but so Are Solar Subsidies
The U.S. firms that are the direct “losers” of the new solar tariffs have benefited for years from favorable tax treatment.
The Causes of the Revolution of 1776
The colonists regarded the State primarily as an instrument whereby one might help oneself and hurt others.
Do Taxpayers Want to Pay For Those Shut Down Government Services?
In addition to kicking the can down the deficit road year after year, the federal government employs a variety of tools to mask the true cost of government.
A Regulated Economy Leads to a Socialist Economy
When government interferes with the market, the same story happens again and again.
Protectionism Is About Much More than Nationalism
Many forms of protection stem not from geopolitical concerns but from parochial attempts at limiting local competition.
Decentralize Global Trade Policy
What if Chile subsidizes its wine production? That's too bad for Chile's taxpayers, but great for the rest of the world.
The Anti-Imperialist League and the Battle Against Empire
States have successfully managed to persuade subject populations that any insult to the state is an insult to the people as well.
Mercantilism as the Economic Side of Absolutism
Mercantilism was of necessity a system of state-building, of big government, of high taxes, and the aggrandizing of the nation-state.
