Other Schools of Thought

One wonders if this Fed official ever read Aldous Huxley's chilling book.

Human life is dependent not only on the knowledge of right principles; it relies, also, on actions in accord with right principles.

In late June the Mises Academy will launch my new online class, <a href="http://academy.mises.org/courses/keynes-krugman-and-the-crisis/">Keynes, Krugman, and the Crisis</a>.

The abolitionist would blister his thumb pushing a button that would abolish the state immediately, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).

Articles like Heilbroner's "Putting Economics in Its Place" remind me of why I am an Austrian. Those who can properly be considered Austrians are at the forefront of economic — more accurately, praxeological — science. Everybody else, with time, will come to us.

If you give government a job to do, even one that seems justified in the abstract, it will use its power to make a terrible mess in practice.

Milk in its natural state — raw milk — is consumed by very few Americans, because it is illegal in many states and thoroughly discouraged by federal health organizations, regulators, and the Big Dairy lobby. Its dangers are minimal, and those are due to its prohibition.

Governments and their intellectual front men believe that nothing unites a population like a war. Actually, that's not quite true. If you truly want to unite a population, here is a key: drive the dictator out of the country. The fleeing of a despot always leads to unparalleled and authentic celebration.