Philosophy and Methodology

Dr. David Gordon explains why the leading philosophical defenses of taxation collapse, and why natural rights still say taxation is theft.

When economists try to analyze the economy, one procedure is to remove the “seasonal” component from the data in order to account for trends and fluctuations. That collides with the thinking behind praxeology in which human beings engage in purposeful behavior.

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises is not just another book on economics, although its economic content is excellent and timeless. It is a passage through one truth after another, built upon logic and reason.

Since the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.

Since the French Revolution, leftism has served as the impetus for many of the state’s worst massacres and totalitarian impulses.

Austrian economists differ with the economic mainstream in many ways, but the break on utility theory is especially critical in understanding the split between the two schools of economic thought.

 The natural law is, in essence, a profoundly “radical” ethic, for it holds the existing status quo, which might grossly violate natural law, up to the unsparing and unyielding light of reason.

Hoppe is an exacting analyst of what works, not an architect of upheaval.

Paul Gottfried reviews Ulrich Hintze's Theoria Generalis: Das Wesen des Politischen. Hintze argues that true political authority requires individual freedom, and he criticizes modern democracy for devolving into bureaucratic predation.

We owe a great debt to Gary Galles for collecting no less than 97 of Leonard Read’s articles, accompanied by a commentary of his own in which he shows their relevance to contemporary issues.