Philosophy and Methodology
The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out, by Leonard Peikoff
Whatever the failings of this book, its author has a sense of humor. Peikoff writes of his unusual name for his main hypothesis,
Is the Market a Test of Truth and Beauty?: Essays in Political Economy, by Leland B. Yeager
Although Leland Yeager calls himself a fellow traveler of the Austrian School, rather than a full-fledged member of it — he is a fellow traveler of the Chicago School as well — no reader of his essays can fail to note one
Universally Preferable Behavior: A Rational Proof for Secular Ethics, by Stephan Molyneux
Stefan Molyneux is a popular libertarian broadcaster who has in recent years acquired a considerable following. In Universally Preferable Behavior, he takes on an ambitious task.
Mind and Cosmos: Why the Materialist Neo-Darwinian Conception of Nature Is Almost Certainly Wrong, by Thomas Nagel
To review Thomas Nagel's new book for the Mises Daily seems at first sight a misplaced endeavor. The book has nothing to say about libertarianism or Austrian economics;
Robert Nozick, by Ralf M. Bader
Ralf Bader has given us an excellent guidebook to Anarchy, State, and Utopia, but he has done much more than this.
Free Economy and Social Order
The market economy as a field of liberty, spontaneity, and free coordination cannot thrive in a social system that is the very opposite, writes Wil
The Harm in Hate-Speech Laws
Author Jeremy Waldron argues against "First Amendment Absolutists" and in favor of laws against hate speech. How good are his arguments?
The Inferiority Complex of the Social Sciences
Very young children are forgiven when they misbehave and do silly things. Perhaps social scientists wish to claim this privilege of childhood.
The Sociology of the Development of Austrian Economics
"Austro-Punks, “South Royalton Syndrome", and the progression of Austrian economics.