The Indefensibility of Political Representation
Representation is a fig leaf that is insufficient to cover the brutal fact that even in our sophisticated modern states, some rule and others are ruled.
Philosophy and Methodology
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Voluntary Servitude — Not Coercion — Fuels the State’s Power
Tyranny does not rest on force but on submission.
Why Marxism Shifted from Economics to Culture
Some Marxists have been quite explicit about their desire to apply the Marxist idea of exploitation to nearly every facet of society.
Statistical Analysis Isn’t Enough to Understand Human Action
Gazing at the data cannot assist an analyst in establishing causes in the world of economics.
Old Wine in Old Bottles? A Nobel for Clever Packaging?
The Nobel committee this year showed that it has embraced clever economic modeling as a replacement for scientific progress.
Positivism and Behaviorism
For the positivist, a man is a machine like an automobile, and the positivist denies to his fellow men the faculty of choosing ends and the means to attain these ends.
What Austrian Economics Can Teach Historians
Austrian economics in particular provides the historian with a theoretical apparatus that equips him with the ability to make disembodied statistics tell a coherent and accurate story.
Mises University Debunks the Myths Perpetuated by State-Funded Econ Professors
The state of economic science in academia is the reason why Mises University is the most important week of the year.
Richard Cantillon: An Introduction
Jevons called Cantillon's Essai the "Cradle of Political Economy." It was one of the few books quoted by Adam Smith and it deserves reading by any serious thinker of political economy today.
The Living Reality of Military-Economic Fascism
No organization has more money at its disposal than the US government, which attracts thieves and con men at least in full proportion to its control of wealth.
