Philosophy and Methodology

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

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

Central planning relies on successfully predicting the future. Unfortunately for central planners, this is an impossible task.

Mises maintained that humans act out of self interest. But that doesn't mean others can't benefit from those actions, regardless of intent.

When I was a kid, I loved Independence Day. Now it just makes me sad.

The data of history would be nothing but a clumsy accumulation of disconnected occurrences if not for interpretation by systematic praxeological knowledge.

The final issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies (1977–2011): online.

In our proper condemnation of scientism in the study of man, we should not make the mistake of dismissing science as well.

In this survey of anti-war movements, David Lorenzo examines the political challenges they repeatedly encounter.

Unexpectedly, John Maynard Keynes's critique of economist Jan Tinbergen's econometrics offers some sound insights.