Justice and “Social Justice” Are Two Very Different Things
There's no way to square the coercive positive rights of “social justice” with the concept of “liberty and justice for all.”
Philosophy and Methodology
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Nietzsche and the State
Nietzsche thought that the state would probably be replaced by private protection agencies.
Say’s Law: The Antidote to Countless Economic Fallacies
Say's Law essentially tells us that we produce in order to consume. Once we start thinking we can consume before we produce, we get into trouble.
Taking Off Our Economic Blinders
Henry Hazlitt's Economics in One Lesson helps us see the many aspects of intervention in the marketplace we might not have noticed before.
How Political Competition Made Europe Rich
Political decentralization is “the essence of the spirit of Europe.” It is what made room for the merchant to trade and for the worker to innovate.
What the Tobacco Industry Did for Women
Far from being a tool of the so-called patriarchy, marketplace producers enthusiastically cater to anyone willing to join in.
Remembering Oskar Morgenstern
Morganstern is best known as the co-developer of modern game theory with John von Neumann in their 1944 book, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.
Conceived in Liberty: The Medieval Communes of Europe
The urban "communes" of medieval Europe were the early cradle of economic and political freedoms that would transform Europe in later centuries.
Must Libertarians Be Individualists?
Contrary to the claim that they want for all a "self-sufficient" life in isolation, libertarians assume there is great value in voluntary cooperation.
Ludwig von Mises as a Social Rationalist
Joseph Salerno's essay "Ludwig von Mises as a Social Rationalist," is now available in a new easier-to-read version.
