Political Theory

Our times are much like the 1930s, when it was widely assumed that there were only two viable ideological positions: communism or fascism.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 28, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

The Federal Reserve seems determined to deny the role they and President Bush has played in creating the hugh U.S. current account deficit.

The economy is not depression proof, writes Lew Rockwell. If the government and the Federal Reserve are willing to work hard enough, they can kill off even the most robust economic expansion.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on April 21, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

Since the celebrated "Republican Revolution" in 1994, writes Laurence Vance, the Republicans in Congress have not rolled back the welfare state one inch.

Hans Hoppe writes: "If I made one mistake, it was that I was too cooperative and waited too long to go on the offensive."
 

This year marks the 100th anniversary of Ayn Rand's birth. Her books sold in the millions and were most effective in transforming a generation of readers into ardent anti-communists and strong capitalists.

Lew Rockwell visits Justin Raimondo's great biography of the master thinker.