Political Theory

Roderick Long celebrates Ayn Rand's work and influence in this piece written on the centenary of her birth.

Presented as part of the Mises Institute’s Brown Bag Seminar series on January 27, 2005 in Auburn, Alabama.

To a person who appreciates the efforts of private philanthropists, President Bush's effort to promote charity might have rung a very sour note.

Recorded 15 January 2005 at The Trouble with Taxation Conference, Charlottesville, Virginia.

Presented as part of the Brown Bag Seminar series. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 13 January 2005.

Despite years of policy debacle and dictatorship, writes Ryan McMaken, Chile has taken a turn toward liberalism that has gone largely unnoticed.

It is the conviction of the liberal intellectual tradition dating back to the Middle Ages that society contains within itself the capacity for internal self-management. This is in contrast to the claims of the sociology literature, which posits that human society is riddled with conflict between groups: races, ages, ethnicities, and abilities.

The most significant socio-political shift in our time has gone almost completely unremarked, and even unnoticed. It is the dramatic shift of the red-state bourgeoisie from leave-us-alone libertarianism to almost totalitarian statist nationalism.

Thomas Woods's superb new book has already achieved fame as the first Austrian-inspired book to be on the New York Times bestseller list

Billions and billions were spent to elect our leaders, and Erich Mattei draws attention to the sheer waste of it all.