This collection of short, entertaining, and educational articles exposes how government interference with the economy violates individual liberty, leads to inefficiencies, and rewards special interests. This collection appeared in 1991 and it holds up very well. Some people swear that this is one of the best collections ever printed by the Mises Institute.
It’s no wonder that Roy Childs wrote of this book: “The great virtue of the volume is the excellent interaction between first principles and current events.... rational, zippy, to the point, informative with facts and figures, and based soundly on the first principles of liberty and the free market.... you can take your time reading them, using them as a ‘bed book’ that you can dip into at will, and learn a lot of information in a short time. And the book sizzles.”
Contributors include Murray Rothbard, Walter Block, David Gordon, Robert Higgs, and Tom Bethell.

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Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr., is founder and chairman of the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, and editor of LewRockwell.com.
Regardless of your view of the current conflicts, one fact is indisputable. President Trump’s actions violate our traditional non-interventionist foreign policy.
Regardless of your view of the current conflicts, one fact is indisputable. President Trump’s actions violate our traditional non-interventionist foreign policy.
Most supporters of the free market when Murray wrote MES supported a limited state, but Murray wanted to get rid of the state altogether. This was too much for the Cold Warriors.