In my first column after the events of Jan. 6th, 2021, I criticized those who called the protest a “coup,” pointing out that, “Some of the same politicians and bureaucrats denouncing the ridiculous...

Schumpeter Explains the Origins of the Modern Tax State

09/30/2025 Mises Wire Ryan McMaken

In the West, the "tax states" we now live under are relatively modern institutions, and they developed from earlier non-state civil governments that were often not primarily funded by taxes.

The Wheels of Government Cheese

09/30/2025 Mises Wire Ludovico Lumicisi

By trying to protect dairy farmers and raise their incomes, the government created a massive cheese surplus, then gave it away, thus harming the farmers they were trying to support.

How the Fourteenth Amendment Empowers Judicial Activism

09/30/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Created to assure that newly-freed slaves would receive equal legal protection, the Fourteenth Amendment has come to dominate federal jurisprudence. This is not a good thing.

Newly Discovered Letters Reveal More on Rothbard’s Friendship with Frank Meyer

09/29/2025 Mises Wire Daniel J. Flynn

Rothbard wondered whether conservatives wished to conserve the status quo, adhere to the outlook of European rightists of the previous century, or perhaps merely favor gradual to sudden change.

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Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Jörg Guido Hülsmann is senior fellow of the Mises Institute where he holds the 2018 Peterson-Luddy Chair and was...

Resignation from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany

08/18/2025 Power & Market Jörg Guido Hülsmann Hans-Hermann Hoppe

In this article, Puster, Hülsmann, and Hoppe explain the reasons for their resignation from the Scientific Advisory Board of the Ludwig von Mises Institute Germany.

Chapter 1. Gratuitous Goods

04/11/2025 Jörg Guido Hülsmann

Chapter 1 of Abundance, Generosity, and the State: An Inquiry into Economic Principles audiobook.

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