Why Gold?
Austrians wish to extend their laissez-faire views to the creation and sale of a specific commodity: money.
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The Brilliance and Bravery of Mises
We should celebrate this year as the centennial of the start of Ludwig von Mises’s career as a creative genius on the world stage.
How Amazon Survives the State
In a world of convoluted rules, capitalism finds ways to get goods cheaply to the people who want them.
The Watermelon Summit
Watermelon: “green” on the outside, red on the inside. Rio Earth Summit: “Watermelons of the World Unite!”
Government Medical “Insurance”
Instead of solving the initial problem, the intervention creates two or three further problems, which the government feels it must intervene to heal.
Why Don’t People Get It?
Every evil of the day, even those directly caused by the government, are blamed on the market economy.
[Day 10 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily originally ran January 1, 2008.]
Laissez-Faire Learning
As a teacher in a public high school, I am daily confronted with the lamentable realities of state-monopoly education.
Why ObamaCare Will Fail: A Reading List
This healthcare reading list will help the concerned citizen understand how we got where we are — and where we are headed if we continue on this path.
Must America Embrace Empire to Be Safe?
The book American Empire is a debate between two "realist" authors on the practical virtues of empire.
