The Case against Raising the Debt Ceiling
If the government merely returned to its 2003 spending levels, then the current revenue stream would be enough to pay for everything.
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The Trojan Horse of “Happiness Research”
Now that governments supposedly know with “scientific certainty” what constitutes “happiness,” there can be no argument (or so they think) against virtually unlimited government intervention in the name of creating happiness. Target: affluence.
Dr. Paul’s Case for Gold
They didn't listen then. But maybe they'll listen now. We need monetary freedom more than anything else.
The Mystery of Banking
It had become an underground classic, with dog-eared copies of the book fetching hundreds of dollars on Amazon before the Mises Institute republished it.
The Next American Revolution Won’t Be Like the First
Is a second American revolution imminent? Frankly, I doubt it.
True Knowledge from A Priori Theory
How do we know about the outer world — or reality, for that matter? Where does our knowledge about it come from? The attempt to answer these questions leads to epistemology, the branch of philosophy dealing with the origin, scope, and validity of human knowledge.
A Democracy (and Republic) of Decrees
Sleep tight; a few weeks ago the federal government announced it will implement a new cell-phone warning system.
Down with the Dictator of Yemen
Governments and their intellectual front men believe that nothing unites a population like a war. Actually, that's not quite true. If you truly want to unite a population, here is a key: drive the dictator out of the country. The fleeing of a despot always leads to unparalleled and authentic celebration.
Smoke, Mirrors, and Inflation Expectations
Bernanke and other experts believe that it is possible to bring inflationary expectations to a state of equilibrium.
The Fundamental Difference between Fairs and Markets
[Excerpted from chapter 4 in part 1 of the The Turgot Collection
