Mises Daily

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

Serious thinkers have known for centuries that society is a complex, spontaneous order, which cannot be centrally directed at gunpoint.

Deepak Lal writes as a convinced advocate of American Empire. But in the course of the book, he undermines his own reasons

Ultimately, the power of the Austrian Theory of the business cycle is not whether some economists of the Austrian School rolled the dice on some day trades and made money, writes William Anderson.

It is an error to believe that prosperity correlates directly and positively with consumption spending, writes Vlad Menshikov.

Many parents force their children to save. But the state is not our parent, writes Chris Westley. It doesn't have our best interests at heart. 

Robert Murphy critiques Steven Landsburg's call to slow the spread of AIDS through a very counterintuitive call for more promiscuity.

One striking feature of the index is the low ratings of almost all poor countries, as well as the high scores of notorius welfare-states like Sweden and Denmark.

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

A death in the family is always hard, but three in three weeks is especially difficult for children, even though it only involved pets.