How Government Roads Expand Police Power in America
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Man, Economy, and State: Monopoly with Dr. Walter Block
Why the US Economy Is Stronger Than the Eurozone’s
Dear Portland, It’s Not America’s Job to Solve Your Problems
Why Property Rights Are Absolute, but Contracts Are Not
[This article is taken from chapter 19 of The Ethics of Liberty. The full audiobook is available for download.]
Was Mises a Fascist? Obviously Not.
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Every once in a while, Mises is accused of having been a fascist by slanderers who are either ignorant or acting in bad faith—or even both. The petty argument these detractors bring forth is a quotation taken—out of context—from Mises’s 1927 book Liberalism:
Cato’s Letters on the “Loveliness and Advantages” of Political Liberty
When I first discovered Cato’s Letters, it had a profound influence on me. Even after spending years of serious reading and growth on my belief in liberty, I knew nothing about them from my educational training and little more from my reading to that point. Not only did I find a wealth of wisdom there, I also found that many of our founders’ ideas and inspirational words that I had discovered also traced back to them.
How Fear and Uncertainty Drives Demand for Gold
Even those in the nonfinancial media have noticed the skyrocketing price of gold this year.
