Planet of the Abes
PROPHETIC STATESMANSHIP: HARRY JAFFA, ABRAHAM LINCOLN, AND THE GETTYSBURG ADDRESS
by Edward J. Erler
Encounter Books, 2025; 228 pp.
Excerpts from the Keynote Lectures at AERC
How Executive Power Can Dismantle the Deep State
Patrick Newman
Murray N. Rothbard Memorial Lecture
Sponsored by Steve and Cassandra Torello
Rothbard believed in a unified science of liberty that could provide the theoretical edifice of Austrian economics, the empirical illustrations of government failures and how the free market works, and of course, the strategy for actually achieving free market libertarianism in our time.
Covid Lockdowns, Money, and Interest: An Interview with Steve H. Hanke
In this interview, we explore Dr. Hanke’s recent research on the effects of covid policies and his continued work on money and interest.
March home sales drop to their slowest pace since 2009
Sales of previously owned homes in March fell 5.9% from February to 4.02 million units. That’s the slowest March sales pace since 2009.
The Italian state still won’t make good on its promises to fund NATO.
Won’t make 2% NATO target. The American taxpayers in no way benefit from a military alliance with Italy. Time to leave NATO.
New president of Cleveland Federal Reserve will not be voting to cut rates
It’s a good start, but the Fed should never cut (or raise) rates at all. It should stop manipulating interest rates altogether. Anything else is just central planning.
The Making of the State
This article is taken from the keynote lecture at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, March 20, 2025, in Auburn, Alabama.
The Origin of the State
What needs to be asked is, How have things gone historically? What is the historical origin of the state?
From the Editor—March / April 2025
One of the most popular essays we’ve ever published at the Mises Institute is Murray Rothbard’s “Anatomy of the State.” It’s a great and succinct introduction to the institution that we now call “the state” and explains how the state is a unique type of governance built on coercion and war. Perhaps most importantly, Rothbard explains why the state is not synonymous with society, with the nation, or with any private or voluntary group of individuals.
