Market Order in War-Torn Iraq
Free-market solutions have blossomed in spite of being in the heart of a country ravaged by economic sanctions and all but total war.
Learn about the Classical Economists
David Gordon will be teaching a 6-week online course at the Mises Academy on volume 2 of An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought.
The Worst of All Monetary Policies
Combining the balance sheets of commercial banks and the Fed provides insight into the expansion of the monetary sector as a whole.
The Failure of Subsidized Production in the Massachusetts Theocracy
Debt-relief legislation has plagued America since 1640.
Mercantilism, Merchants, and “Class Conflict”
[This article is excerpted from Conceived in Liberty (1975), volume 1, chapter 32: “Mercantilism, Merchants, and ‘Class Conflict.’”]
Price Fixing in the Massachusetts Theocracy
From the first, the Massachusetts oligarchy imposed maximum-wage controls, thereby aggravating a shortage of labor. Slavery filled the gap.
The Vegas Cab Cartel
Las Vegas has the reputation as being a libertarian city, but like anyplace else, certain business interests would rather use the force of government to stifle competition rather than compete in a free market. Cab drivers in Las Vegas have immense political power. In 2005, then Governor Kenny Guinn vetoed a bill that would have outlawed cabdrivers from receiving kickbacks for delivering customers.
Early Secular Communism
[This article is excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (1995), volume 2, chapter 9: “Roots of Marxism: Messianic Communism,” section 2, “Secularized Millennial Communism: Mably and Morelly.” An MP3 audio file of chapter 9, narrated by Jeff Riggenbach, is available for download.]
James Mill and Libertarian Class Analysis
[Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, volume 2, chapter 3: “James Mill, Ricardo, and the Ricardian System.”]
