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.
In this interview, we explore Dr. Hanke’s recent research on the effects of covid policies and his continued work on money and interest.
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.
Won’t make 2% NATO target. The American taxpayers in no way benefit from a military alliance with Italy. Time to leave NATO.
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.
This article is taken from the keynote lecture at the Libertarian Scholars Conference, March 20, 2025, in Auburn, Alabama.
What needs to be asked is, How have things gone historically? What is the historical origin of the state?
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.
There really is no reasoning with Trump fanboys when it comes to the reality of his policies. They will spin anything and everything to portray Trump‘s blatant anti-freedom and anti-market policies as secret crypto-libertarianism. It’s all 1000-D chess, you see.
After the tongue lashing President Zelensky received in the Oval Office by President Trump and JD Vance, European and American establishment leaders were infuriated to say the least. But the most surprising thing that came out of the meeting was the reaction of European leaders; they have decided to take action without the approval of the American president.
