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Joseph Solis-Mullen

Author of The Fake China Threat and Its Very Real Danger, and The National Debt and You, Joseph Solis-Mullen is a political scientist, economist, and Ralph Raico Fellow at the Libertarian Institute. A graduate of Spring Arbor University, the University of Illinois, and the University of Missouri, his work can be found at the Ludwig Von Mises Institute, Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics, Libertarian Institute, Journal of Libertarian Studies, Journal of the American Revolution, and Antiwar.com. He teaches history and political science at SAU. You can contact him via joseph@libertarianinstitute.org or find him on Twitter @solis_mullen.

Articles

Daoism and the Limits of Rule: Ethical Anarchism Without Natural Rights

01/27/2026 Mises Wire Joseph Solis-Mullen

While libertarians like to think of political libertarianism as a peculiarly western concept, it turns out that classical Daoist thinkers wrote about state power in a way that would seem to channel none other than Murray Rothbard.

On the Failure of Constitutionalism Through the Ages: Norms, Emergencies, and the Administrative State

01/23/2026 Mises Wire Joseph Solis-Mullen

Constitutionalism gives us the expectation of governance according to rules that everyone from those that are governed to the ones that govern are expected to obey. But what happens if those that govern exempt themselves from those rules?

Weak States, Not Limited States: Early Ming Governance and the Illusion of Proto-Liberalism

01/19/2026 Mises Wire Joseph Solis-Mullen

Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, not limited by law and ideology.

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On the Failure of Constitutionalism Through the Ages: Norms, Emergencies, and the Administrative State

01/26/2026 Joseph Solis-Mullen

Weak States, Not Limited States: Early Ming Governance and the Illusion of Proto-Liberalism

01/20/2026 Joseph Solis-Mullen

Although some scholars have labeled the early Ming Dynasty as a proto-liberal state, they are mistaken. The Ming governance at that time was weak, not limited by law and ideology.

Taxes, War, and the State are Freedom’s Biggest Enemies

10/10/2025 Ryan McMaken Joseph Solis-Mullen

Ryan and political scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen talk about how taxes, war, and the state are all part of a centuries-old formula for impoverishing the productive class while enriching the government class.

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