Thiago V. S. Coelho

Articles

Unmasking Academia: The State’s Ministry of Opinion

12/21/2025 Mises Wire Thiago V. S. Coelho

Murray Rothbard properly noted that the predatory state needs its “court intellectuals” to legitimize its predations. American higher education is happy to provide them.

How the Farmland Protection Policy Act Has Socialized Farm Land

12/14/2025 Mises Wire Thiago V. S. Coelho

For more than 40 years, US farm policy has socialized farm land and transferred wealth to politically-connected people.

A Rothbardian Critique of Effective Altruism

10/16/2023 Mises Wire Thiago V. S. Coelho

"Effective altruism" has become a buzzword with modern progressives who seek to combine state power and billionaire-funded nonprofits to redirect resources.

Media

The Farmland Protection Policy Act: Crisis Politics and the Quiet Socialization of Land

12/15/2025 Thiago V. S. Coelho

For more than 40 years, the Farmland Protection Policy Act has socialized US farmlands and transferred wealth to politically-connected people. What it hasn’t done is protect farmland.

A Rothbardian Critique of Effective Altruism

10/31/2023 Thiago V. S. Coelho

"Effective altruism" has become a buzzword with modern progressives who seek to combine state power and billionaire-funded nonprofits to redirect resources.

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