Wanjiru Njoya

Articles

Calhoun’s Doctrine of the Concurrent Majority

01/05/2026 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

Sensing the dangers of tyranny by the majority, John C. Calhoun developed the doctrine of the concurrent majority which served to limit the powers of government.

The Constitution as a Weak Reed

12/29/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

In theory, the Constitution should safeguard individual liberty by giving citizens a bulwark against state tyranny. However, the Constitution actually advanced federal government power or failed to ultimately prevent it.

The Roots of Collectivist Thinking

12/22/2025 Mises Wire Wanjiru Njoya

The idea is now widespread that communities or groups exercise a form of collective thought, which can be duly expressed by the leader of the group as the thoughts of the group mind.

Media

Calhoun’s Doctrine of the Concurrent Majority

01/06/2026 Wanjiru Njoya

Sensing the dangers of tyranny by the majority, John C. Calhoun developed the doctrine of the concurrent majority which served to limit the powers of government.

The Constitution as a Weak Reed

12/31/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

Why Hayek Rejected Merit-Based Equality

12/17/2025 Wanjiru Njoya

In criticizing the progressive notion of equity, or equality of results, critics of such views embrace an order of “meritocracy.” F.A. Hayek, however, understood that in a free society, inequality is inevitable, and it is something we must accept.

The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.

Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.