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The Free Man's Library

Free MarketsPolitical Theory

06/15/1956Books
Hazlitt's anthology of short reviews of 550 books on economics and politics — old and new — from the point of view of an Austro-libertarian...

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The Library of Liberty, and the Archives of Evil

Free MarketsPolitical Theory

12/20/2008Audio/Video
1998 Mises Institute Supporters Summit, Palm Springs, California; February 27-28, 1998.

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Terrorist Attacks Made Worse by Government Failure in Europe

The Police StateWar and Foreign PolicyWorld History

Blog03/28/2016

People are not supposed to notice that every terrorist attack represents a major government failure and that rewarding failure with more of the same policies only invites more failure.

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Ward and Massey Libraries

The Ward and Massey Libraries

The Ward and Massey Libraries, specializing in the works of the Austrian school of economics and classical liberalism, have been the grateful recipients of a number of valuable collections, including the books of Murray N....

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Contra Krugman LIVE!

Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and BanksU.S. EconomyInterventionism

05/25/2016Audio/Video
The Mises Institute hosted the first ever live episode of the Contra Krugman Show at Seattle's historic Town Hall...

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What is Activism?

Strategy

Blog06/09/2016

The late Murray Rothbard was known as an uncompromising libertarian theorist. But, he was also an activist and strategist.

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How to Cure Poverty

Free MarketsU.S. EconomyU.S. History

Blog05/20/2016

Henry Hazlitt explains why President Johnson's "War on Poverty" will fail, and how the market — not government — is the path to prosperity.

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Danish Central Bank Stumbles with Its Currency Peg to the Euro

Global EconomyMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog05/19/2016

Krugman claims that Danish monetary policy is one of the problems with Denmark, he is correct, but for the wrong reasons.

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A Library Without Books

Blog04/14/2010

The other day I ran across Jeff Tucker’s 2005 article The Myth of Cell Phone Addiction, and re-read it. It’s a really great piece. What I like about it is its optimism about technology; the spirit of embracing it rather than grumbling and...

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Introducing The Free Man's Library

EducationFree MarketsMedia and CultureEntrepreneurship

07/23/2009Mises Daily Articles
Socialism is irreconcilable with freedom. This is the lesson that most of our modern philosophers and littérateurs have yet to learn.

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The Rothbard Reader

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Mystery of Mysteries, My Public Library

Blog04/16/2006

The universe is full of mysteries; like when does the phone company collect the coins in pay telephones? (Have you ever seen a guy in a phone company uniform lugging a satchel full of quarters out of the airport phone booths?) Why is it that your driver's-side windshield wiper is ALWAYS the...

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What Harry Potter Can Teach the Federal Reserve

The FedMedia and Culture

Blog04/06/2016

Given the monetary dark arts being practiced around the world, I would much prefer my money in the hands of Gringotts goblin, than at the mercy of our Federal Reserve Chairman Who-Must-Not-Be-Named.

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3 Reasons for Hope

StrategyEducationFree Markets

01/30/2016Audio/Video
Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, on 30 January 2016.

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The Batman Movie They Should Have Made

Media and Culture

Blog03/24/2016

Created by Paul Pope, a libertarian comic book writer also responsible for the critically acclaimed Batman: Year 100, Berlin Batman was an Elseworld tale published in 1998's The Batman Chronicles #11. The story involves young Baruch Wane, a wealthy socialite, who is tipped...

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Against Public Policy

StrategyEducation

Blog03/18/2016

Mises: To seek to organize society is just as crazy as it would be to tear a living plant to bits in order to make a new one out of the dead parts.

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The Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama

Policy for Commenting on Mises.org

Mises.org is a community of individuals dedicated to Austrian economics, freedom, and peace. Our writers and bloggers generally are academic professionals or economists. Mises Daily articles, Mises Library pages, and Mises Wire posts are intended to provide scholarly, substantive content and...

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Dark Clouds over Auburn

Booms and BustsThe FedBusiness CyclesCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog02/15/2016

I have lived in Auburn, Alabama, for more than three decades and have never seen a Super Sized Construction Crane. Last week, two were erected in the middle of town.

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