Because Bush brought up the subject of immigration, see the special issue of the Journal of Libertarian Studies on immigration , and my piece “ Natural Order, State, and the Immigration Problem .”
My book Democracy the God That Failed is now also available in a Spanish translation under the title Monarquia, Democracia Y Orden Natural . Una Vision Austriaca De La Era Americana . The book has been translated by Prof. Jeronimo Molina (University of Murcia), who has also written a Spanish introduction. It can be ordered through Professor
My book Democracy: The God That Failed is now also available in a Spanish translation under the title Monarquia, Democracia Y Orden Natural. Una Vision Austriaca De La Era Americana . The book has been translated by Prof. Jeronimo Molina (University of Murcia), who has also written a Spanish introduction. The book can be ordered by email
A recent good post at Cafe Hayek reminded me of some observations from Iraq. The post at Cafe Hayek noted: “Jim Cantalupo was CEO and Chairman of McDonald’s when he died unexpectedly on April 19th . Although nearly two weeks have passed since this death, I notice that McDonald’s continues to supply Big Macs, Egg McMuffins , and its other menu
It is no secret that I am not a Hayekian. Still, I consider Hayek a great economist - not in the same league as Mises, but few if any economists are. Hayek’s fame in the public mind, however, has less to do with his economic writings but stems largely from his writings in political theory, and it is in this area where I consider Hayek as mostly
[ From an interview with Hans-Hermann Hoppe conducted by Juan Fernando Carpio. ] Carpio: Why do economists in general not teach the role of saving for the economy? Hoppe: I agree with your assessment: In the economics profession today very little attention is given to the role of savings and very much, indeed overwhelming importance is attached
Old habits die hard. These should be the best of times for oil-rich Russia, with prices remaining above $50 per barrel. Instead, foreign investors are fleeing , and with them skills, technology, and capital. Amazing how that happens when the state seizes private property and puts businessmen in jail for supposed tax-evasion. Net capital outflow
Here is my preface to the newly published Polish edition of Democracy--The God that Failed . In human history, for better or worse decisive turns in the course of events occur. The most recent of such turns was in 1989 with the implosion of communism all across central and eastern Europe. This had been predicted seventy years before by the
[An interview with Hans-Herman Hoppe in the Polish weekly Najwyższy Czas! ] What is your assessment of contemporary Western Europe, and in particular the EU? All major political parties in Western Europe, regardless of their different names and party programs, are nowadays committed to the same fundamental idea of democratic socialism. They use
One of the most widely accepted propositions among political economists is the following: Every monopoly is bad from the viewpoint of consumers. Monopoly is understood in its classical sense to be an exclusive privilege granted to a single producer of a commodity or service, i.e., as the absence of free entry into a particular line of production.
What is the Mises Institute?
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.