This issue contains selected lectures, papers, and abstracts of papers presented at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama. Articles include Daniel Ajamian’s “The Cost of the Enlightenment,” Michael Rectenwald’s “Libertarianism(s) versus Postmodernism and ‘Social Justice’ Ideology,” Edward Fuller’s “Keynes and the
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Faculty, Associated Scholars, and More Mises Institute Senior Fellow Hans-Hermann Hoppe received the Roland Baader Award at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria, at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the publication of Mises’s Human Action . Patrick Newman received the George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award for his work editing
“Marxism and the Manipulation of Man” When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago this year — and the Soviet Union not long after — many thought socialism had been relegated to the dustbin of history. Unfortunately, the ideology responsible for the death of over 100 million people in the twentieth century is once again spreading throughout the West. We
Mises.org In the first quarter of 2020, mises.org had over 4 million unique pageviews, an increase of 26 percent from fourth quarter 2019. With 108,782 pageviews, March 31 was the highest-traffic day for the website in over four years. The Spanish traffic to mises.org/es continues to grow with 365,691 unique pageviews in the first quarter, up 342
Mises University In July, students from around the US came to Auburn for our annual Mises University program. Students learned from a distinguished faculty on-site, coupled with online contributions from Dr. Walter Block and Steven Berger. This year’s Mises U faculty included: Joseph Salerno Thomas DiLorenzo Jeff
No Ron Paul supporter will ever forget, or cease being angry about, the theft of his Texas Congressional seat in 1976. The race seemed to be close, and it was. When the polls closed, he was 100 votes ahead. The next morning he was 300 votes behind, and declared the loser. But some of those votes were from dead people. So Ron and his campaign
2020 was a daunting year. Covid-19, crazed government lockdowns, riots in major US cities, and a bruising, divisive national election made all of us sick with worry. Politics, as usual, made things worse. Congress and the Fed went crazy with “stimulus.” Debt and deficits soared. Millions of Americans lost their jobs, saw businesses shuttered, and
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