More than 650 people joined the Mises Institute near Houston last weekend to celebrate Ron Paul’s 80th birthday. Listen here for remarks by Jeff Deist, Llewlellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. [1:55], Thomas E. Woods, Jr. [4:27], Judge Andrew P. Napolitano [8:47], and Dr. Ron Paul [20:32]. Recorded in Lake Jackson, Texas, on Saturday, 15 August 2015. For
Helio Beltrão , founder and president of Instituto Mises Brasil writes: Our bylaws stipulate a category of member so far unused: the Distinguished Honorary Member. I have proposed to the board - and am happy to say it is approved, pending your acceptance -, that you become the first Distinguished Honorary Member of Mises Brazil. (You already
In the 2001 Polish film Quo Vadis , Nero’s minions secretly set fire to Rome to give Nero inspiration for his lousy poetry. When the Roman citizens, who have lost everything, riot, Petronius, the Roman writer and wit, and also Nero’s courtier, delivers a little speech to the crowd: “Citizens, the city shall be rebuilt. The gardens or Lucullis,
This must have been very painful for Noah Smith. So painful, in fact, that he felt the need to hurl half a dozen guilt-by-association charges at the Austrian School before admitting that it’s the Austrian concept of malinvestment that probably best explains the enormous bubbles in the Chinese economy right now. Smith, as some of our readers may
The conservative media (specifically Breitbart and CNS) are reporting that labor participation rates are at a 38 year low: A record 93,770,000 Americans were not in the American labor force last month, and the labor force participation rate remained at 62.6 percent, exactly where it was in June -- a 38-year low, the Labor Department reported on
Although leftists often like to condemn nullification as right-wing kookery, the left is quite good at employing the tactic. Certainly, the most successful nullification trend going on right now is in state refusals to enforce federal drug laws. Four states (Colorado, Washington, Oregon, and Alaska) have all unilaterally declared recreational
Great News from Auburn University: Mises Institute Academic Vice President Joe Salerno was just appointed to the John V. Denson II Endowed Professorship in the Department of Economics in the College of Liberal Arts. Joe will teach graduate and undergraduate courses and sit on PhD dissertation committees. Dr. Salerno has taught economics at Pace
Much of the current immigration debate in the United States centers around the issue of “amnesty,” which is a vague term that may mean anything from “we won’t deport you” to “let’s fast-track you to citizenship and voting rights.” From a laissez-faire perspective, the deportation aspect of amnesty — an increase in federal inaction — is one thing.
Chris Christie, who unbeknownst to virtually everyone is running for President, has announced that, if he becomes president, he will make sure that Colorado’s nullification of federal marijuana law will not be allowed to stand. Says Christie : “If you’re getting high in Colorado today, enjoy it,” Christie, a Republican presidential candidate,
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