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Not many teachers would admit they had taught eight or nine murderers and a number of criminals in over four decades on the job.

While Ludwig von Mises and Karl Popper disagreed on methodology, but Brian Gladish believes that perhaps their viewpoints were not as divergent as their followers suggest.

Much government regulation — and especially what we saw during the covid era — is downright illogical and produces harmful results. Perhaps some simple logic is in order.

The proper strategy is to design economic policies that are consistent with the individualist, private-property, free-market institutional framework. Any monetary system in which politics plays a decisive role will be operated according to the ideology of government officials subject to the pressure of public opinion.

If one looks at the catastrophic consequences of the great paper-money inflations, one must admit that the cost of making and holding gold is the minor evil. It would be futile to retort that these catastrophes were brought about because the regime merely used fiat money improperly. 

All of us have experienced government road closures and the traffic and safety nightmares they create. Private roads may be the answer to solving the problem.

The Rothbard Graduate Seminar (RGS) provides an opportunity to learn about Austrian economics at a high level.

What’s in store for 2024? Will the Fed cut rates? If so, will it be because everything is awesome and the fabled soft landing has been achieved?

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