The Idea that Democracy Is the Same as Liberty Is a Weapon in the Hands of Despots
Probably no other belief is now so much a threat to liberty… as the one that democracy, by itself alone, guarantees liberty.
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The Benefits of Secession Are Becoming Increasingly Obvious
"Countries threaten to split apart when their people seem hopelessly divided…. We’re less united today than we’ve been at any time since the Civil War."
Three States Libertarian Voters May Decide
While the libertarian electorate is not as popular a topic as it once was, it could actually be a very important demographic this year.
Close Elections Force Us to Ask Unpleasant Questions about Democracy
A very close or contested election would remind us that elections do not demonstrate "the will of the people" and that national unity is founded on some very fragile myths.
Arrow’s Impossibility Theorem Exposes a Big Problem with Democracy
Kenneth Arrow showed in 1951 that the entire project of social choice theory rested on quicksand.
Jeff Deist on Hoppe’s Democracy: The God That Failed
Jeff Deist finishes his series on Hoppe's devastating classic with a look at the final chapters, critiquing conservatism, liberalism, and constitutionalism.
Preelection Survey: What Is This Election About?
We asked several Mises Institute scholars and writers to come together to discuss the themes running through the 2020 election race and the most important policy issues for the American presidency. Here’s what they had to say.
Will a Nonpolitical “Silent Majority” Stop the Left?
Projections have the 2020 election seeing record-high turnout. Conventional wisdom views this as a win for Joe Biden, but could conventional wisdom be wrong?
Want to Make Drugs Less Lethal? Legalize Them.
With new legalization measures coming to the ballot box, voters have the opportunity to take steps that would reduce the drive to make drugs stronger and more potent, and more deadly.
A Collection of Bovardian Epigrams
Wisdom from James Bovard on the train wreck that is American democracy.
