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Interview: Mark Thornton on Rothbard, Skyscrapers, and More

BiographiesGlobal EconomyHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsPolitical Theory

Blog09/09/2016

Mark Thornton and Grégoire Canlorbe discuss Mises, Rothbard, the Drug War, and Adam Smith in this interview from Institut Coppet in France.

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Was Rothbard Really So Intransigent?

BiographiesStrategy

Blog08/10/2016

Rothbard, far more than his Beltway critics, understood the practical necessity of working with diverse people on an issue by issue basis.

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James Champlin: An Early Advocate for Free Trade

BiographiesGlobal EconomyTaxes and SpendingInterventionismPolitical Theory

Blog05/11/2016

James Champlin, a 19th-century critic of protectionism, anticipated many of the free-trade insights of the Austrian school.

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Customer Service, Government Style: Huge Wait Times for TSA "Security"

BiographiesTaxes and SpendingValue and Exchange

Blog05/10/2016

The taxpayers will complain a little, but they'll be sure to re-elect most of the politicians who gave us this status quo.

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Tibor Machan, RIP

Biographies

Blog03/25/2016

Tibor Machan, a leading libertarian philosopher, has died.

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Mises Weekends: Revisiting Rothbard

BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog03/04/2016

On the latest episode of Mises Weekend, Jeff Deist and Matt McCaffrey discuss Murray N. Rothbard's enduring legacy.

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Murray Rothbard at 90

Biographies

Blog03/01/2016

March 2 would have been Murray Rothbard's ninetieth birthday. His immense knowledge, creativity, and devotion to liberty are unequaled.

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Carl Menger: Founder of the Austrian School

BiographiesAustrian Economics OverviewHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsMonetary Theory

Blog02/23/2016

In this excerpt from his brilliant Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism, Guido Hülsmann illustrates how Carl Menger's experience as a financial journalist led to his developing the revolutionary foundations of the Austrian school of economics.

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Wilhelm Röpke (1899 - 1966)

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Blog02/12/2016

Wilhelm Röpke died on this date fifty years ago. He was an excellent economist thoroughly grounded in a realistic view of human action and who, therefore, continually fought against the dehumanizing effects of Keynesian and mathematical economics.

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Nathaniel Branden,R.I.P.

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Blog12/03/2014

Nathaniel Branden died today. He was for many years the leading follower of Ayn Rand and  lectured widely on her philosophy of Objectivism.

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