Free Markets

Government-sponsored monopolies should be abolished where they seem to be most integral to our society.

Ideas, be they right or wrong, are indestructible. The only possible change is people's attitude toward them.

Food was the symbol and reality of prosperity. Food meant the good life. Food meant security, health, and happiness.

The ghostwriting black market is a slice of spontaneous order that has arisen from the need to circumvent the inefficiencies of the public-education system. The industry is so profitable that some even make it a full-time job.

Some people think coupons and targeted discounts are a racket. Here I argue that they are wholly justified.

Recorded at Mises University 2011.

Recorded at Mises University 2011.

Mitchell's book on the American political landscape seems to leave out those who believe in liberty alone.

The tendency for politicians and technocrats in search of solutions is to devise grandiose plans that involve more testing, regulation, and spending. However, these schemes do nothing to alleviate the root cause of the problem.

Governments can perpetuate violence in war and against the civilian population every day, but when a private person does the same for political reasons, a struggle ensues to see which line of thinking will pay what price.