Media and Culture

The Australian philosopher David Stove, while not exactly a Rothbardian, still preferred the free market. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon introduces readers to Stove’s many interesting viewpoints.

The Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.

The Trump administration’s downsizing USAID has brought the usual claims: that without US aid, millions of poor people around the world will die of starvation and disease. Not surprisingly, the claims are exaggerated.

If anything, “Thank you for your service” now sounds like a tone-deaf faux pas.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon discusses Jeff McMahan’s thoughts on fighting in both just and unjust wars. “Just following orders” is still immoral when one is promoting a war unjustly carried out.

Economics has its own four-letter words. Although they are not obscene, socialists and statists would find them so.

Economics has its own four-letter words. Although they are not obscene, socialists and statists would find them so.

How does one act counterculturally and rebel against the systems of dependency? How do young people learn to act wisely without examples? Knowing how to see through the smoke and mirrors of the inflation culture is a necessary skill for a freer and more peaceful tomorrow.

Modern moral philosophers often come up with immoral ways to undermine free markets. In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the book How Much Is Enough? by Robert and Edward Skidelsky and questions the authors’ conclusions.

In this issue of The Misesian, Patrick Newman explores the many ways that Rothbard remains relevant to current economic and political controversies. And other articles, all of which are in the Rothbardian tradition of advancing the scholarship of freedom and sound economics.