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Wendy McElroy decries the EU's attempt to legislate equal rights for women: it will bring about a new form of despotism, she warns.

Just in time for the Holidays, Gene Callahan gives us a look at what children's stories would be like if they were inspired by the Austrian School.

He ran a business, paid the market wage, and kept his contracts. What's not to like?

The WTO must, of course, be opposed with vigor, writes Ilana Mercer, "but not for the reasons the violent protesters trot out."

Why is it always socialist academics from the USA who fill the posts of visiting professors in European universities? William Anderson explains.

Chris Sciabarra, author of an important new work on freedom's philosophical foundations, explains the impact of the Austrian tradition and his mentor Murray N. Rothbard. 

From the interview: "The state and the market are incompatible institutions. One exists only to the detriment of the other. That is why there will always be a struggle between power and liberty, and may liberty be the victor in the end."

The 2000 election may be a turning point in the unraveling of our overmighty rulers. In the meantime, it's good clean fun for those watching from the sidelines.

Consider an essay by social theorist Alan Wolfe, in which purports to analyze America's excessively consumerist capitalist society.  

Back in Print: A book by Murray N. Rothbard that shaped a generation of intellectuals and laid the groundwork for a revolt against centralized social and economic management.