Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail
In this article, Professor Walter Block discusses the legalities of black mail as well as the Libertarian perspective.
Money and Banks
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Dehomogenizing Mises’s Monetary Theory
This article contains two parts that correspond to the two main fields of monetary theory.
Money is the Product of Virtue: Tensions in Rand’s Invocation of Market Success
Casual acquaintance with Ayn Rand’s ideas often involves the assumption that Rand would approve of Oliver Stone’s character Gordon Gekko (of “greed
Patents and Copyrights: Do the Benefits Exceed the Costs?
Patents and copyrights are forms of immaterial “property” that grant to their owners exclusive control over the production and sale of a specified
Book Review of The Church Confronts Modernity: Catholic Intellectuals and the Progressive Era and The Church and the Market: A Catholic Defense of the Free Economy by Thomas E. Woods, Jr.
In this article, Samuel Bostaph reviews Thomas E.
Gary Becker on Free Banking
The recently edited Festschrift in honor of Pascal Salin is a highly varied and disparate collection of contributions by colleagues, admir
Legal Tender Laws and Fractional-Reserve Banking
This article will explore the economics of legal tender laws, arguing that they are not only a necessary prerequisite of paper money, but also bene
The Cultural Consequences of Fiat Money
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 26 July 2014.
The Economics of Fractional Reserve Banking
Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 22 July 2014.
