Philosophy

Recorded at the Mises Institute Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama, 12-14 October 2023.

Rothbard warned against the assumption that because democracies are “better” than dictatorships, they are necessarily more peace loving.

Much of modern neoclassical economic theory depends upon assumptions that do not reflect real world conditions. Austrian economists, however, know that realistic assumptions matter.

"Effective altruism" has become a buzzword with modern progressives who seek to combine state power and billionaire-funded nonprofits to redirect resources.

Most people will claim to be political and social “moderates” yet actually accept extreme socialist viewpoints.

Austrian economics stands apart from the economic mainstream in its deductive approach to economic analysis.

While philosophy is a discipline that has been hijacked by the Left, once in a while a philosopher comes along and surprises us.

While F.A. Hayek is known for his term “spontaneous order,” Mises saw institutional development as coming from growth in human understanding of things.

More than forty years ago, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn urged his fellow Russians “not to live by lies.” In our politicized age, his words ring truer than ever.

Can there be a bridge between Heideggerian metaphysics and practical political philosophy?