Professor Richard Vedder on the Great Depression
The latest issue of the Cato Journal contains articles written in honor of Richard K. Vedder, who is strongly sympathetic to the Austrian school of economics.
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How Government Buys Your Support
Bribes can work both ways. Sometimes it pays to bribe politicians for what you want. But voters will often happily exchange votes for free stuff. In fact, the latter strategy has been proven to work wonders if one wants a bigger government.
Ron Paul: Socialism and War Will Not Prevail
On this week’s episode, we feature a talk by Dr. Ron Paul at the Mises Circle in Houston.
Liberty, State, and Union
Bassani shows that Jefferson was a special kind of libertarian. He did not believe in government, but for one or two areas. Nor did he believe in the “union” much less the nation state. He was a radical individualist who had no use for the...
Back on the Road to Serfdom
The threat of statism has reemerged in force. The federal government has seized on the economic crisis to radically expand its power—through bailouts, “stimulus” packages, a trillion-dollar health care plan, “jobs bills,” massive expansions of...
Back to the Land
This is the true story of Arthurdale, West Virginia, a town created as a “pet project” of the Roosevelts. Designed to be (in the words of Eleanor Roosevelt) “a human experiment station”, she was to create a “New American” citizen who would...
Civilian and the Military
Do you have doubts about American wars abroad? Do you worry about their cost, the drain in American resources, the resentments they foster abroad, the death and destruction they bring on all sides? Do you have a sense that these are not truly...
Delusions of Power
Taking a close look at the dense fabric that our government weaves between war, state power, and economics, this collection of essays reveals the growing authority—and corruption—of the American state. Covering topics from the Lyndon Johnson...
Organizing Entrepreneurial Judgment
Now entrepreneurship classes are all the rage. While in real life government strangles businesses large and small everyday, the academic community has finally woken up to what creates wealth—entrepreneurial activity. This is a positive sign. And...
Commie Cowboys: The Bourgeoisie and the Nation-State in the Western Genre
The Western genre has long been associated with right-wing and libertarian politics, and is said to promote individualism and free-market economics. In a new look at the Western, however, Ryan McMaken shows that the Western is in fact often anti...
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