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Mises U: "The Highlight of My Summer"

Blog07/16/2018Felicia A. Cowley

Felicia Cowley explains how Mises University has helped her as she pursues an academic career.

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Martial Law in Maryland

U.S. History

06/13/2018Audio/VideoChris Calton

After the Pratt Street Riot, President Lincoln and General Scott take more drastic measures to secure Maryland for the Union.

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Minecraft and Crusoe Economics

Media and CultureValue and Exchange

Blog01/24/2018Chris Calton

Minecraft serves as a model of a simple, developing economy that — not unlike the real world — continues to develop by accumulating capital.

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Mises Explains What Motivates Human Action

Philosophy and MethodologyPraxeology

Blog01/01/2018Chris Calton

Mises understood that human history is not governed by fate and pre-determined ends, but by individual human actions with diverse motivations.

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Maine Is Nullifying Federal Regulations that Cripple Local Farmers

Bureaucracy and RegulationDecentralization and SecessionThe Entrepreneur

Blog09/11/2017Chris Calton

Getting out from under Federal regulations can mean the difference between keeping the family farm, and having to sell out.

Chilean Protesters Could End Chile's Decades of Progress

José Niño

The history of Latin America is filled with tragic stories of countries reaching great heights — Argentina and Venezuela come to mind — and then falling back to mediocrity. Chile could be next if the protesters get their way.

Teacher Unions Destroy School Accountability

Robert Fellner

The Clark County School District evaluated itself, and it determined that all the teachers and administrators are doing a great job — and by the way, the union deserves more money.

Why Central Banks Aren't Really Setting Interest Rates

Frank Shostak

Central banks can only distort and mask real interest rates with monetary policy. Interest rates are really set by each individual's time preference.

The Silicon Valley Gulag

Jason Morgan

In his new book Google Archipelago, Rectenwald asserts the Google Archipelago re-upping of Marx is not only practically Marxist, but conceptually and structurally so.