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Lew Rockwell on The Origins of the Mises Institute

History of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog07/06/2017Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Lew Rockwell explains how he created the Mises Institute as "a shadow university setting in which students could study economics" within the Austrian school.

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Let’s Fully Deregulate the Airline Industry

Protectionism and Free TradeU.S. Economy

Blog06/13/2017Stephan F. Gohmann

US airlines and their workers are motivated to get the government to protect them as a special interest group at a cost to consumers as a whole.

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Ludwig von Mises Understood "Meme Magic"

Media and Culture

Blog06/06/2017Tho Bishop

Recent history shows that both force and money are impotent against memes.

Las Vegas: An Austrian View of Land Prices

The EntrepreneurValue and Exchange

Blog06/05/2017Doug French

Is buying land a good idea? It's a lot more complicated than simply declaring "buy land, they aren't making it anymore."

Litigation and Regulation

Blog05/19/2017Christopher P. Casey

True regulatory reform requires the recognition, extension, and proper adjudication of property rights.

Libertarianism at the Brink

Austrian Economics OverviewPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog05/16/2017David Gordon

Cato's Brink Lindsey says we can't evaluate complete laissez-faire because it does not exist; but he somehow "knows" government intervention is better.