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Our Obsession with Consumption — while Ignoring Saving and Investment — Is a Big Problem

Money and BanksCapital and Interest TheoryMoney and Banking

Blog06/13/2018Hans-Hermann HoppeJuan Fernando Carpio

Without saving and investment, there can be no material progress — which is necessary for cultural progress and flourishing.

Our Interests and Their Interests

Free MarketsInterventionism

Blog02/12/2018Murray N. Rothbard

Mises formed a highly sophisticated theory of classes and of class conflict by distinguishing sharply between the market and the state.

On-Duty Police Deaths Were Near a 50-Year Low in 2017

Legal SystemTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog01/09/2018Ryan McMaken

Government policing is becoming less hazardous. It is also safer than being a roofer, farmer, or pilot.

Our Passive Trade Balance

History of the Austrian School of Economics

Blog01/04/2018Eugen von Böhm-BawerkKai Weiss

This is the first time Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk's essay "Our Passive Trade Balance" has appeared in English.

Obama Administration's Bank Regulation Still Widening Gap Between Rich and Poor

Big GovernmentThe FedMoney and Banks

Blog11/02/2017Tho Bishop

Few presidencies have ever done more to widen the gap between rich and poor than Barack Obama.

Our Obsession with Survey Data is Ruining Economics

Philosophy and Methodology

Blog07/23/2017Jonathan Newman

The many flaws of survey data makes it a rather questionable foundation for economic science.

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Obama's AWOL Anti-War Protest

Blog07/21/2017James Bovard

Why did so many Bush-era anti-war activists abandon the cause after Obama took office?

Obamacare? Trumpcare? Get Rid of it All

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Blog05/05/2017Chris Rossini

Trying to reform America's health care Frankenstein with either Obamacare or Trumpcare will solve nothing.

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Can Milei Really Shut Down Argentina's Central Bank?

Daniel Lacalle

Argentina was a rich country made poor by socialism. It needs to abandon socialism to become rich again.

How Not to Desocialize: Argentina Edition

Benjamin Seevers

While Argentina president-elect Javier Milei plans to privatize state-owned enterprises, there is a right way and a wrong way to privatize these entities. Murray Rothbard and Hans-Hermann Hoppe show the way.

The Immorality of Protectionism

Ryan McMaken

Protectionists are no better than any run-of-the-mill Progressive who wants more taxes on one group in order to subsidize some other group. There's no moral high ground here for the protectionists, just unfounded self-righteousness.

Henry Kissinger: War Criminal and Enemy of Mankind

Ryan McMaken

Get ready to see George W. Bush, Michelle Obama, Mitch McConnell, and Hillary Clinton all mourn together at Kissinger's funeral as they hail one of the regime's most devoted apologists.

Austrian Student Scholars Conference 2024

Jeffrey M. Herbener

Be a part of the 20th annual Austrian Student Scholars Conference, Feb. 16-17, 2024. Hear keynote lectures from Drs. Sandy and Peter Klein. Compete for cash prizes of $1,500, $1,000 and $500 for the top three papers delivered at the conference. Receive enlightening comments on your scholarship and give the same to others. We hope to see you there.

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Peter G. Klein

Peter G. Klein is Carl Menger Research Fellow of the Mises Institute and W. W. Caruth Chair and Professor of...