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Ludwig von Mises on the Difference Between Entrepreneurs and Managers

The EntrepreneurPhilosophy and MethodologyValue and Exchange

Blog02/28/2019

When Mises noted that a manager is a "junior partner" of the entrepreneur, he did not mean to downplay the role of management in the economy.

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Liberalism and Capitalism

World HistoryPolitical Theory

Blog02/27/2019

A society in which [classical] liberal principles are put into effect is usually called a capitalist society, and the condition of that society, capitalism.

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Lange, Mises and Praxeology: The Retreat from Marxism

History of the Austrian School of EconomicsOther Schools of ThoughtPhilosophy and Methodology

Blog02/19/2019

Oskar Lange was a Marxist economist and intellectual opponent of Mises. Late in his career, he sought to merge praxeology and Marxism. 

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Ludwig von Mises and the Nature of Money

Money and BanksHistory of the Austrian School of EconomicsMonetary Theory

Blog02/13/2019

Among the fallacies Mises debunked in his first book were those of the chartalists - the predecessors of Modern Monetary Theory.

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Look to the States — Not SCOTUS — For Real Asset Forefeiture Reform

Legal System

Blog01/29/2019

The "asset forfeiture" case now before the Supreme Court is unlikely to lead to any substantial limitations on state and local seizures of private property.

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Latin America Has Fewer Guns, But More Crime

Bureaucracy and RegulationLegal System

Blog11/20/2018

Contrary to myth, Latin America has relatively few civilian-owned guns — either legal or illegal. But this hasn't prevented enduring high rates of violent crime.

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