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Nietzsche and the State

War and Foreign PolicyWorld HistoryPhilosophy and MethodologyPolitical Theory

Blog02/19/2017David Gordon

Nietzsche thought that the state would probably be replaced by private protection agencies.

No Country Should Be Bigger Than This

Big GovernmentDecentralization and SecessionPolitical TheoryPrivate Property

Blog01/13/2017Ryan McMaken

Even if we agreed that states can provide certain amenities of value, state powers still become dangerously prone to abuse the larger the state grows.

Negative Interest Rates: How Low Can They Go?

Money and BanksMoney and BankingPolitical Theory

Blog12/29/2016Ronald-Peter Stöferle

Negative rates can work because the opportunity cost of holding physical cash is not zero. Abolishing large banknotes further increases the cost.

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What We've Learned from Israel's Covid Vaccine Program

Gilbert Berdine, MD

The covid vaccine experience in Israel shows that one death is prevented for every 26,000 vaccine jabs, at a cost of $1 million. A single hospitalization is prevented with every 5,000 jabs, at a cost of $160,000 each.

How I Discovered Murray Rothbard

Roberta Modugno

In Rothbard’s writings I did not find only something totally new to me, but I also found, explained in consistent and simple words, the reasons for the inefficiency and failure of most of the politics of my country, Italy.

Why Rothbard Endures

Jeff Deist

Instead of succumbing to the zeitgeist, Rothbard moved it.

Rothbard's Underappreciated Contributions to Public Goods Analysis

Tate FegleyKristoffer Mousten HansenKarl-Friedrich Israel

The assertion that “tax-financed public goods can make us all better off” is just that: an assertion. As Rothbard showed, there is no reason to just assume consumers would pay for these amenities were they not forced to through taxation.

Murray Rothbard on War and "Isolationism"

Murray N. Rothbard

"The true principle of isolationism is that the government should be isolated and people who trade, interchange, and engage in voluntary travel, migration, and so forth should be allowed to peacefully do so."

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Mark Thornton

Mark Thornton is a Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and the book review editor of the Quarterly Journal of...