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Raiders Move to Vegas Gives Taxpayers Reason to Boo, Players Reason to Cheer

Taxes and Spending

Blog03/28/2017Tho Bishop

The NFL is coming to Vegas. This means higher hotel taxes for tourists, but lower tax rates for players.

Ryancare is Failing — What Should Happen Next?

Free MarketsHealthU.S. Economy

Blog03/23/2017Tho Bishop

The market is creating its own solutions to Obamacare. The focus should be protecting it from further government control.

Ryancare's Fatal Logical Flaw

Big GovernmentHealth

Blog03/13/2017Hunter Lewis

One cannot both repeal and keep Obamacare.

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Rothbard Explains the Proper Response to Climate Change

The EnvironmentTaxes and SpendingPolitical Theory

Blog03/09/2017Curtis Williams

Whether or not one agrees with the underlying climate science, Rothbard’s analysis is useful in crafting a response to so-called greenhouse gases.

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Repeal and Replace Needn't Be Complicated

Big GovernmentHealth

Blog03/09/2017Hunter Lewis

But Paul Ryan's bill just takes us deeper down the rabbit hole.

Report: Arrested Mises Cuba Member Charged with "Distributing Enemy Propaganda"

The Police State

Blog03/01/2017Tho Bishop

Two libertarian activists are being held at Melena II, a maximum security prison with a history of human rights violations.

Reality vs. The "Recovery" Narrative

The FedMoney and BanksMoney and Banking

Blog02/02/2017C.Jay Engel

The Fed insists the economy is gaining steam. Last week's GDP numbers, and the Fed's inaction on interest rates suggest otherwise.

Remembering Oskar Morgenstern

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

Blog01/25/2017Richard M. Ebeling

Morganstern is best known as the co-developer of modern game theory with John von Neumann in their 1944 book, The Theory of Games and Economic Behavior.

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Rothbard Roundtable

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We asked some of our writers and scholars to talk about why Rothbard is worth remembering. Here's what they had to say.

To Stop the Left, America Needs a Rothbardian Right

Tho Bishop

Thankfully for the American right, there is another alternative to the neoconservatism of William Buckley, the neoliberalism of Milton Friedman, and the paleo-progressivism of Teddy Roosevelt: the libertarian populism of Murray Rothbard.

Money-Supply Growth Hits a New All-Time High in January

Ryan McMaken

In January, money supply growth hit a new all-time high, rising slightly above September 2020's previous high, and remaining well above growth levels that one year ago would have been considered unthinkable.

Public Schools Refuse to Open. Give the Taxpayers Their Money Back

Ryan McMaken

If grocery stores were run like public schools, they'd still be in the midst of an extended covid lockdown. Fortunately, though, we have a (mostly) privatized system, with vouchers for low-income shoppers. A similar system for schools would be a far saner choice than what we have now.

Fighting Totalitarianism: Rothbard versus Monasticism

Michael Rectenwald

To adopt monasticism before the international fascism we face today would amount not only to seceding but also to ceding everything worth saving to the monsters

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