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Mises Daily Friday by Joseph Salerno. 

Economic freedom or a free economy is  much broader than just what is normally viewed as ‘market activity’ and is the driving force in advancing human welfare. 

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Our friend Robert Bradley recently took a look back 25 years ago when the New York Times still had some scientific backbone.

One of the most important books ever written is now available as a free Mises Institute audio book.

The supply side matters. Fernández-Villaverde and Ohanian point out, “In short, incentives to hire, invest and start new businesses need to be a priority, lest the sclerotic U.S. economic growth of the past six years returns and, as in Europe, becomes a permanent condition.”

Why do so many people who claim to be against big government believe everything the government says about foreign policy? 

Mises Daily Monday by Peter St. Onge. "Giving back" is big these days, but how can we know if we're really making a contribution that someone values?

In chapter 80 of Conceived in Liberty, his history of the American Revolution, Rothbard addresses modern attempts to re-frame the American Revolution as some sort of "conservative" revolution that merely preserved a way of life, and was not a radical departure from the past.

"...the deep-seated radicalism of the American Revolution goes far beyond this. It was inextricably linked both to the radical revolutions that went before and to the ones, particularly the French, that succeeded it."

Research is not just the way we add to the body of knowledge left by previous generations, but is also an effective means of engaging and challenging the ideas of mainstream economics.