Even in Slave Economies, the Division of Labor Was Inescapable
Even under chattel slavery, inequality was still pervasive. Carpenters, sugar boilers, blacksmiths, cabinetmakers, and rum distillers constituted an elite core of slaves.
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What Marxists Say about “Market Socialism”
Following the collapse of the USSR, many socialists pinned their hopes upon the development of a "market socialism" that would be economically efficient and create equality. Marxist philosopher G.A. Cohen wisely dissented.
Mises U Students Interview Some of Their Favorite Faculty Members
Mises U students interview Karl-Friedrich Israel and Tate Fegley.
The Cost of College and Accompanying Student Debt Create a Negative Social ROI
Student debt is a huge social problem, but the reason is that higher education costs themselves have become a major problem and are a financial burden whose costs outweigh its benefits.
Hail the Speculators! They Take the Necessary Economic Risks in Our Economy
Speculators are reviled in the media and by politicians and academics. Yet the speculators are the ones taking risks to ensure the rest of us can have more economic certainty.
Private Corporations Don’t Cause Price Inflation. Governments Do.
Governments never curb inflation because they benefit from it. Money creation is never neutral and disproportionately benefits the only monopolistic player in the economy: the state
Mises U Students Share Their Favorite Finds at the Mises Institute
Mises U students share what it's like being at the Mises Institute.
Mises U Students Share Their Favorite Finds at the Mises Institute
Mises U students share what it's like being at the Mises Institute.
They Didn’t Listen: The Reality of Hayek’s Bestseller
In 1944, F.A. Hayek's best-selling book, The Road to Serfdom, warned the West that the "free" nations would lose their freedom as government expanded. He was right.
Progressives Have Corrupted Not Only Money, but Its History as Well
Social democrats are so desperate to cast off limits on government that they'll embrace anything that justifies their ambitions. So they invent theories of money that are very, very wrong.
