Rothbard’s Legacy, 21 Years Later
Murray Rothbard died 21 years ago today, and while he pioneered new scholarship in many areas Rothbard is also largely responsible for making Ludwig von Mises known to us today.
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“Paradise for an Austrian Researcher”
Murray Rothbard dreamed of a fellowship program at the Mises Institute where students could become new Austrian scholars. In the twenty years since Rothbard’s death, the Mises Institute has worked with hundreds of young academics to build a new generation of Austrians.
The Basic Lessons of Keynesian Economics
. . . as presented in four entertaining slides.
Police Departments Overflowing with Extra Time, Money
Many police departments are over-funded and overstaffed. What other conclusion can we reach?
Would President Sanders Repeal Dodd-Frank?
On Tuesday, Senator Bernie Sanders took to Twitter to criticize bank ATM fees.
Census Data Shows People Are Fleeing High-Tax States
One of the more puerile demands made by knee-jerk nationalists is "love it or leave it."
Are We Headed for Another Bust?
Like the Greenspan Fed before it, the Yellen Fed has doubled down on easy money, but will trigger a crisis once it tries to inch toward more normal interest rates.
Remembering the First World War: the Centennial of the 1916 Slaughters
"... this time a hundred years ago was the eve of the beginning of the great slaughters of the twentieth century..."
Guns Don’t Cause Suicide
As homicide rates have declined in the US the past 20 years, and gun-related homicides with them, gun-control advocates have attempted to create a new category of "gun violence" by blaming suicides on access to guns.
Why Austrians Are Not Neoliberals
In his book Never Let a Serious Crisis Go to Waste, Philip Mirowski correctly diagnoses many problems with neoclassical economics. The reader soon notices, however, that Mirowski doesn't know the difference between Austrian economists and neoliberals.
