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Shelley's Radicalism: The Poet as Economist

Media and Culture

8 hours agoBooksPaul A. Cantor

Sometimes poets have something to teach economists.

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Professor Israel Kirzner Receives Distinguished Fellow Award

EntrepreneurshipMises News

8 hours agoPower & MarketJoseph T. Salerno

Congratulations to Israel Kirzner who received the Distinguished Fellow Award from the History of Economics Society at its 2018 annual meetings held in Chicago this past weekend. The Society confers the honor of “Distinguished Fellow” on “those who have contributed a lifetime of study to the...

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Net Neutrality Is Dead — But Now Some States Want to Revive It

Blog06/20/2018Andrew Moran

Democratic governors are implementing their own versions of net neutrality.

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War Comes to Virginia

U.S. History

06/20/2018Audio/VideoChris Calton

The war in Virginia begins with a few minor skirmishes following the Union occupation of Alexandria and Arlington.

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The Problem with Government Licensing Schemes

Bureaucracy and RegulationCronyism and CorporatismHealth

Blog06/20/2018Lee Friday

Government licensing hurts employment, reduces competition — and thus quality — and serves to line the pockets of the established firms who benefit.

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The Fight for Liberty and the Beltway Barbarians

Strategy

Blog06/19/2018Murray N. Rothbard

There is no reason why we can’t stress and spread our positive values at the same time that we battle against their enemies.

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The Cronyist Origins of Social Security

Cronyism and CorporatismU.S. History

Blog06/19/2018Brian Balfour

The big-business-connected creators of Social Security sought to use the system to punish their competitors in the small-business sector.

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What Should Politically Vanquished People Do?

Decentralization and SecessionPoliticsStrategy

06/19/2018Power & MarketJeff Deist

What should politically vanquished people do? Should they resist the political status quo no matter what, or accept it in the spirit of civil comity and bide their time for the next election? What if their political fortunes are waning, and they are ever less likely to...

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Who is Juan de Mariana?

BiographiesHistory of the Austrian School of Economics

06/19/2018Audio/VideoLucas M. Engelhardt

Lucas Engelhardt explains the many contributions of an early precursor to not only the Austrian school but to the whole of economic thought.

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Deutsche Bank's Troubles Raise Worries About the Future of the Euro Zone

Bureaucracy and RegulationMoney and Banking

Blog06/19/2018Thorsten Polleit

Big banks like Deutsche Bank have the potential to take an entire economy hostage: When they get into trouble, they can drag everything down with them.

The Fight for Liberty and the Beltway Barbarians

Murray N. Rothbard

There is no reason why we can’t stress and spread our positive values at the same time that we battle against their enemies.

Deutsche Bank's Troubles Raise Worries About the Future of the Euro Zone

Thorsten Polleit

Big banks like Deutsche Bank have the potential to take an entire economy hostage: When they get into trouble, they can drag everything down with them.