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The Law of Association
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 6:03am PDT by Mises Daily
It’s one of the great contributions of economic science to human understanding and yet it remains one of the least understood concepts. The law of association shows that it is in everyone’s interest to expand human cooperation as much as possible. FULL ... -
Currency and Banking Reform in 19th-Century Britain
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 6:01am PDT by Mises Daily
What do those old debates between the Currency School and the Banking School have to do with us today? Plenty, says Matt McCaffrey. They show a path forward and illustrate the practical and theoretical roadblocks. FULL ARTICLE by Matt McCaffreyJoin the discussion ... -
The Ultimate Source of Profit and Loss on the Market
Posted: September 8th, 2010, 5:58am PDT by Mises Daily
For hundreds of years, politicians (like a certain current US president) have pushed the idea that one man’s profit is another man’s loss. The job of the state is to even the score. Mises explains that the whole assumption is wrong at its ... -
Statism Left, Right, and Center
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:37am PDT by Mises Daily
For a long while it has been clear that statists, right, left, and center, have been growing more and more alike — that their common devotion to the State has transcended their minor differences in style. FULL ARTICLE by Murray N. RothbardJoin ... -
Language and the Socialist-Calculation Problem
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:33am PDT by Mises Daily
Language policy is a perfect example of the socialist-calculation problem. Governments necessarily adopt nonoptimal language policies. They are incentivized to violate the rights of minority-language speakers and support fewer languages rather than more. FULL ARTICLE by Danny HieberJoin the discussion and ... -
The Poor
Posted: September 7th, 2010, 6:28am PDT by Mises Daily
The author of The Case for Legalizing Capitalism describes the topic of poverty as a key battleground in the war of socialism versus capitalism. He examines how much poverty exists in the United States, and how we can truly eliminate it. ... -
The Relation of Cost to Value
Posted: September 6th, 2010, 5:59am PDT by Mises Daily
Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk was Mises’s great teacher. Here is a very early statement (1891) on the cost controversy, published in English. It demonstrates why Böhm-Bawerk remains a standard-bearer of the Austrian tradition. FULL ARTICLE by Eugen von Böhm-BawerkJoin the discussion and ... -
What’s the Right Thing to Do?
Posted: September 6th, 2010, 5:58am PDT by Mises Daily
Libertarianism does not claim to encompass the whole of morality. Quite the contrary, it asks only, when is force or the threat of force permissible? The answer to this question delimits a sphere of rights, but not everything that is within one’s rights ... -
The Fed and the Ratchet Effect
Posted: September 6th, 2010, 5:57am PDT by Mises Daily
Once the monetary interventions start, they can’t be stopped. The economy requires ever more of the same to fix the problems created by the first round. This is the ratchet effect that Robert Higgs applies to statist policies in general. FULL ARTICLE ... -
The Milgram Experiment
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:30am PDT by Mises Daily
If the learner made an error, the teacher would administer an electric shock to the learner by remote control, pressing a button on a control console. Each electric shock administered would be stronger than the one before. FULL ARTICLE by Jeff RiggenbachJoin ... -
Bad Monetary Policy Is Redundant
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:29am PDT by Mises Daily
The Austrian theory of the trade cycle explains why the Fed’s below-market interest rates invariably lead to a correction known as the bust. The theory is not new. Why has it been so out of favor with most economists? FULL ARTICLE by ... -
If a Pure Market Economy Is So Good, Why Doesn’t It Exist?
Posted: September 3rd, 2010, 6:27am PDT by Mises Daily
By eliminating the analytical straightjacket imposed by neoclassical economics, economists could have a lot more to offer about how to improve the world. They would start thinking about changing preferences, not just incentives. FULL ARTICLE by Edward Strigham and Jeffrey Rogers HummelJoin ... -
The ‘Ground-Zero Mosque’ and Grand Staircase Escalante
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:25am PDT by Mises Daily
Regarding the media frenzy about the “Ground-Zero Mosque,” Ryan Long asks: if the land surrounding the World Trade Center is so sacrosanct for some Americans, why haven’t they purchased it themselves? FULL ARTICLE by Ryan P. LongJoin the discussion and post ... -
Habemus Economistem: Some Economics of Papal Deaths and Successions
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:24am PDT by Mises Daily
What happens to the price of hotels in Rome when the Pope dies? The market experiences shock that, in macroeconomic terms, would seem to destabilize the system. Still, with careful planning, the market manages just fine. FULL ARTICLE by Christopher WestleyJoin the ... -
Sir Thomas Smith: Mercantilist for Sound Money
Posted: September 2nd, 2010, 6:22am PDT by Mises Daily
Rothbard shows that Gresham’s law was introduced not by Sir Thomas Gresham but by the “arrogant, boorish, and feisty” Sir Thomas Smith the Elder (1513–1577), a bitter critic of debasement who was exiled from the court in 1549. He fought back with a ... -
How the Stock Market and Economy Really Work
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:53am PDT by Mises Daily
The stock market does not work the way most people think, writes Kel Kelly. One commonly held belief is that a stock-market boom is the reflection of a progressing economy. Not so: it mostly reflects money creation. FULL ARTICLE Join the discussion ... -
The State’s “Inception” Fails
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:51am PDT by Mises Daily
Lew Rockwell explains that government-planned prosperity was only a dream. Massive unemployment and failing industries are the reality. Stimulus is just hitting the snooze button. FULL ARTICLE Join the discussion and post a commentRelated posts:Garrett ... -
The Critics of Marxism
Posted: September 1st, 2010, 5:50am PDT by Mises Daily
It seems now that almost everyone, from journalists to academics to clergy, relies unthinkingly on Marxian doctrines. Their deterministic ideas seem impervious to any argument. Of course, they’ve never read Ludwig von Mises. FULL ARTICLE by Ludwig von Mises Join the discussion ... -
Mo’ Money, Mo’ Problems
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 6:03am PDT by Mises Daily
The US money supply can be increased at the whim of Federal Reserve officials, writes C.J. Maloney, with no compensation at all given to those whose current holdings will be debased by the newly created money. FULL ARTICLE by C.J. MaloneyJoin the ... -
The Story of Stuff
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:56am PDT by Mises Daily
Sterling Terrell discusses a new video that condemns the existence of markets that produce. The narrator doesn’t put it that way, but this is the upshot of a screed that fails to understand the benefits of either trade or production. FULL ARTICLE ... -
The Bankrupt Finnish Welfare State
Posted: August 31st, 2010, 5:49am PDT by Mises Daily
Newsweek recently proclaimed Finland the “best country in the world.” But Kaj Grüssner reports first-hand experience with his homeland’s onerous taxes, skyrocketing national debt, and byzantine healthcare system. FULL ARTICLE by Kaj GrussnerJoin the discussion and post a commentRelated posts:... -
The Best Work of Its Kind Since Rothbard’s For a New Liberty
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:49am PDT by Mises Daily
David Gordon sings the praises of this accurate, inspiring, detailed, and innovative look at the core of modern libertarianism. Huebert neglects nothing, from foreign policy to intellectual property. FULL ARTICLE by David GordonJoin the discussion and post a commentRelated posts:... -
Venus Needs Some Austrians
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:48am PDT by Mises Daily
The socialist dreamers of the Venus Project imagine a future society of incredible abundance. Robert Murphy explains that our world could become as wealthy as they say, but only through the defense of private property. FULL ARTICLE by Robert P. MurphyJoin ... -
A Culture of Fear
Posted: August 30th, 2010, 5:48am PDT by Mises Daily
From the Great Depression to the War on Terror, the state has manipulated its subjects by telling tales of monsters in the dark. Jonathan Catalan turns on the lights and points to where the real danger lies. FULL ARTICLE by Jonathan M. ... -
Rothbard’s Memos Marked “Strictly Confidential”
Posted: August 27th, 2010, 7:00am PDT by Mises Daily
Rothbard’s vast published output does not exhaust his thinking and writing. To the contrary, a large number of important items have never been published. Many of these are reports he wrote for the William Volker Fund. FULL ARTICLE by David GordonJoin the ...