Ludwig von Mises Institute

Daily Articles from The Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism
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Ron Paul on Peace
Judging of what we are by what we ought to be, I have persuaded myself that this body might accept this reasonable proposition. The proposition is peace.
Libertarian Political Realism
Political realism — as both an experiential or historical matter and a methodological one — must be at the center of a thoroughgoing libertarian project, informing our criticisms and proposed solutions. It can furnish the fresh approach to social questions people around the world are crying out for.
Libertarian Political Realism
Political realism — as both an experiential or historical matter and a methodological one — must be at the center of a thoroughgoing libertarian project, informing our criticisms and proposed solutions. It can furnish the fresh approach to social questions people around the world are crying out for.
Ludwig von Mises: The Logician of Freedom
Mises was an astute observer and thinker who remained true to his principles.
Misrepresenting Inequality
Advocates for ever-more redistribution rely on seriously incomplete and misleading measures.
Inflation Targeting Hits the Wall
Inflation targeting is not only defective in guaranteeing monetary stability; it was instrumental in bringing about the current financial crisis.
The Politics of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Goethe favored small city-states with an integrated and free market between them.
Economics from the Ground Up
One of the unhappy casualties of World War I was the old-fashioned treatise on economic "principles."
Currency Wars
It is not just rockets and bombs that are fired; war is raged on the economic front, with currency manipulation as the primary weapon.
The Concept of a Perfect System of Government
The concept of the perfect system of government is fallacious and self-contradictory.
Worship of the Mob
Democracy of the unlimited kind lauded today is a form of socialism.
