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Are Libertarians “Anarchists”?
The libertarian who is happily engaged expounding his political philosophy in the full glory of his convictions is almost sure...
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Yes, They Were Socialists: How the Nazis Waged War on Private Property
When the average person thinks of the Nazis, what often comes to mind is World War II, the Holocaust, and...
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Back to the Future: Progressives Imagine the Good Old Days of Price Controls
Inflation is raging and progressives want action. What kind of action? They want to return to the 1970s regime of...
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Will Argentina’s Next President Be a Rothbardian?
Argentina has provided the prime example of counterproductive policy for most of the past century. At the beginning of the...
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Rothbard: The Free-Market and Anti-Government Roots of the American Revolution
Historians have long debated the precise causes of the American Revolution: Were they constitutional, economic,...
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Why Police Do Nothing While Kids Are Killed
Unlike a private-sector service, police do not operate under any contractual obligations to provide services in any particular way. They...
Read moreUS Household Saving Rate Vanishes, Credit Card Debt Soars
The United States economy may have delivered no growth in the first half of 2022 after the decline in the...
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In the Wake of Roe Let’s Learn to Tolerate Different Laws in Different States
Most commentary on the Supreme Court's decision in Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization—which overturns Roe v. Wade—has focused on the...
Read moreLudwig von Mises: 1881–1973
For those of us who have loved as well as revered Ludwig von Mises, words cannot express our great sense...
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How the BOJ Created “Noninflationary” Money While Ruining the Japanese Economy
Milton Friedman (1963) argued that "inflation is always and everywhere a monetary phenomenon in the sense that it is and...
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