Mises Institute

Free speech is not an ideological issue. As Murray Rothbard noted, it really is an issue tied to private property rights.

The present US regime is far more tyrannical than the British government that supposedly was so intolerable that independence was the only way out. Perhaps it is time for another Declaration of Independence.

Ryan and political scientist Joseph Solis-Mullen talk about how taxes, war, and the state are all part of a centuries-old formula for impoverishing the productive class while enriching the government class.

When the state declares war on abstractions, it is in perpetuity. Whiskey nor cocaine signed a treaty. Yet, for more than a hundred years, American politicians have declared “wars” on these abstractions with the same certainty that they declared wars on foreign nations.

In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Steven Pinker’s new book, When Everyone Knows That Everyone Knows. As Dr. Gordon aptly points out, Pinker knows a lot less than he thinks he does.

Interest rates should be determined by the market, according to its needs, to operate efficiently and effectively distribute society’s financial resources.

The yearning for a state-controlled system is not born of compassion for others but rather of infantile selfishness.

United States is now a full-blown "tax state" in that lawmakers can raise taxes with minimal effort without meaningful legal resistance from any other domestic institution.

Human Action by Ludwig von Mises is not just another book on economics, although its economic content is excellent and timeless. It is a passage through one truth after another, built upon logic and reason.