Mises Institute

In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon takes issue with the DEI movement in higher education, pointing to the utterly absurd case of Jason Arday, a professor of the sociology of education at Cambridge University, as DEI's poster child.

Dinesh D’Souza—a self-proclaimed opponent of “revisionist history”—reinterprets the Declaration of Independence through anachronism and equivocation, reading modern concepts of nationhood and equality back into 1776.

In September 2026, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Clubs, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.

In 1871, Carl Menger gave what still is the best explanation of diminishing marginal utility. What was true in 1871 is true today.

By now, the decolonization narrative should be well known to anyone who pays any attention to leftwing rhetoric. In the Americas, the term “decolonization”

Mutual aid societies once were an important part of the US social landscape. Africans can benefit from the same movements—provided their governments get out of the way.

By convincing Congress to permit the government to take equity positions in private firms, Donald Trump has completed the transition of the economy from free markets to political capitalism.

In spite of the GOP's feigned dismay over Morocco's weaponization of migrants against Spanish exclaves in North Africa, US policy supports Moroccan expansionism in the region.

After several days of increasing threats against Iran, including social media posts like “FINISH THE JOB!” and “Take the oil. No mercy!,” President Trump has