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The presidency—by which I mean the executive State—is the sum total of American tyranny. The other branches of government, including the presidentially appointed Supreme...
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The simple narrative today of the southern secession in 1860 and 1861 is that the southern states believed that the institution of slavery was...
Herbert Spencer is best known for the term, “Social Darwinism,” but his writings on free markets and law remain brilliantly relevant today. While not...
Mark Thornton discusses a lesser-known factor in the American Civil War: the Confederate “impressment” policy and its impact at Vicksburg.
The presidency—by which I mean the executive State—is the sum total of American tyranny. The other branches of government, including the presidentially appointed Supreme...
The purpose of the Journal of Prices and Markets was to improve the understanding of the role of markets in the economy.
Modern politics does not produce people of character and certainly there are few, if any, statesmen left on the scene. John C. Calhoun was...
Calhoun emphasized the principle that the states were sovereign and independent and not merely the creation of the federal government.
If devaluing the currency was a real measure of competitiveness, Argentina and Venezuela would be the most competitive nations on the planet.
Mises Institute President Thomas DiLorenzo joins NTD News to talk tariffs and trade policy.
Frederic Bastiat is an often unsung hero of 19th Century economic thought. His lessons on freedom and trade are timeless and what he wrote...
In The General Theory, J.M. Keynes allegedly “discredited” Say‘s Law. Of course, Keynes actually debunked a straw man that was a caricature of what...
In May 2025, the Mises Institute will hold its next Mises Book Club, a program that promotes deep reading in Austrian economics.