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Austrian economists agree that ending the Federal Reserve System would be a major step forward in reclaiming sanity in government spending and bolstering the...
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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.
Austrian economists agree that ending the Federal Reserve System would be a major step forward in reclaiming sanity in government spending and bolstering the...
Are economic crashes inevitable, or are they the direct result of government meddling? History shows a pattern—but politicians and central bankers refuse to take...
According to an outmoded US law, the American government must account for the more than 8,100 tons of gold it owns at the now...
President Trump has suggested that the government eliminate the personal income tax and replace it with tariffs. While some may champion that proposal, the...
Contrary to many historical narratives, pre-colonial African countries did have sophisticated diplomatic traditions. The Igbo people of what is now southeastern Nigeria are well-known...
Recordings of the 2025 Austrian Economics Research Conference at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, March 21-22, 2025.
The philosopher Karl Popper was a strong critic of Marx, his system, and especially his reliance on historicism. Unfortunately, as David Gordon points out,...
President Trump has suggested that the government eliminate the personal income tax and replace it with tariffs. While some may champion that proposal, the...
Our current paper fiat money system comes from a long process of building up state power that destroyed private money, ended truly private banking,...
Sen. Tommy Tuberville recently claimed that Trump‘s tariffs will improve the economy, but only after a period of painful adjustment. “No pain, no gain,”...