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Lew Rockwell at the Houston Mises Circle

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3 Reasons for Hope

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Blog02/05/2016Llewellyn H. Rockwell Jr.

Watch Lew Rockwell's talk from last weekend's Mises Circle in Houston.

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LIVE! Mises Circle in Phoenix

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Blog11/07/2015Mises Institute

Live broadcast of Ron Paul, Lew Rockwell, Jeff Deist, William Boyes, and Charles Goyette in Phoenix, Arizona.

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No way, Norway!

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Blog10/16/2015Carmen Elena Dorobăț

Nordic countries prospered in spite of the Scandinavian model, not because of it.

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Rothbard on Economic Ignorance

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Blog10/13/2015Matthew McCaffrey

I’ve noticed that the following Rothbard quote tends to circulate periodically amongst free-market groups:

“It is no crime to be ignorant of economics, which is, after all, a specialized discipline and one that most people consider to be a ‘dismal science.
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In Policy Debates, Can Economics Trump Ethics?

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Blog10/08/2015Matthew McCaffrey

To support free markets is to invite criticism on virtually every policy issue. Whether it’s the minimum wage, gun control, or a hundred other topics, markets are constantly under attack, and the burden of proof always seems to fall on advocates of free choice to show that it’s...

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The TPP and the Trade Rhetoric

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Blog10/06/2015Carmen Elena Dorobăț

A real free trade agreement should be short and unilateral. It would then truly allow the market to bring about a pattern of international trade in line with the scarcity of resources and with entrepreneurial judgment about their most efficient international allocation. The TPP, on the other...

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The Socialist Sinking Ship: Then and Now

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Blog04/20/2015Carmen Elena Dorobăț

If the Venezuelan example of socialism’s ultimate consequences baffles anybody, it is because of how little (economic) history people remember, and how quickly its lessons are forgotten.

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New Audio Interviews, Plus FCC Releases 400 Pages of Internet Regs

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Blog03/13/2015Ryan McMaken

In my recent article on net neutrality, I...

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Austrian Student Scholars Conference

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Blog02/23/2015Mark Thornton

I just returned from the Austrian Student Scholars Conference at Grove City College and boy, I was impressed.

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Are the Ruling Elites in China Now More Pro-Market than the Ruling Elites in the USA?

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Blog02/23/2015Robert Higgs

Once upon a time, the Chinese were the enemies of private property rights and free markets, and the Americans were the enemies of the Chinese and purported to cherish the institutions that the Chinese hated. Today no such clear-cut difference exists. If anything, today’s Chinese in high places seem...