The Legacy of Anti-Discrimination Laws

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January 30, 2020

By David Gordon

The Age of Entitlement: The Legacy of Anti-Discrimination Laws

The task that civil rights laws were meant to carry out—the top-down management of various ethnic, regional, and social groups—had always been the main task of empires. The US now imposes this both domestically and globally.

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By Frank Shostak

Savings vs. Money: Which Is More Important?

It is not money that funds economic activity, but the saved pool of consumer goods. The existence of money only facilitates the flow of savings. Any attempt to replace savings with money ends in economic disaster.

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Fourth quarter 2019 was a busy time at the Mises Institute. See what we were doing.

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By Daniella Bassi

Markets Provide Guns Despite Government Restrictions

In spite of all kinds of restrictions and red tape, consumer demand for firearms remains high, and the industry has found a way to meet that demand—through "80 percent lower receivers."

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By Ryan McMaken

Franz Jägerstätter: Conscientious Objector

Terrence Malick's new film about conscientious objector Franz Jägerstätter is a subtle film. But perhaps too much so, and we need to look deeper to understand why this one man so vehemently resisted the Nazi state at the cost of his own life.

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