Mises Institute
Wednesday, October 2, 2024
 
 
America Doesn’t Need More “Efficient” Government
Connor O’Keeffe
If the true aim of our political system is not to solve the problems facing Americans but to transfer wealth to the government and politically-connected, the government is already very efficient.
 
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Progress from Poverty
David Gordon
After the Indochina War, Vietnam was one of the poorest countries in the world, but dramatic free-market reforms have made this formerly socialist country prosperous.
 
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The Functions of Money
 
Ludwig von Mises presents the case for sound money.
 
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Understanding the Real Costs of Slavery: It’s Not Cheap labor
 
American slave owners depended upon government regulations to subsidize their “peculiar institution.”
 
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Understanding the Action Axiom: How It Shapes the Structure of Society
Central to the paradigm of Austrian economics is the action axiom. People act, and they act purposefully. That knowledge alone permits us to construct an entire set of theories that explains economic life.
 
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Can Huey Long Save America?
Long, a Democratic populist, was the governor of Louisiana from 1928 to 1932 and a US senator from Louisiana from 1932 until he was assassinated in 1935. He was Bernie Sanders on steroids and was to the left of even Joe Biden and Barack Obama.
 
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Warren Buffett, Dave Ramsey, and John Maynard Keynes are Wrong!
The so-called great minds in economics and finance claim that gold is a “barbarous relic” or a “shiny,” worthless rock. Gold is neither. Despite the steady attacks on its integrity, gold remains a good place to put one’s money.
 
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Austrian Economics vs. Keynesian and Monetarist Macroeconomics
 
 
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Against the Left: A Rothbardian Libertarianism
 
Lew Rockwell explores something basic to libertarianism that many people today have forgotten. People who freely interact in the market create on their own a wonderful society that advances progress.
 
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