Happy birthday, Ludwig! As a Happy Birthday tribute to Ludwig von Mises (born Sept. 29, 1881), here’s what you need to know about his life … and what you need to know from his iconic treatise on economics, Human Action. The underappreciated economist Ludwig von Mises is today celebrated as one of the founding fathers […]
In this article, we’ll dissect the failures of the war on drugs, seeking to uncover the factors that have led to its ultimate downfall, as well as diverse arguments for ending the war on drugs and embracing legalization.
Today would have been Ludwig von Mises’ 135th birthday. Here we reflect on the profound contribution he made to economics.
Ready to explore the fascinating world of Austrian economics? This article has got you covered! Whether you’re new to the subject or eager to learn more, we’ve handpicked five essential books just for you.
To set the record straight on the matter of liberty and immigration, let’s look to one of the most influential classical liberal thinkers, Ludwig von Mises, for guidance…
The first task of classical liberalism is to understand social order; normative conclusions must follow and flow from that understanding.
Classical liberals all agree that government should be limited, but they disagree about how they get to that conclusion.
A common theme among liberty-minded thinkers is a high degree of skepticism toward state administered education. They’ve often come to the conclusion that public schools act more to create a population of subservient factory workers with little skills in the way of critical thinking. To learn more about how the public school system harms students […]
This quote was taken from Ludwig von Mises’s work Planning for Freedom: Let the Market System Work, which is a collection of essays and addresses on inflation and government intervention in the economy. In this work, as in others, von Mises maintains that government interventions in monetary and commercial affairs are destructive to the economy, regardless […]
The health care debate has been long on hysterics and short on useful analysis. Incendiary and counterproductive rhetoric about socialism, Nazis, and death panels from some corners notwithstanding, critics of socialized medicine raise an important question with uncomfortable answers: in the absence of profits, losses, and prices, how will decisions about the production and allocation […]