Philosophy and Methodology

In ancient times, moderation meant eschewing vice and embracing virtue. Now it means doing whatever seems expedient. Tibor R. Machan explains.

For some, Popper is the most overrated intellectual of the century. For others, he is the overlooked genius. Rafe Champion, while correcting the new Popper biography, explains who the man was and what he did.

Why the family is irreplaceable and must be understood in terms other than incentives, costs, and benefits: a review of Jennifer Roback Morse's extraordinary new book.

We are continually told that democracies guard against war. But that view abstracts from the U.S. imperial experience. James Ostrowski compares the rhetoric to the reality.

Michael Prowse of the Financial Times was a Misesian. Then he read Durkheim and saw new light. Martin Masse explains why this now-famous conversion was wholly unnecessary.

The editor of the Wall Street Journal is thinking about the right issues--the ill-effects of the Federal Reserve policy--but he doesn't understand the underlying causes of the business cycle, says Christopher Westley.

Dinesh D'Souza's new book on the moral conundrum of success is one of the best popular treatments on the cultural meaning of prosperity to appear in many years. Reviewed by Jeffrey Tucker.

Wendy McElroy decries the EU's attempt to legislate equal rights for women: it will bring about a new form of despotism, she warns.

He ran a business, paid the market wage, and kept his contracts. What's not to like?

Politics means taking from some and giving to others, says Tom DiLorenzo; only the market economy can truly reveal the will of the people.