Philosophy and Methodology

Some slippery slope arguments are a case of bad reasoning, but those presented by Mises and Hayek are not among them.

Some slippery slope arguments are a case of bad reasoning, but those presented by Mises and Hayek are not among them.

Robert Murphy's interview with Jordan Peterson featured a fast and exciting conversation with lots of references to books, articles, and other Austrian scholarship. This study guide offers citations and explanations for that may have gone by too quickly for the audience.

Paul Samuelson thinks that if the state coerces you to make an exchange with someone or taxes you, this isn’t much of a problem.

Safe Haven is a compelling book about how we view risk, and a challenge to rethink how we "pay" to mitigate it.

Michael Huemer has recently come up with some cases in which taxation is justified. Is it, though?

Isn’t the Austrian school behind the times in not availing itself of the modern tools that mathematics provides? One of the world's greatest living mathematicians doesn't think so.

Presented at Mises University 2021.

Anticapitalism's origins are not found with the workers. Rather, it came from the aristocrats and middle-class intellectuals who harbored resentment and fear of the rising entrepreneurial and industrial classes. 

Menger discovered much more than the principle of marginal utility—he created an entire system of economics based on subjective value and individual choice.