Political Theory

With the American state broke and deeply in debt, it is just a matter of time until nuclear proliferation spreads to Japan, Germany, and South Korea.

If the FTC really cared about the harmful effects of hidden sponsorships and fraudulent goods, it would spend all its time investigating government.

Recorded at Mises University 2016.

Watch the opening lecture of Mises University 2016.

As expected, this week's political convention failed to offer any real solutions to the problems we face.

Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump represent variations of the same political theme.

Here in Brazil, free-market ideas have long been ridiculed and ignored, with disastrous results.

As Venezuela shows, living close to an international border can be an important lifeline. This illustrates the benefits of political decentralization.

My hope is that my new book, The Problem with Socialism, will be viewed as a companion to Henry Hazlitt's classic Economics in One Lesson.

In a recent post on Facebook, Peter Boettke has criticized Murray Rothbard's view of libertarian rights.