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The Austrian is the flagship physical print publication of the Mises Institute. Each issue features provocative articles by cutting-edge laissez-faire and Austrian thinkers, plus interviews with economists, historians, and other scholars producing new research in the fight for freedom, peace, and free markets. Also included are book reviews by David Gordon, Institute news, and additional commentary by guest writers. It is published six times a year and replaces The Free Market (1983–2013).
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Teaching Mises and Rothbard in Poland
Former Mises Fellow and current economics professor Mateusz Machaj discusses free market reforms in Poland, central banking, and the lack of Polish appetite for joining the eurozone.
Trust Us, We’re Superheroes
Marvel Studios just keeps cranking out the superhero movies, and many of them present ambiguous messages about the state. But most of them do seem to stick to a central anti-state message: the government's next superweapon may destroy us.
Why Government Hates Cash
Governments have long hated physical cash because it allows for untraceable purchases. But a bigger problem for governments is the fact that holders of cash can signal a lack of trust in central banks by removing all their cash from the financial system.
Cass Sunstein and “Libertarian” Paternalism
Law professor and bureaucrat Cass Sunstein makes the case for what he calls "Libertarian Paternalism" in his new book Why Nudge? The problem, David Gordon explains, is that Sunstein's plan assumes rationality and good faith among the government agents who do the "nudging."
