La verità, vi prego, sul neo-liberismo: Il poco che c’è, il tanto che manca (The truth, please, on neoliberalism) by Alberto Mingardi Marsilio, 2019 333 pages There are few things nowadays that ignite more hatred, especially within university campuses, than declaring oneself to be a neoliberal (if the reader is not convinced, he is invited to try
A brief look at the lives of Rousseau, Marx, Guevara, Brecht, and Sartre suggests that many of the Left’s most celebrated heroes built their philosophies on a foundation of the most repugnant narcissism, violence, and inhumanity. Introduction In editing David Hume’s 1766 pamphlet titled About Rousseau , Lorenzo Infantino has drawn attention to a
Italian Prime Minister Matteo Renzi has announced his plans to resign in the wake of the resounding defeat suffered on Sunday as exit polls revealed a No victory with a 20% margin. Right up to election day, as he was busy traveling around the country promising new new gifts to voters — the most recent of which involved an increase in state
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 22, no. 2 (Summer 2019) full issue. ABSTRACT: The 2007/8 financial crisis and economic recessions, much like the Great Depression of 1929, stimulated an increased interest in macroeconomics in general and business cycle theory in particular. Aside from a renewed interest in the various interpretations of
On the night between the 23rd and the 24th of August, panic hit the central cities of Italy in the wake of an earthquake of magnitude 6.0 on the richter scale. 295 deaths, 293 severely damaged medieval churches, and semi-destroyed cities (including Amatrice, Accumoli, and Pescara del tronto) were the result. In light of this tragedy, instead of
[ This article has been translated from Piombini’s Italian original by Bernardo Ferrero . ] Before the State For a very extended period of time primitive men lived in small groups of hunters and gatherers at a time in which there was no state. The modus vivendi of these clans was such that after having exhausted all nature-given resources in a
Four weeks ago I participated in a debate moderated by Bernardo Ferrero with Walter Block on the coronavirus quarantine . It is in English, but with the option of Spanish subtitles. (Which is why it took a while to
[Editor’s note: The Mises Institue does not endorse any particular candidate, political strategy, political coalition, or political party. This article reflects the views of the author and should not be interpreted as an endorsement of Javier Milei by the editorial staff or the Mises Institute.] While the majority of libertarians have looked with
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