This article is adapted from a speech delivered at the 2014 Costa Mesa Mises Circle, “ Society Without the State ,” held November 8, 2014. I promised you some optimism today. Perhaps one of the most optimistic libertarians ever was Murray Rothbard, a happy intellectual warrior if ever there was one. And he was very enthusiastic about the
Murray Rothbard discusses the merits and morality of voting in a great interview from 1972: [ This interview was first published in the 25 February 1972 edition of The New Banner: A Fortnightly Libertarian Journal , Vol. I, No. 3 .] NEW BANNER: Some libertarians have recommended anti-voting activities during the 1972 election. Do you agree with
Jeff Thomas at the International Man has an interesting take on Murray Rothbard’s admiration for Lao-Tzu. The founder of Taoism had little good to say about the philosopher-bureaucrats of his time. Those in power are meddlesome The greater the restrictions and prohibitions, The more people are impoverished. The more advanced the weapons of
Mises.org is the Mises Institute’s front door, the worldwide portal to the largest Austrian and libertarian library on the planet. As Forbes points out , the Mises Institute is a heavyweight in the online and social media world, generating more traffic than many freedom-minded organizations with much larger budgets. Mises.org was one of the first
Paul Caron at TaxProfBlog discusses an article in The Chronicle of Higher Education, and (unintended) hilarity ensues: “Professors approaching 70 who are still enamored with hanging out with students and colleagues, or even fretting about money, have an ethical obligation to step back and think seriously about quitting. If they do remain on the
The Daily Bell skewers the Swiss banking class for its hostility to the upcoming gold referendum, a referendum which banking interests almost certainly will find a way to defeat. Still, a s the article points out, central bankers are now on the defensive. They’re forced to explain why the SNB should not hold gold- which to the average Swiss
This interview with Mises Institute President Jeff Deist is reprinted from the October 2014 issue of the Lara-Murphy Report. Lara-Murphy Report: How did you become interested in Austrian economics? Jeff Deist: I definitely discovered libertarianism first, which then led me to Austrian economics. I was a hardcore libertarian fairly early in life,
Editor’s Note: The following is a selection from a speech by Mises Institute President Jeff Deist at the Southwest Regional Mises Circle in Houston, “The Police State: Know It When You See It,” on January 18, 2014. Today when we use the term peace officer, it sounds antiquated and outdated. I’m sure most people in the room under 40 have never
Jeff Deist, president of the Mises Institute, recently spoke with The Free Market about his introduction to the Austrian School and his work with Ron Paul. Mises Institute: How did you become interested in Austrian economics? Jeff Deist: My journey with Austrian economics and the Mises Institute began in 1992. I was fortunate to have a good
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