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This talk was delivered at the Mises Institute’s 20th anniversary celebration, October 18–19, 2002. The penultimate goal of a liberal-arts education is an independent learner, a person trained in the arts of learning who is thereby liberated from the necessity to depend on others to determine what is true and what is false.  But the ultimate goal

What is the link between fascism and socialism? They are stages on a continuum of economic control, one that begins in intervention in the free market, moves toward regimentation and greater rigidity, marches toward socialism as failures increase, and ends in dictatorship. The fascist system, wrote Mises, “clung first to the same principles of

[This talk was delivered on October 27, 2006, at Imperialism: Enemy of Freedom, the 2006 Mises Institute Supporter’s Summit. The audio is available in MP3 from Mises Media .] Deepak Lal, a prominent, pro-market, development economist wrote the following words in his 2004 book, In Praise of Empires : Empires have been natural throughout human

A person’s education, wrote Murray Rothbard, is the “entire process of growing up, of developing all the facets of a man’s personality.” From the helplessness of infancy, a child learns about himself, others, and the world around him through his actions. In developing ends and discovering means, he forms judgments about others, the environment in

Every schoolboy learns that, to reach a true conclusion, one must start with true premises and use valid logic. The lesson, unfortunately, is largely forgotten later in life. Most lack the intelligence, interest, or courage to apply the lesson rigorously. Many break or bend the rules to further their own agendas or careers. Others can only muster

[Written Testimony before the Subcommittee on Domestic Monetary Policy and Technology Committee on Financial Services, US House of Representatives, May 8, 2012] In a seminal article published in 1920, Ludwig von Mises demonstrated that there is only one test of whether or not production of something conveys a benefit on society at large. [1] It

The wellspring of all economic theory is the reality of the human condition. As a finite being, man makes a distinction between ends and means. He cannot attain his ends by an act of will alone, but must apply means to attain his ends. Man lives in an orderly but finite world. Using means produces only limited effects in attaining ends. Endowed

[The John Bartel Lecture, presented at the 2012 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: “The Truth About War: A Revisionist Approach.” You can watch a video of this lecture here .] In his book, Anatomy of the State , Murray Rothbard wrote, Just as the two basic and mutually exclusive interrelations between men are peaceful cooperation or coercive

[Editor’s Note: Mary Sennholz, wife of Austrian economist Hans Sennholz and friend of Margit and Ludwig von Mises, recently spoke with Senior Fellow Jeffrey Herbener and Associated Scholar Shawn Ritenour about her long career as a writer and editor, and as a friend and colleague of many other giants of the Austrian School. The interview was

Grove City College will host the fifteenth annual Austrian Student Scholars Conference , February 22-23, 2019. Open to undergraduates and graduate students in any academic discipline, the ASSC will bring together students from colleges and universities across the country and around the world to present their own research papers written in the