Haydar Hussain, the third-generation owner of a butcher shop in Baghdad, isn’t much interested in politics. He doesn’t care whose statue appears in the public square. He didn’t like Saddam but doesn’t like his replacement either. He has his personal religious views, but will gladly sell to Sunni, Shiite, Christian, or Jew. In fact, his interests
In lieu of today’s Daily Article, permit us to tell you about a project that we think will do tremendous good in terms of disseminating the ideas of Mises and the free society. The cover of the book is the image you see on the right: The Quotable Mises , edited by Mark Thornton and published by the Mises Institute. It is 200 plus pages of some of
Do you remember when you discovered the great truths of economics? Maybe this moment came when reading Henry Hazlitt, or Ludwig von Mises, or F.A. Hayek, or Murray Rothbard. Maybe your intuition and experience led you to it. It hits you like an ocean wave, and changes your thinking forever. The daily news takes on new meaning. You gain new respect
What’s the best book on money ever written? That’s an easy one: What Has Government Done to Our Money ? by Murray N. Rothbard. If you have read it, you are nodding your head in agreement right now. If you haven’t, you will find that it will open new vistas of understanding, not just on the topic of money but on the whole of political economy. The
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Voiceover: “The Federal Reserve System virtually controls the nation’s monetary system, yet it is accountable to no one. It has no budget; it is subject to no audit; and no Congressional Committee knows of, or can truly supervise, its operations.” These are the words of the late professor Murray N. Rothbard, economist and academic advisor of the
[This article is a translation of a 1959 interview in the Argentinian newspaper La Presna . It appears here in English for the first time, thanks to the Hayek Foundation.] Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise The Austrian-born North American economist, writer, and teacher, Ludwig von Mises, who, we are informed, arrived from New
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Please donate today for 2013. From Ron Paul Let me tell you, the work of the Mises Institute is crucial. This is important. This is more important than all political action. We have to change people’s hearts and minds, and their understanding of free markets and individual liberty. That’s how we can change the world. I’m very optimistic about the
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