The Macro Problem of Microtransactions: The Self-regulatory Challenges of Video Game Loot Boxes by Matthew McCaffrey has been published as a case study for Harvard Business Review. The video game industry has ignited a global controversy surrounding microtransactions in gaming, especially the use of loot boxes: randomized rewards with potential
September marked the 70th anniversary of the publishing of Ludwig von Mises’s Human Action. This masterpiece is read more today than it was when it was first published. Every month, it is downloaded thousands of times from students all around the world as people seek out the truth in a world statured with lies. Because of this, the Austrian school
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This issue contains selected lectures, papers, and abstracts of papers presented at the 2019 Austrian Economics Research Conference in Auburn, Alabama. Articles include Daniel Ajamian’s “The Cost of the Enlightenment,” Michael Rectenwald’s “Libertarianism(s) versus Postmodernism and ‘Social Justice’ Ideology,” Edward Fuller’s “Keynes and the
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This week marks the birthday of Ludwig von Mises, the great champion of property, real liberalism, real economics, and the animating spirit of a laissez-faire society. The Mises Institute in turn champions his work, and his vision — and we know you do too. Become a Sustaining Member today for just $5 a month, or join or renew your Membership for
The Mises Institute sends a big THANK YOU to everyone who already donated to our Fall Campaign this week. Your support helps us continue to make the sound economic principles of Mises, Hazlitt, Hayek, Rothbard, and Hoppe free to the world at a time when they are needed more than ever. If you haven’t had time to donate, please do so today. Hunter
Faculty, Associated Scholars, and More Mises Institute Senior Fellow Hans-Hermann Hoppe received the Roland Baader Award at the Palais Coburg in Vienna, Austria, at an event commemorating the 70th anniversary of the publication of Mises’s Human Action . Patrick Newman received the George F. Koether Free-Market Writing Award for his work editing
“Marxism and the Manipulation of Man” When the Berlin Wall fell 30 years ago this year — and the Soviet Union not long after — many thought socialism had been relegated to the dustbin of history. Unfortunately, the ideology responsible for the death of over 100 million people in the twentieth century is once again spreading throughout the West. We
Mises.org In the first quarter of 2020, mises.org had over 4 million unique pageviews, an increase of 26 percent from fourth quarter 2019. With 108,782 pageviews, March 31 was the highest-traffic day for the website in over four years. The Spanish traffic to mises.org/es continues to grow with 365,691 unique pageviews in the first quarter, up 342
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