The December issue of The Free Market , the Mises Institute’s monthly, is now online. (A subscription is included with membership .) This month, Lew Rockwell discusses the future of the Mises Institute as an institution of higher learning: I think the Mises Institute represents the future of higher education. There has been so little innovation
Traffic congestion reaches into all aspects of living: working, shopping, recreation. It insidiously cripples the ability of people to coordinate activities with one another, as it becomes virtually impossible to make exact appointments —a broad interval of time is usually the best that can be planned on. Volume 4, Number 3 (1980) Block, Walter.
When government monopolization of the roadways is discussed by economists, the “externalities” argument is usually raised. The argument is said to be simple, clear, and irrefutable. In fact, none of these terms really apply. Let us consider the argument closely. Volume 7, Number 1 (1983) Block, Walter. “Public Goods and Externalities: The Case
In this paper I will attempt to analyze laws limiting emigration, migration, and immigration from the libertarian perspective. I will defend the view that the totally free movement of goods, factors of production, money, and, most important of all, people, is part and parcel of this traditional libertarian philosophy. Like tariffs and exchange
The work of Hayek, in contrast with the Marxist-Socialist-Interventionist-Galbraithian paradigm that held sway in the mid-20th century, appears as a beacon for free enterprise amidst a sea of totalitarianism. When considered in comparison to the writings against which he contended, Hayek’s was a lonely voice, crying in the wilderness for freedom;
Michael Levin’s Feminism and Freedom is the work of a supremely courageous individual. Women’s liberation has so permeated the universities that any attack on this philosophy is bound to create personal difficulties for a male author. Volume 10, Number 1 (1991) Block, Walter. “Levin on Feminism and Freedom.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 10,
There is perhaps no greater confusion in all of political economy than that between libertarianism and libertinism. That they are commonly mistaken for one another is an understatement of the highest order. For several reasons, it is difficult to compare and contrast libertarianism and libertinism. First and most important, on some issues the two
According to the nursery rhyme, “There once was a girl with a curl. When she was good she was very very good; when she was bad she was horrid.” As for the girl, so for this book. Volume 14, Number 2 (2000) Block, Walter “Review of Eight Steps Toward Libertarianism by Joseph Fulda.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 14, No. 2 (2000):
In this article, Professor Walter Block discusses the legalities of black mail as well as the Libertarian perspective. Volume 15, Number 2 (2001) Block, Walter. “Toward a Libertarian Theory of Blackmail.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 15, No. 2 (2001):
James Buchanan and Gordon Tullock are widely credited with creating the Public Choice School. Its main elements include constitutional political economy, an analysis of different voting-rights regimes, and the insight that human beings do not suddenly sprout angel’s wings when they become government bureaucrats (hence, there is government failure
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