Media and Culture

Jason Jewell discusses a recent book in which his writing is featured: Christian Faith and Social Justice: Five Views.

J.C. Chandor, writer and director of 2011's Wall Street drama Margin Call tackles economics once again with his new film A Most Violent Year. This time, Chandor explores barriers to entrepreneurship in a world dominated by corrupt government, labor unions, and organized crime.

Mises Daily Friday by Ryan McMaken: 

J.C. Chandor, writer and director of 2011's Wall Street drama Margin Call tackles economics once again with his new film A Most Violent Year. This time, Chandor explores barriers to entrepreneurship in a world dominated by corrupt government, labor unions, and organized crime.

Some promoters of big government are now worried that the government isn't spending enough taxpayer money, time, and energy on teaching the liberal arts. Society would benefit greatly from a flowering of liberal education, but do we really need the government to make that happen?

Readers of this blog may remember previous posts about George R.R. Martin’s fantasy epic A Song of Ice and Fire and its TV adaptation, Game of Thrones. Carmen Dorobăţ and I have recently collected our writing into a forthcoming book chapter, available for free.

If the first issue is any indication, they will live up to their promise of a "bolder and more robust version of what you have known for decades."

For more than thirty years The Free Market has been the Mises Institute's flagship monthly publication for our members. Today we introduce The Austrian, a bolder and more robust version of what you've known for decades.

Glenn Jacobs, also known as WWE superstar "Kane", explains his journey to libertarianism and Austrian economics.

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, 24 January 2015.

Recorded at the Mises Circle in Houston, Texas, 24 January 2015.