Media and Culture
The NCAA Racket
The NCAA ensures there is no functioning job market for athletes and no competition to which students might go seeking higher pay, writes Andrew Sy
An International View of Drug Prohibition
The war on drugs has no benefits, just costs and negative unintended consequences. These include drug-addict crime, drug-dealer violence, bribery and corruption, and the increase in drug potency to deadly levels.
Understanding the Cold War: A Bibliography
I recommend that readers begin with the essay by Murray Rothbard listed here.
Six Myths About Money and Inflation
Politicians and the mainstream media have faith in the central banks to manipulate and manage the global economy.
The Simple Lives Behind Some Great Minds
Mises and Rothbard are exemplars of what can be considered a modest life that bore remarkable fruit.
A Sad End for Flashman?
The Flashman Papers serve not only as the enjoyable, politically-incorrect memoirs of the world’s greatest cad, but also as bowdlerization-free historical accounts including the stumbling, botched efforts of an empire that can’t leave anyone alone.
The Importance of Literary Criticism from a Free-Market Perspective
There’s a lot of exciting work being done in the field of literary studies, which isn’t usually known for its sound economics, writes Matt McCaffre
Austrian Capital Theory and Dawn of the Planet of the Apes
Austrian capital theory explains why creating a more technologically-advanced society is easier said than done, writes Mark Tovey.
Pioneers in Free-Market Literary Criticism
Thanks to Henry Hazlitt, Paul Cantor and others, a body of work by free-market literary critics is now beginning to emerge, writes Jo Ann Cavallo.