Tag Archives: Mises Institute

Intellectual property in history

Posted on 11 March, 2013 by

A very illustrative and interesting lecture of Stephan Kinsella, who presented this sample lecture from the Mises Academy’s latest online course, “Rethinking Intellectual Property: History, Theory, and Economics”.

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Why ObamaCare Will Fail: A Reading List

Posted on 29 June, 2012 by

The Supreme Court today upheld “Obamacare,” a massive economic intervention ostensibly designed to cure the ills of American healthcare. Of course those ills were themselves caused by intervention, and this “cure” will only make the situation even worse. The “cycle … Continue reading →

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Benjamin Franklin on Liberty

Posted on 25 April, 2012 by

Americans remember Benjamin Franklin as one of our founding fathers. And well they should, as he was not just our most famous citizen at our country’s birth, he was a central part of that birth. As a member of the … Continue reading →

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The Case for a Genuine Gold Dollar

Posted on 29 March, 2012 by

by Murray N. Rothbard [The Gold Standard: Perspectives in the Austrian School. Edited with an Introduction by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Copyright © 1992. The Ludwig von Mises Institute. Auburn, Ala. Pp. 116-130; The Gold Standard: An Austrian Perspective. Lexington, MA: … Continue reading →

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The Free Market: Fallacies and Facts

Posted on 28 January, 2012 by

This is the fourth (and last) lecture of the  Mises Circle in Houston to discuss the future of liberty under expanding government. Thomas Woods explains ”The Free Market: Fallacies and Facts” at the Mises Circle in Houston on 14 January 2012. “The democracy … Continue reading →

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Why the Constitution Had to Be Destroyed

Posted on 27 January, 2012 by

This is the third lecture of the  Mises Circle in Houston to discuss the future of liberty under expanding government. Thomas DiLorenzo speaks at the Mises Circle in Houston (on 14 January 2012) about why the Constitution has suffered a sustained process … Continue reading →

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How the Private Bankers Are Using the Financial Crisis to Reshape World Government

Posted on 26 January, 2012 by

This is the second lecture of the  Mises Circle in Houston to discuss the future of liberty under expanding government. Robert Murphy explains ”How the Private Bankers Are Using the Financial Crisis to Reshape World Government” at the Mises Circle in Houston on … Continue reading →

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How to Fix the Housing Crisis

Posted on 25 January, 2012 by

This is the first lecture of the  Mises Circle in Houston to discuss the future of liberty under expanding government. Doug French explains  ”How to Fix the Housing Crisis” in Houston, on 14 January 2012.  The “healthy” solution is easy: allow the … Continue reading →

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A Conspiracy of Silence on The French Liberal School

Posted on 17 September, 2011 by

by Joseph T. Salerno for the Mises Institute   There exists today in Anglo-American economics a veritable “conspiracy of silence” regarding the works and achievements of the French Liberal School of Economics. This is at once a sad commentary on … Continue reading →

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How Government Impedes Recovery

Posted on 12 September, 2011 by

By Robert Higgs for the Mises Institute Before 1929, the US government did not systematically attempt to moderate or reverse general business contractions. Recovery usually came about spontaneously within the market system within a year or two. Exceptions to this … Continue reading →

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