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18 Mar 2024
Place:  Alaska The Last Frontier
Upd   Articles ANWR and Private Property
 
Individual:  Böhm von Bawerk, Eugen Nineteenth century Austrian economist and minister of Finance
Upd   Writings The Historical vs. the Deductive Method in Political Economy
Contrasts the empirical and statistical approach of the German Historical school of economics with the abstract-deductive approach of the then nascent Austrian school
 
Topic:  Broken Window Fallacy "What would become of the glaziers, if nobody ever broke windows?"
Upd   Articles Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
 
Individual:  Bush, George W. Forty-third President of the United States
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Capital Goods Tools, machinery and other man-made elements used to produce goods and services
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles A Hit Man Confesses
Comments and criticizes John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)
 
Topic:  Communism Socio-economic system in which private property rights are eliminated
Upd   Articles "Anticommunism" versus Capitalism
Excerpt from part V
 
Topic:  Corporatism Socio-economic system in which large businesses exert influence over and benefit from government policies
Upd   Articles A Hit Man Confesses
Comments and criticizes John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)
 
Topic:  Democracy Form of government where the power is exercised directly or indirectly by a majority of the citizens
Upd   Articles Goethe on National Greatness
Discusses Goethe's thoughts on political centralization, as told to Johann Peter Eckermann, contrasting the German Confederation (Bund) to centralized France
 
Individual:  Ebeling, Richard Professor of economics, former president of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Writings How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
Upd     How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
Upd   Books Principles of Economics
Contents: The General Theory of the Good - Economy and Economic Goods - The Theory of Value - The Theory of Exchange - The Theory of Price - Use Value and Exchange Value - The Theory of the Commodity - The Theory of Money
 
Topic:  Entrepreneurship Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Topic:  Epistemology Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of knowledge
Upd   Articles Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
 
Topic:  Ethics Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct
Upd   Articles Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Group:  Federal Reserve System The central bank of the United States
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Place:  France Territory in western Europe, ruled since 1958 by the République Française
Upd   Articles Goethe on National Greatness
Discusses Goethe's thoughts on political centralization, as told to Johann Peter Eckermann, contrasting the German Confederation (Bund) to centralized France
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles Goethe on National Greatness
Discusses Goethe's thoughts on political centralization, as told to Johann Peter Eckermann, contrasting the German Confederation (Bund) to centralized France
 
Individual:  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Late 18th and early 19th German writer and scientist, author of Faust
Upd   Articles Goethe on National Greatness
Discusses Goethe's thoughts on political centralization, as told to Johann Peter Eckermann, contrasting the German Confederation (Bund) to centralized France
 
Topic:  Gold Standard A monetary system in which currency values are defined in terms of gold
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Greaves, Bettina Bien Foundation for Economic Education Resident Scholar
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Individual:  Hayek, F. A. Austrian economist, winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Individual:  Hazlitt, Henry Journalist, author of Economics in One Lesson
Upd   Articles Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Topic:  Health Care Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual
Upd   Articles Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
Discusses various explanations given for the explosion in medical expenses and then focuses on some of the more likely culprits behind the increased costs
 
Group:  Humane Studies, Institute for Assists graduate and undergraduate students interested in individual liberty
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Individual:  Hutcheson, Francis 18th century Irish philosopher
Upd   Articles Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
 
Topic:  Inflation Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Kirzner, Israel Professor of Economics at New York University
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Individual:  Lachmann, Ludwig 20th century German-born economist of the Austrian School
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Upd Source:  Ley, La Folleto de Frédéric Bastiat publicado en 1850 (traducción al español por Freedom Circle)
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Topic:  Life The inalienable human right from which other rights are derived
Upd   Articles Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
 
Individual:  Mandeville, Bernard 18th century Dutch philosopher, physician and satirist
Upd   Articles Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
 
Work:  Man, Economy, and State Economic treatise by Murray Rothbard published in 1962
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Individual:  Mencken, H. L. Journalist, author of The American Language
Upd   Articles Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Individual:  Menger, Carl Founder of the Austrian School of economics
Upd   Books Authored Principles of Economics
Contents: The General Theory of the Good - Economy and Economic Goods - The Theory of Value - The Theory of Exchange - The Theory of Price - Use Value and Exchange Value - The Theory of the Commodity - The Theory of Money
 
Topic:  Military Industrial Complex The U.S. military "establishment": the armed forces and the companies and politicians that depend on them
Upd   Articles A Hit Man Confesses
Comments and criticizes John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
Upd     How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Writings "Anticommunism" versus Capitalism
Excerpt from part V
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Topic:  Money The most commonly used medium of exchange
Upd   Articles Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
 
Topic:  Monopoly Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Individual:  Nixon, Richard Thirty-seventh President of the United States, infamous for the Watergate scandal
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Philosophy The study of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics
Upd   Articles Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
 
Topic:  Politics The practices of guiding, influencing or controlling government
Upd   Articles Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
Discusses various explanations given for the explosion in medical expenses and then focuses on some of the more likely culprits behind the increased costs
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles The Historical vs. the Deductive Method in Political Economy
Contrasts the empirical and statistical approach of the German Historical school of economics with the abstract-deductive approach of the then nascent Austrian school
Upd     George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Property Rights Rights of an owner to use and dispose of assets
Upd   Articles A Hit Man Confesses
Comments and criticizes John Perkins' Confessions of an Economic Hit Man (2004)
 
Individual:  Rand, Ayn Objectivist philosopher, novelist
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
 
Group:  Republican Party United States
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Writings Henry Hazlitt
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles How I Became a Libertarian and an Austrian Economist
Autobiographical essay highlighting the people and events who influenced Ebeling in his path to libertarianism and Austrian economics
Upd   Writings Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Individual:  Schumpeter, Joseph 20th century Austrian economist
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
Individual:  Sennholz, Hans German-American economist of the Austrian School
Upd   Writings Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
Discusses various explanations given for the explosion in medical expenses and then focuses on some of the more likely culprits behind the increased costs
 
Individual:  Smith, Adam Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
Upd   Articles Francis Hutcheson: teacher of Adam Smith
Section 15.2: discusses Hutcheson's life, the main economic themes in his writings and his criticism of Mandeville
 
Individual:  Smith, George H. Writer, author of Why Atheism?
Upd   Writings Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
 
Topic:  Social Security Tax Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Spencer, Herbert 19th century English philosopher
Upd   Articles Herbert Spencer's Theory of Causation
Discusses Spencer's epistemology, his views on causation and how it affects social interactions, concluding with his ethical theory and concept of justice
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles George W. Bush's Nixonomics
Describes the various fiscal, monetary and economic policies during the Nixon presidency and compares them to those under George W. Bush
Upd     Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
Discusses various explanations given for the explosion in medical expenses and then focuses on some of the more likely culprits behind the increased costs
 
Topic:  Technology Practical application of engineering or technical processes
Upd   Articles Why is Medical Care so Expensive?
Discusses various explanations given for the explosion in medical expenses and then focuses on some of the more likely culprits behind the increased costs
Upd   Interviews The Kirznerian Way: An Interview with Israel M. Kirzner
Topics discussed include Ludwig von Mises, the Austrian School, equilibrium, entrepreneurship, capital, business cycle theory, time preference, Hayek, Lachmann and Rothbard
 
16 Mar 2024
Place:  Argentina Territory in southeast South America, ruled since 1861 by the República Argentina
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Place:  Buenos Aires Capital of Argentina, founded 1536
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Individual:  Bush, George W. Forty-third President of the United States
Upd   Articles Flat Tax Folly
A review of Flat Tax Revolution (2005) by Steve Forbes, also presenting five problems with the flat tax proposal
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Books The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method
Partial contents: The Human Mind - The Activistic Basis of Knowledge - Necessity and Volition - Certainty and Uncertainty - On Some Popular Errors Concerning the Scope and Method of Economics - Further Implications of the Neglect of Economic Thinking
 
Group:  Federal Reserve System The central bank of the United States
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Place:  France Territory in western Europe, ruled since 1958 by the République Française
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Flat Tax Folly
A review of Flat Tax Revolution (2005) by Steve Forbes, also presenting five problems with the flat tax proposal
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Individual:  Greaves, Bettina Bien Foundation for Economic Education Resident Scholar
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Individual:  Greaves Jr., Percy L. 20th century professor, lecturer and author
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Individual:  Hazlitt, Henry Journalist, author of Economics in One Lesson
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Work:  Human Action Ludwig von Mises' major economics treatise, first published in 1949
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Topic:  Inflation Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
 
Topic:  Law, Rule of Legal environment where cases are handled in a non-arbitrary manner
Upd   Articles Is Ken Lay Really a Criminal?
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles Professor Ludwig von Mises Discusses Free Enterprise
Translation of article reporting Mises' visit to Buenos Aires; discusses his views on free enterprise, inflation, the policies of De Gaulle and Adenauer and the possibility of an Argentine economic recovery
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
Upd   Books Authored The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Science: An Essay on Method
Partial contents: The Human Mind - The Activistic Basis of Knowledge - Necessity and Volition - Certainty and Uncertainty - On Some Popular Errors Concerning the Scope and Method of Economics - Further Implications of the Neglect of Economic Thinking
 
Individual:  Read, Leonard Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Individual:  Reagan, Ronald Hollywood actor, fortieth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Flat Tax Folly
A review of Flat Tax Revolution (2005) by Steve Forbes, also presenting five problems with the flat tax proposal
 
Topic:  Rights Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due
Upd   Articles The Rhetoric of the Environmental Movement
 
Individual:  Roosevelt, Franklin D. Thirty-second President of the United States
Upd   Interviews Mises's Bibliographer: An Interview with Bettina Bien Greaves
Topics discussed include: Ludwig von Mises, the Mises bibliography project, language knowledge, Leonard Read, Henry Hazlitt, Human Action, the business cycle and her husband's Pearl Harbor book
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles Flat Tax Folly
A review of Flat Tax Revolution (2005) by Steve Forbes, also presenting five problems with the flat tax proposal
 
15 Mar 2024
Topic:  Anarchism Political philosophy that considers government unnecessary and advocates instead a stateless society
Upd   Articles Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
 
Individual:  Childs, Roy Editor of Libertarian Review (1977-1981) and lead book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books (1984-1992)
Upd   Writings Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles Book Note: Rothbard: Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles
Review of Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State with emphasis on areas of interest to lawyers
 
Work:  For a New Liberty Book by Murray Rothbard in which he advocated anarchic libertarianism, first published in 1973
Upd   Articles Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles Book Note: Rothbard: Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles
Review of Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State with emphasis on areas of interest to lawyers
 
Individual:  Harper, F. A. Economics professor, founder of the Institute for Humane Studies
Upd   Writings Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
Upd   Publications The Journal of Libertarian Studies
Scholarly journal about libertarianism, founded by Murray Rothbard in 1977, published by the Center for Libertarian Studies until 2000 and then by the Mises Institute, until 2007 and additional issues in 2011, 2019 and 2020
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Topic:  Liberty, Moral Freedom to engage in acts purportedly injurious to one's self or one's property
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Topic:  Life The inalienable human right from which other rights are derived
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Work:  Man, Economy, and State Economic treatise by Murray Rothbard published in 1962
Upd   Articles Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
 
Group:  Mises Institute Research and education in classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and Austrian School of economics
Upd   Publications The Journal of Libertarian Studies
Scholarly journal about libertarianism, founded by Murray Rothbard in 1977, published by the Center for Libertarian Studies until 2000 and then by the Mises Institute, until 2007 and additional issues in 2011, 2019 and 2020
 
Group:  Mont Pelerin Society Aims to strengthen the principles and practice of a free society
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Individual:  Orwell, George British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Topic:  Private Property Ownership of assets by individuals or non-governmental legal entities
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Topic:  Property Rights Rights of an owner to use and dispose of assets
Upd   Articles Book Note: Rothbard: Man, Economy, and State: A Treatise on Economic Principles
Review of Rothbard's Man, Economy, and State with emphasis on areas of interest to lawyers
 
Topic:  Rights Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles Foreword
Foreword to the 1974 edition, compares Rothbard to Karl Marx as a "system builder" of anarchist thought; reprinted in second edition (2000) and as "The System Builder" on 7 Nov 2008 at Mises.org
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
Group:  Society Grouping of individuals interacting with each other
Upd   Articles Liberty Defined
Speech to the Mont Pelerin Society; Harper first offers his definition of liberty, then explores "adulterated" definitions, its relation to morals, moral law and basic humans rights, ending with his hope for the cause of liberty
 
14 Mar 2024
Place:  Brazil Territory in eastern South America, ruled since 1988 by the República Federativa do Brasil
Upd   Articles Spotlight: Founding Father
Brief profile of Leonard Read, his accomplishments, his influence and his outlook for the future of liberty
 
Individual:  Coke, Edward 17th century English jurist, drafter of the Petition of Right
Upd   Articles The 'economic liberalism' of Sir Edward Coke
From chapter 10, "Mercantilism and freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War"; argues that Coke was not a sympathizer of laissez-faire but rather objected to the king (versus the Parliament) intervening in markets
 
Topic:  Conservatism Political philosophy that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions
Upd   Articles Spotlight: Founding Father
Brief profile of Leonard Read, his accomplishments, his influence and his outlook for the future of liberty
 
Group:  Foundation for Economic Education One of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S., founded in 1946 to study and advance the freedom philosophy
Upd   Articles Spotlight: Founding Father
Brief profile of Leonard Read, his accomplishments, his influence and his outlook for the future of liberty
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Spotlight: Founding Father
Brief profile of Leonard Read, his accomplishments, his influence and his outlook for the future of liberty
Upd   Publications The Freeman
Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles The 'economic liberalism' of Sir Edward Coke
From chapter 10, "Mercantilism and freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War"; argues that Coke was not a sympathizer of laissez-faire but rather objected to the king (versus the Parliament) intervening in markets
 
Topic:  Monopoly Exclusive control by someone or some group of the means of producing or selling a good or service
Upd   Articles The 'economic liberalism' of Sir Edward Coke
From chapter 10, "Mercantilism and freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War"; argues that Coke was not a sympathizer of laissez-faire but rather objected to the king (versus the Parliament) intervening in markets
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Writings The 'economic liberalism' of Sir Edward Coke
From chapter 10, "Mercantilism and freedom in England from the Tudors to the Civil War"; argues that Coke was not a sympathizer of laissez-faire but rather objected to the king (versus the Parliament) intervening in markets
 
13 Mar 2024
Topic:  Agorism Libertarian strategy proposed by Samuel E. Konkin III that strives to achieve a voluntary society via non-political means
Upd   Articles Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Individual:  Block, Walter Professor of economics, Loyola University and Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute
Upd   Writings Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
 
Individual:  Flynn, John T. American journalist, author of The Roosevelt Myth
Upd   Books Authored The Roosevelt Myth: A Critical Account of the New Deal and Its Creator
Partial contents: Book One: Trial-and Error: The Banking Crisis - The New New Deal - Book Two: Confusion: War on the Courts - The Forgotten Depression - Book Three: Betrayal: The Atlantic Charter - The Thought Police - Politics, Disease and History
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Books Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
Partial contents: German Liberalism - The Triumph of Militarism - Etatism - Etatism and Nationalism - Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations - The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism - The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
 
Individual:  Hazlitt, Henry Journalist, author of Economics in One Lesson
Upd   Writings From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Topic:  Health The general condition of the body; freedom from physical disease or pain
Upd   Articles Pharmaceutical Prices, Patents, and the FDA
Comments on a Jeffrey Sachs' article criticizing Gilead Sciences for its pricing (far above production costs) of a hepatitis C medication
 
Individual:  Heinlein, Robert A. American science fiction writer
Upd   Articles Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Individual:  Hess, Karl Editor of Libertarian Party News 1986-1990, Barry Goldwater speechwriter
Upd   Articles Remembering Karl Hess
Biographical essay, basis of talk given at Karl Hess Club, includes several notable quotes from Hess
 
Topic:  Intellectual Property Laws Laws that grant monopoly rights on intellectual creations, such as patents and copyrights
Upd   Articles Pharmaceutical Prices, Patents, and the FDA
Comments on a Jeffrey Sachs' article criticizing Gilead Sciences for its pricing (far above production costs) of a hepatitis C medication
 
Individual:  Konkin III, Samuel Edward Proponent of agorism and author of the New Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Topic:  Law Set of rules and guidelines intended to influence social behavior
Upd   Articles Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
Upd     From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Group:  Libertarian Futurist Society Organization for fans of libertarian science fiction
Upd   Articles Robert Anton Wilson
Biographical essay, including a lengthy digression on the thought of Ralph Borsodi, founder of the publisher of a magazine co-edited by Wilson in the early 1960's; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 4 Aug 2011
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
Upd     Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Group:  Libertarian Party United States
Upd   Articles Robert Anton Wilson
Biographical essay, including a lengthy digression on the thought of Ralph Borsodi, founder of the publisher of a magazine co-edited by Wilson in the early 1960's; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 4 Aug 2011
 
Place:  Los Angeles The City of Angels
Upd   Articles Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Work:  Man versus the State, The Book authored by Herbert Spencer in which he argued that liberalism was transforming itself into a despotic movement, published in 1884
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Group:  Mises Institute Research and education in classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and Austrian School of economics
Upd   Articles Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Books Authored Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
Partial contents: German Liberalism - The Triumph of Militarism - Etatism - Etatism and Nationalism - Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations - The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism - The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
 
Individual:  Molinari, Gustave de 19th century Belgian/French economist, considered the originator of market-anarchism
Upd   Articles Remembering Gustave de Molinari
Selection of quotes by Molinari on government and individual sovereignty, together with introductory and concluding remarks
 
Work:  Moon is a Harsh Mistress, The Science fiction novel by Robert A. Heinlein recounting a rebellion in a lunar colony, published in 1966
Upd   Articles Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Place:  New York City The Big Apple
Upd   Articles Why Be An Economist? To Be Happy, That's Why
Block contrasts his recommendations to students interested in economics (getting a PhD. and becoming a professor or similar career) vs. advice from another professor (majoring in economics and finance with a view towards a finance career)
Upd     Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Individual:  Orwell, George British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Topic:  Private Property Ownership of assets by individuals or non-governmental legal entities
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Individual:  Riggenbach, Jeff Journalist, broadcaster, columnist, former executive editor of The Libertarian Review
Upd   Writings Robert Anton Wilson
Biographical essay, including a lengthy digression on the thought of Ralph Borsodi, founder of the publisher of a magazine co-edited by Wilson in the early 1960's; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 4 Aug 2011
Upd     Samuel Edward Konkin III
Biographical essay, including examination of Konkin's ideas on the Counter-Economy; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 20 July 2010; includes photo of Konkin with author
 
Individual:  Roosevelt, Franklin D. Thirty-second President of the United States
Upd   Books The Roosevelt Myth: A Critical Account of the New Deal and Its Creator
Partial contents: Book One: Trial-and Error: The Banking Crisis - The New New Deal - Book Two: Confusion: War on the Courts - The Forgotten Depression - Book Three: Betrayal: The Atlantic Charter - The Thought Police - Politics, Disease and History
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles Pharmaceutical Prices, Patents, and the FDA
Comments on a Jeffrey Sachs' article criticizing Gilead Sciences for its pricing (far above production costs) of a hepatitis C medication
 
Topic:  Social Security Tax Tax imposed on employers and employees to fund the Social Security system
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Individual:  Spencer, Herbert 19th century English philosopher
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984
Chapter 23 of Man vs. The Welfare State; extensive review of Spencer's The Man versus the State comparing the 1880s to the contemporary (late 1960s) social and political environment
 
Individual:  Tucker, Benjamin American individualist anarchist, publisher of the 19th century Liberty periodical
Upd   Articles Robert Anton Wilson
Biographical essay, including a lengthy digression on the thought of Ralph Borsodi, founder of the publisher of a magazine co-edited by Wilson in the early 1960's; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 4 Aug 2011
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Books Omnipotent Government: The Rise of the Total State and Total War
Partial contents: German Liberalism - The Triumph of Militarism - Etatism - Etatism and Nationalism - Refutation of Some Fallacious Explanations - The Peculiar Characteristics of German Nationalism - The Social Democrats in Imperial Germany
 
Individual:  Wilson, Robert Anton Science fiction author, winner of the 1986 Prometheus Hall of Fame Award
Upd   Articles Robert Anton Wilson
Biographical essay, including a lengthy digression on the thought of Ralph Borsodi, founder of the publisher of a magazine co-edited by Wilson in the early 1960's; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 4 Aug 2011
 
12 Mar 2024
Individual:  Adams, John Second President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Topic:  Anarchism Political philosophy that considers government unnecessary and advocates instead a stateless society
Upd   Articles Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
Upd     Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Topic:  Atheism The philosophical position that belief in gods and other deities is invalid
Upd   Articles Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Topic:  Attacks of 11 September 2001 Terrorist attacks of 11 September 2001 on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon
Upd   Articles Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Topic:  Bureaucracy A hierarchy of government officials, mostly unelected, that set policies, prescribe regulations and administer them
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Bush, George H. W. Director of the CIA and forty-first President of the United States
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Individual:  Bush, George W. Forty-third President of the United States
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Place:  Canada Territory in northern North America, ruled since 1982 by the Monarchy of Canada
Upd   Articles Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone
Revised version of the 1999 essay "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President", now a chapter in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom (2001)
 
Group:  Cato Institute Non-profit public policy research foundation in Washington, DC
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Individual:  Cleyre, Voltairine de American anarchist writer, lecturer and activist
Upd   Articles Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Topic:  Cold War The struggle between the so-called superpowers and their respective allies during the second half of the 20th century
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Group:  Democratic Party United States
Upd   Articles Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone
Revised version of the 1999 essay "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President", now a chapter in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom (2001)
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Articles Faculty Spotlight Interview: Robert Higgs
Questions Higgs about free time and hobbies, the Austrian school and the Mises Institute, his greatest inspiration, his book Crisis and Leviathan, his work and "words of wisdom" for the next generation of scholars
 
Individual:  Emerson, Ralph Waldo Nineteenth century American author, the "Sage of Concord"
Upd   Articles Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
 
Group:  Federal Reserve System The central bank of the United States
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Individual:  Founding Fathers Leading individuals in founding of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
Upd     Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Topic:  Gold Standard A monetary system in which currency values are defined in terms of gold
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
Upd     The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
Upd     Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
Upd     Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
 
Topic:  Government, Limited Restricting government to its proper functions, defined by law
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Grant, Ulysses S. Eighteenth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Harding, Warren G. Twenty-ninth President of the United States
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Individual:  Hess, Karl Editor of Libertarian Party News 1986-1990, Barry Goldwater speechwriter
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Individual:  Higgs, Robert Senior Fellow in Political Economy for The Independent Institute
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Robert Higgs
Questions Higgs about free time and hobbies, the Austrian school and the Mises Institute, his greatest inspiration, his book Crisis and Leviathan, his work and "words of wisdom" for the next generation of scholars
 
Individual:  Hummel, Jeffrey Rogers Professor of economics and history at San Jose State University
Upd   Writings Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone
Revised version of the 1999 essay "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President", now a chapter in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom (2001)
 
Topic:  Inflation Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Topic:  Iraq War Invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and other countries, purportedly to find weapons of mass destruction
Upd   Articles Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Individual:  Jackson, Andrew Seventh President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Jefferson, Thomas Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
Upd     Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone
Revised version of the 1999 essay "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President", now a chapter in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom (2001)
Upd     The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Individual:  Johnson, Andrew Seventeenth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Topic:  Learning The process of acquiring knowledge or skills
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
Upd     We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
Upd     Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Group:  Libertarian Party United States
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Articles We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
 
Topic:  Life The inalienable human right from which other rights are derived
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
 
Place:  Massachusetts The Bay State - ratified Constitution 6 Feb 1788
Upd   Articles Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
Upd     Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Topic:  Money The most commonly used medium of exchange
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Individual:  Nixon, Richard Thirty-seventh President of the United States, infamous for the Watergate scandal
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Oppenheimer, Franz German sociologist and economist, author of The State
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Topic:  Parkinson's Law C. Northcote Parkinson's rule that in a bureaucracy work expands to fill the available time
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Individual:  Paul, Ron Texas Republican Congressman, 1988 Libertarian Presidential candidate, 2008 Republican Presidential prospective candidate
Upd   Articles The Fraudulent Tax
Examines the arguments made by proponents of the FairTax (a national retail sales tax), in particular, those made by Neal Boortz in The FairTax Book (2005)
Upd     Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Place:  Pennsylvania The Keystone State - ratified Constitution 12 Dec 1787
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Group:  Political Parties Groups of individuals that organize to gain control of governments at a national or other level, usually by election of candidates for government offices
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Topic:  Prohibition Laws forbidding the production, sale, transportation or consumption of alcoholic beverages
Upd   Articles We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
 
Topic:  Punishments, Protection Against Cruel and Unusual Restriction on the use of cruel and unusual punishments
Upd   Articles Punishment and Proportionality
Chapter 13 of The Ethics of Liberty
 
Individual:  Raimondo, Justin Editorial director of Antiwar.com
Upd   Articles Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
 
Individual:  Riggenbach, Jeff Journalist, broadcaster, columnist, former executive editor of The Libertarian Review
Upd   Writings Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
Upd     Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Writings Are the Salad Days for Somalia Over?
Comments on the status of Somalia 15 years after the fall of Siad Barre and in the midst of the rise of the Islamic Courts Union
Upd     The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
Upd     Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
Upd     We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
Upd     Foreword
Examines the historical precedents for the Paulian view that American foreign and domestic policy both be conducted in the same non-interventionist manner
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
Upd     The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
Upd     Enemy of the State
Review of Raimondo's biography of Rothbard, An Enemy of the State, analyzing several of the conventional critiques of Rothbard that are countered in the book; includes quote of Rothbard to Robert Kephart about Rothbard's life choices
Upd   Writings Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
Upd     Punishment and Proportionality
Chapter 13 of The Ethics of Liberty
 
Topic:  Self-ownership The principle that each individual owns his or her body and life
Upd   Articles The Economics of Self-Ownership
Explores ten economic arguments in justification of the self-ownership axiom
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles The Case for the Barbarous Relic
Argues for a return to the gold stndard by reviewing U.S. political, economic and monetary history; from talk presented in New York City on 21 March 2006
 
Place:  Somalia Territory in eastern Africa, nominally ruled since 1960 by the Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya
Upd   Articles Are the Salad Days for Somalia Over?
Comments on the status of Somalia 15 years after the fall of Siad Barre and in the midst of the rise of the Islamic Courts Union
 
Topic:  Spoils System The practice by a winning party of awarding government jobs to its members
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles Are the Salad Days for Somalia Over?
Comments on the status of Somalia 15 years after the fall of Siad Barre and in the midst of the rise of the Islamic Courts Union
Upd     We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles The Fraudulent Tax
Examines the arguments made by proponents of the FairTax (a national retail sales tax), in particular, those made by Neal Boortz in The FairTax Book (2005)
 
Individual:  Thoreau, Henry David Nineteenth-century American author, noted for the essay "Civil Disobedience"
Upd   Articles Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
 
Individual:  Tucker, Benjamin American individualist anarchist, publisher of the 19th century Liberty periodical
Upd   Articles Voltairine de Cleyre: Penitent Priestess of Anarchism
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 8 June 2010
 
Place:  United States Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America
Upd   Articles Henry David Thoreau: Founding Father of American Libertarian Thought
Biographical essay, transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast
 
Individual:  Van Buren, Martin Eight President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
Upd     Martin Van Buren: The American Gladstone
Revised version of the 1999 essay "Martin Van Buren: The Greatest American President", now a chapter in Reassessing the Presidency: The Rise of the Executive State and the Decline of Freedom (2001)
 
Topic:  Voting Selecting those who will govern by casting ballots
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles We Need an Angel Like Clarence
Attempts to counter the despair felt by some in the freedom movement by examining, by example, the "unseen" benefits of libertarian activism over the past century
 
Individual:  Washington, George First President of the United States
Upd   Articles Bureaucracy and the Civil Service in the United States
Historical examination of the evolution of the United States Civil Service and attempts to reform it, from its beginnings through the early 20th century
 
11 Mar 2024
Individual:  Aristotle Greek philosopher, tutor of young Alexander the Great
Upd   Audio 2. Aristotle
Lecture 2 of 10 of the History of Political Philosophy series, 90 minutes
 
Group:  Association of Libertarian Feminists Libertarian alternative to aspects of women's movement that discourage independence and individuality
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Group:  Cato Institute Non-profit public policy research foundation in Washington, DC
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Individual:  Childs, Roy Editor of Libertarian Review (1977-1981) and lead book reviewer for Laissez Faire Books (1984-1992)
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Topic:  Education, Compulsory Attendance in schools that is mandated by laws
Upd   Articles The Brilliant but Confused Radicalism of George Orwell
Transcript of the Libertarian Tradition podcast of 16 Jun 2010; biographical essay examining the argument that 1984 derives in large part from Orwell's experiences at St Cyprian's, an English boarding school
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Individual:  Garrison, William Lloyd Nineteenth century American journalist and abolitionist
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Individual:  Goldwater, Barry Arizona Senator and 1964 Republican presidential candidate
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Individual:  Hess, Karl Editor of Libertarian Party News 1986-1990, Barry Goldwater speechwriter
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Topic:  Learning The process of acquiring knowledge or skills
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
Upd     Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
Upd     Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Group:  Libertarian Party United States
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Group:  Liberty International Formerly International Society for Individual Liberty, "advances world liberty for everyone through international education and networking"
Upd   Articles Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
 
Individual:  Miller, Vince President of the International Society for Individual Liberty (now Liberty International)
Upd   Articles Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
 
Group:  Mises Institute Research and education in classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and Austrian School of economics
Upd   Awards Granted 2003 Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize
 
Individual:  Orwell, George British writer, author of 1984 and Animal Farm
Upd   Articles The Brilliant but Confused Radicalism of George Orwell
Transcript of the Libertarian Tradition podcast of 16 Jun 2010; biographical essay examining the argument that 1984 derives in large part from Orwell's experiences at St Cyprian's, an English boarding school
 
Individual:  Paul, Ron Texas Republican Congressman, 1988 Libertarian Presidential candidate, 2008 Republican Presidential prospective candidate
Upd   Awards Received 2003 Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize
 
Topic:  Petition the Government, Right to Right to state grievances and request relief
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Group:  Radical Libertarian Alliance One of the first libertarian organizations in the United States, founded in 1969
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Individual:  Rand, Ayn Objectivist philosopher, novelist
Upd   Articles Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
Upd     Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
Group:  Republican Party United States
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Individual:  Riggenbach, Jeff Journalist, broadcaster, columnist, former executive editor of The Libertarian Review
Upd   Writings Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
Upd     Vince Miller and the International Libertarian Movement
Biographical essay; including background information on the libertarian movement of the 20th century; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcast of 23 June 2010
Upd     Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
Upd     The Brilliant but Confused Radicalism of George Orwell
Transcript of the Libertarian Tradition podcast of 16 Jun 2010; biographical essay examining the argument that 1984 derives in large part from Orwell's experiences at St Cyprian's, an English boarding school
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles Karl Hess and the Death of Politics
Transcript of the 6 May 2010 "Libertarian Tradition" podcast; includes a trove of biographical information
 
Individual:  Taylor, Joan Kennedy Author, founding member of Feminists for Free Expression
Upd   Articles Joan Kennedy Taylor
Biographical essay, including a review of Taylor's book Reclaiming the Mainstream: Individualist Feminism Rediscovered; transcript of "The Libertarian Tradition" podcasts of 28 Dec 2010 and 12 Jan 2011
 
9 Mar 2024
Topic:  Achievement Success or accomplishment in life's endeavors
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  American Revolutionary War The war for American independence from Great Britain
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
Upd     The Revolutionary War and the Destruction of the Continental
 
Individual:  Aristotle Greek philosopher, tutor of young Alexander the Great
Upd   Articles The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics
Surveys the views of the schools of philosophy and economics that influenced or competed with Austrian economics, including Hegel, the Historical School, Franz Brentano, Occam, Karl Marx, Aristotle, Kant, the logical positivists and Karl Popper
 
Topic:  Banking The business of accepting deposits and lending money
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd   Books Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Individual:  Block, Walter Professor of economics, Loyola University and Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Business Commercial activities that provide goods and services
Upd   Articles Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Place:  Canada Territory in northern North America, ruled since 1982 by the Monarchy of Canada
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
Upd     Entrepreneurship and Social Progress
Discusses the two usage senses of entrepreneurship, the attributes of an entrepreneur in the "more narrow and heroic sense" and contrasts politicians with entrepreneurs
 
Place:  Colonies, Thirteen The 13 original colonies whose representatives signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Topic:  Comparative Advantage, Law of Economic tenet formulated by David Ricardo, also Law of Association
Upd   Articles Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Topic:  Constitution, United States The supreme law of the United States of America
Upd   Articles The Antifederalists Were Right
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles Rationality and Irrationality; Subjectivism and Objectivity of Praxeological Research
Chapter 1, "Acting Man", section 4; argues that all human action is rational, i.e., the outcome of reasonable deliberation
Upd     Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
Upd     The Philosophical Origins of Austrian Economics
Surveys the views of the schools of philosophy and economics that influenced or competed with Austrian economics, including Hegel, the Historical School, Franz Brentano, Occam, Karl Marx, Aristotle, Kant, the logical positivists and Karl Popper
Upd     A Conversation with Leland B. Yeager
Topics discussed include utilitarianism, rights theory, ethics and economics, mathematics and economics, methodological taboos, hermeneutics, Austrian economics, socialism and Eastern Europe
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Individual:  Economists Students and teachers of economics
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Topic:  Education, Compulsory Attendance in schools that is mandated by laws
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
 
Topic:  Entrepreneurship Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
Upd     On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     Entrepreneurship and Social Progress
Discusses the two usage senses of entrepreneurship, the attributes of an entrepreneur in the "more narrow and heroic sense" and contrasts politicians with entrepreneurs
 
Topic:  Esthetics Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of art
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Ethics Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct
Upd   Articles A Conversation with Leland B. Yeager
Topics discussed include utilitarianism, rights theory, ethics and economics, mathematics and economics, methodological taboos, hermeneutics, Austrian economics, socialism and Eastern Europe
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Farming The business of agriculture
Upd   Articles Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Individual:  Fetter, Frank 20th century American professor of economics
Upd   Articles Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Individual:  Franklin, Benjamin 18th century American printer, inventor and statesman
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     Entrepreneurship and Social Progress
Discusses the two usage senses of entrepreneurship, the attributes of an entrepreneur in the "more narrow and heroic sense" and contrasts politicians with entrepreneurs
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles Mexico's Advanced Auction on Stolen Goods
Discusses the 2006 presidential election in Mexico, where the margin of difference between the two leading candidates was less than one percent of the popular vote
 
Individual:  Garrett, Garet Financial writer for the Saturday Evening Post
Upd   Books Authored Garet Garrett's: The People's Pottage
Electronic version available at Mises.org, includes "The Revolution Was" (1938), "Ex America" (1951), "The Rise of Empire" (1952) and a foreword by Garrett (1953)
 
Individual:  George, Henry Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty
Upd   Articles Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Group:  George Mason University Two Nobel laureates in Economic Sciences
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     Tax Day
Editorial discussing taxation as robbery, government as a gang of thieves and dedicating the issue to those engaged in some form of tax rebellion
 
Individual:  Hayek, F. A. Austrian economist, winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Individual:  Jefferson, Thomas Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Topic:  Labor Human physical and mental skills available to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
 
Individual:  Lachmann, Ludwig 20th century German-born economist of the Austrian School
Upd   Articles A Conversation with Leland B. Yeager
Topics discussed include utilitarianism, rights theory, ethics and economics, mathematics and economics, methodological taboos, hermeneutics, Austrian economics, socialism and Eastern Europe
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Liberty, Threats To Actions by government that restrict individual liberty
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Topic:  Life The inalienable human right from which other rights are derived
Upd   Articles Rationality and Irrationality; Subjectivism and Objectivity of Praxeological Research
Chapter 1, "Acting Man", section 4; argues that all human action is rational, i.e., the outcome of reasonable deliberation
 
Place:  Mexico Territory in south central North America, ruled since 1917 by the Estados Unidos Mexicanos
Upd   Articles Mexico's Advanced Auction on Stolen Goods
Discusses the 2006 presidential election in Mexico, where the margin of difference between the two leading candidates was less than one percent of the popular vote
 
Group:  Mises Institute Research and education in classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and Austrian School of economics
Upd   Books Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles Mexico's Advanced Auction on Stolen Goods
Discusses the 2006 presidential election in Mexico, where the margin of difference between the two leading candidates was less than one percent of the popular vote
Upd     Mises on His 125th Anniversary
Written on the 125th anniversary of Mises' birth, includes excerpts from memorial thoughts from Hazlitt, Kirzner, Rothbard, John Chamberlain, Leonard Read and others
Upd     Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
Upd     Money and the Individual
Foreword to the 1981 Liberty Fund edition of Ludwig von Mises's The Theory of Money and Credit
Upd   Writings Rationality and Irrationality; Subjectivism and Objectivity of Praxeological Research
Chapter 1, "Acting Man", section 4; argues that all human action is rational, i.e., the outcome of reasonable deliberation
Upd     On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
Upd   Books Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Topic:  Money The most commonly used medium of exchange
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Group:  Mont Pelerin Society Aims to strengthen the principles and practice of a free society
Upd   Books Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Topic:  Politics The practices of guiding, influencing or controlling government
Upd   Articles Entrepreneurship and Social Progress
Discusses the two usage senses of entrepreneurship, the attributes of an entrepreneur in the "more narrow and heroic sense" and contrasts politicians with entrepreneurs
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Topic:  Private Property Ownership of assets by individuals or non-governmental legal entities
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Individual:  Rand, Ayn Objectivist philosopher, novelist
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
 
Individual:  Reisman, George Professor of economics, author of Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics
Upd   Writings Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Individual:  Ricardo, David 18th/19th century British economist
Upd   Articles Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Topic:  Rights Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     A Conversation with Leland B. Yeager
Topics discussed include utilitarianism, rights theory, ethics and economics, mathematics and economics, methodological taboos, hermeneutics, Austrian economics, socialism and Eastern Europe
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Writings Entrepreneurship and Social Progress
Discusses the two usage senses of entrepreneurship, the attributes of an entrepreneur in the "more narrow and heroic sense" and contrasts politicians with entrepreneurs
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
Upd   Writings Money and the Individual
Foreword to the 1981 Liberty Fund edition of Ludwig von Mises's The Theory of Money and Credit
Upd     Tax Day
Editorial discussing taxation as robbery, government as a gang of thieves and dedicating the issue to those engaged in some form of tax rebellion
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Walter Block: Walter Block
Asks Block about his hobbies, greatest inspiration, the impact of his work and more
Upd   Books Authored Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Individual:  Say, Jean-Baptiste 18th-19th century French economist
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
 
Individual:  Schumpeter, Joseph 20th century Austrian economist
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Topic:  Searches and Seizures, Right Against Unreasonable Protection from unwarranted searches and takings
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
 
Individual:  Smith, Adam Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
Upd   Articles Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Frank A. Fetter: A Forgotten Giant
Biographical and bibliographical essay
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles On Equality and Inequality
Examines the premise that "all men are created equal" and some possible as well as purported conclusions
Upd     Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
Upd     Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
Upd   Books Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
Partial contents: The Young Scholar - The Theory of Money and Credit - The Reception of Mises and of Money and Credit - Mises in the 1920s: Economic Adviser to the Government - Mises in the 1920s: Scholar and Creator
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
Upd     Jean-Baptiste Say: Neglected Champion of Laissez-Faire
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing Say's life, methodology and his writings on money, banking, the law of markets, entrepreneurship, capital, interest, value, utility, taxes and the state
Upd     Tax Day
Editorial discussing taxation as robbery, government as a gang of thieves and dedicating the issue to those engaged in some form of tax rebellion
 
Topic:  Technology Practical application of engineering or technical processes
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Topic:  Voting Selecting those who will govern by casting ballots
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
Upd     Mexico's Advanced Auction on Stolen Goods
Discusses the 2006 presidential election in Mexico, where the margin of difference between the two leading candidates was less than one percent of the popular vote
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles The Rocky Road of American Taxation
Adapted from the author's For Good and Evil: The Impact of Taxes on the Course of Civilization; examines tax resistance in colonial America up to the Jefferson presidency
Upd     Mises: Defender of Freedom
Written on the 125th anniversary of his birth, describes several of Mises' contributions to economics theory and other areas, along with some of Reisman's personal reminiscences
 
Topic:  World War II Worldwide conflict from 1939 to 1945
Upd   Articles Why Intellectuals Still Support Socialism
Examines the underlying reasons why so many academics support socialist ideas, not reflecting those of the general population, and how this changed from the mid-20th century
 
Individual:  Yeager, Leland B. American professor of economics
Upd   Interviews A Conversation with Leland B. Yeager
Topics discussed include utilitarianism, rights theory, ethics and economics, mathematics and economics, methodological taboos, hermeneutics, Austrian economics, socialism and Eastern Europe
 
8 Mar 2024
Topic:  American Revolutionary War The war for American independence from Great Britain
Upd   Articles America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
Topic:  American War Between the States Conflict between the U.S. northern and southern states, which seceded to form the Confederacy
Upd   Articles America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
Place:  Austria Territory in central Europe, ruled since 1955 by the Republik Österreich
Upd   Articles Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk:Capital, Interest, and Time
Biographical and bibliographical essay; chapter 8
 
Individual:  Böhm von Bawerk, Eugen Nineteenth century Austrian economist and minister of Finance
Upd   Articles Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk:Capital, Interest, and Time
Biographical and bibliographical essay; chapter 8
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk:Capital, Interest, and Time
Biographical and bibliographical essay; chapter 8
 
Topic:  Children Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents
Upd   Articles On Moral Education
Condensed from "Moral Education" chapter, from Spring 1966 issue of Left and Right; contrasts the parental practice of punishing children with the approach of letting children be guided by the natural consequences from their actions
 
Topic:  Communism Socio-economic system in which private property rights are eliminated
Upd   Articles The New Communism
Comments on the antiglobalization protests, such as at the G8 Summit in Genoa, the WTO meeting in Seattle and the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the protestors manifesto and intentions
 
Individual:  Dalberg-Acton, John British historian, known as Lord Acton
Upd   Articles Lord Acton on Liberty and Government
Lamenting that most people only know Lord Acton's most famous quote, lists many of his other memorable writings on liberty, government and related subjects
 
Topic:  Democracy Form of government where the power is exercised directly or indirectly by a majority of the citizens
Upd   Articles Lord Acton on Liberty and Government
Lamenting that most people only know Lord Acton's most famous quote, lists many of his other memorable writings on liberty, government and related subjects
 
Topic:  Economic Resources Natural, human and man-made factors used in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Topic:  Entrepreneurship Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Lord Acton on Liberty and Government
Lamenting that most people only know Lord Acton's most famous quote, lists many of his other memorable writings on liberty, government and related subjects
 
Individual:  Grotius, Hugo Seventeenth century Dutch jurist, author of De Jure Belli ac Pacis
Upd   Articles America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
Topic:  Imperialism Domination or control, by one country, of one or more other countries or territories
Upd   Articles The New Communism
Comments on the antiglobalization protests, such as at the G8 Summit in Genoa, the WTO meeting in Seattle and the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the protestors manifesto and intentions
 
Individual:  Lǎozǐ Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Dào Dé Jīng
Upd   Articles The Ancient Chinese Libertarian Tradition
Review and commentary on the ideas of Taoists Lao-tzu (Laozi) and Chuang-tzu (Zhuang Zhou)
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Articles Lord Acton on Liberty and Government
Lamenting that most people only know Lord Acton's most famous quote, lists many of his other memorable writings on liberty, government and related subjects
 
Individual:  Locke, John 17th century English philosopher
Upd   Articles The Growth of Libertarian Thought
Volume II, Part II "Intercolonial Developments", Chapter 33: Starts by considering the influence of English writers Sidney and Locke and then considers Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters
 
Individual:  Menger, Carl Founder of the Austrian School of economics
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk:Capital, Interest, and Time
Biographical and bibliographical essay; chapter 8
 
Individual:  Narveson, Jan Professor of philosophy at the University of Waterloo, Canada, and author of The Libertarian Idea
Upd   Web Pages Jan Narveson's Home Page
Personal pages, maintained at the site of the Kitchener - Waterloo Chamber Music Society; includes photo, biography and list of selected publications (course material no longer current)
 
Topic:  Nonviolent Resistance Opposition to statist and authoritarian forces using protests, non-cooperation and other nonviolent methods
Upd   Articles Thoreau and "Resistance to Civil Government"
Presents several excerpts from "Resistance to Civil Government" together with a short introduction and concluding reflexion
 
Topic:  Praxeology The study of purposeful human action
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Topic:  Property Tangible goods owned or claimed by one or more individuals
Upd   Articles Carl Menger: The Founder of the Austrian School
Biographical and bibliographical essay, discussing his life and work and delving into various aspects of Austrian economic theory as presented by Menger
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Writings The New Communism
Comments on the antiglobalization protests, such as at the G8 Summit in Genoa, the WTO meeting in Seattle and the World Economic Forum in Davos, and the protestors manifesto and intentions
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Writings The Ancient Chinese Libertarian Tradition
Review and commentary on the ideas of Taoists Lao-tzu (Laozi) and Chuang-tzu (Zhuang Zhou)
Upd     The Growth of Libertarian Thought
Volume II, Part II "Intercolonial Developments", Chapter 33: Starts by considering the influence of English writers Sidney and Locke and then considers Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters
Upd     America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
Individual:  Sidney, Algernon 17th century British Member of Parliament
Upd   Articles The Growth of Libertarian Thought
Volume II, Part II "Intercolonial Developments", Chapter 33: Starts by considering the influence of English writers Sidney and Locke and then considers Trenchard and Gordon's Cato's Letters
 
Place:  Somalia Territory in eastern Africa, nominally ruled since 1960 by the Jamhuuriyadda Federaalka Soomaaliya
Upd   Articles America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
Individual:  Spencer, Herbert 19th century English philosopher
Upd   Writings On Moral Education
Condensed from "Moral Education" chapter, from Spring 1966 issue of Left and Right; contrasts the parental practice of punishing children with the approach of letting children be guided by the natural consequences from their actions
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles Lord Acton on Liberty and Government
Lamenting that most people only know Lord Acton's most famous quote, lists many of his other memorable writings on liberty, government and related subjects
 
Individual:  Thoreau, Henry David Nineteenth-century American author, noted for the essay "Civil Disobedience"
Upd   Articles Thoreau and "Resistance to Civil Government"
Presents several excerpts from "Resistance to Civil Government" together with a short introduction and concluding reflexion
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles America's Two Just Wars: 1775 and 1861
Based on a talk given at the Mises Institute's Costs of War conference, Atlanta, 20-22 May 1994
 
7 Mar 2024
Topic:  Comparative Advantage, Law of Economic tenet formulated by David Ricardo, also Law of Association
Upd   Articles The Ricardian Law of Association
Chapter 8 "Human Society", section 4; discusses how all people benefit when they cooperate with each other and how the division of labor results in greater productivity
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
Work:  For a New Liberty Book by Murray Rothbard in which he advocated anarchic libertarianism, first published in 1973
Upd   Books For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Partial contents: The Libertarian Heritage - Property and Exchange - The State - The Problems - Involuntary Servitude - Personal Liberty - Education - Welfare and the Welfare State - The Public Sector - War and Foreign Policy - A Strategy for Liberty
 
Group:  Foundation for Economic Education One of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S., founded in 1946 to study and advance the freedom philosophy
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles The Ricardian Law of Association
Chapter 8 "Human Society", section 4; discusses how all people benefit when they cooperate with each other and how the division of labor results in greater productivity
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Books For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Partial contents: The Libertarian Heritage - Property and Exchange - The State - The Problems - Involuntary Servitude - Personal Liberty - Education - Welfare and the Welfare State - The Public Sector - War and Foreign Policy - A Strategy for Liberty
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
Upd   Books For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Partial contents: The Libertarian Heritage - Property and Exchange - The State - The Problems - Involuntary Servitude - Personal Liberty - Education - Welfare and the Welfare State - The Public Sector - War and Foreign Policy - A Strategy for Liberty
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Writings The Ricardian Law of Association
Chapter 8 "Human Society", section 4; discusses how all people benefit when they cooperate with each other and how the division of labor results in greater productivity
 
Individual:  Poirot, Paul L. Editor of The Freeman (1956-1987)
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles Murray Rothbard Confronts Adam Smith
Critical review of Rothbard's chapter about Adam Smith in Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I, including both positive and unfavorable points missed by Rothbard
Upd     Murray Rothbard's Adam Smith
Supportive review of Rothbard's criticisms of Adam Smith in An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought
Upd   Books Authored For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Partial contents: The Libertarian Heritage - Property and Exchange - The State - The Problems - Involuntary Servitude - Personal Liberty - Education - Welfare and the Welfare State - The Public Sector - War and Foreign Policy - A Strategy for Liberty
 
Individual:  Smith, Adam Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
Upd   Articles Murray Rothbard Confronts Adam Smith
Critical review of Rothbard's chapter about Adam Smith in Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I, including both positive and unfavorable points missed by Rothbard
Upd     Murray Rothbard's Adam Smith
Supportive review of Rothbard's criticisms of Adam Smith in An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought
 
Topic:  Technology Practical application of engineering or technical processes
Upd   Articles The Primacy of Freedom
One of over 20 essays in the anthology Ideas on Liberty: Essays in Honor of Paul L. Poirot (1987), discussing why the freedom philosophy and economic and moral education are important
 
6 Mar 2024
Work:  All Quiet on the Western Front 1930 Oscar-winning movie about what was then called the Great War
Upd   Reviews All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
 
Work:  Amazing Grace 2006 movie about William Wilberforce and the campaign to abolish the slave trade in the British Empire
Upd   Reviews Amazing Grace (2007)
 
Work:  Americanization of Emily, The 1964 Oscar-nominated film written by Paddy Chayefsky
Upd   Reviews The Americanization of Emily (1964)
 
Work:  Bananas 1971 Woody Allen comedy about populist revolutions in Latin America
Upd   Reviews Bananas (1971)
 
Work:  Boom Town 1940 adventure film about two oil wildcatters
Upd   Reviews Boom Town (1940)
 
Work:  Brazil 1985 comedic film about a bureaucratic future, written and directed by Terry Gilliam
Upd   Reviews Brazil (1985)
 
Work:  Breaker Morant 1980 movie about the court martial of "Breaker" Morant and subordinates during the Second Boer War
Upd   Reviews Breaker Morant (1980)
 
Work:  Castle, The 1997 movie about a family fighting for their home against corporate and government interests
Upd   Reviews The Castle (1997)
 
Topic:  Conservatism Political philosophy that emphasizes respect for traditional institutions
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
Upd     The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Work:  Doctor Zhivago 1965 Oscar-winning movie about life around the time of the 1917 Russian Revolution
Upd   Reviews Doctor Zhivago (1965)
 
Work:  Dr. Strangelove 1964 Cold War satire film directed by Stanley Kubrick
Upd   Reviews Dr. Strangelove or How I Stopped Worrying and Learned to Love the Bomb (1964)
 
Work:  Election 1999 movie about high school elections, "overachievers" and ethical and moral choices
Upd   Reviews Election (1999)
 
Work:  Enemy of the State 1998 Tony Scott thriller about the NSA and the surveillance society
Upd   Reviews Enemy of the State (1998)
 
Work:  Farewell My Concubine 1993 Chinese film recounting the life of two Beijing Opera performers
Upd   Reviews Farewell My Concubine (1993)
 
Work:  Films Moving pictures representing fictional or real-life events
Upd   Web Pages Films on Liberty and the State
At the Ludwig Von Mises Institute
 
Group:  Foundation for Economic Education One of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S., founded in 1946 to study and advance the freedom philosophy
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
Upd     The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Individual:  Friedman, Milton 1976 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Work:  Godfather, The 1972 movie, first of the trilogy recounting the story of the Corleone crime family
Upd   Reviews The Godfather trilogy (1972, 1974, 1990)
 
Work:  Harry's War 1981 satire film written and directed by Kieth Merrill and starring Edward Herrmann
Upd   Reviews Harry's War (1981)
 
Group:  Hillsdale College Values the merit of each unique individual
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
 
Work:  JFK 1991 Oliver Stone movie presenting an alternative to the official story of 22 Nov 1963 in Dallas, Texas
Upd   Reviews JFK (1991)
 
Work:  Killing Fields, The 1984 historical drama about the Khmer Rouge regime
Upd   Reviews The Killing Fields (1984)
 
Work:  Man for All Seasons, A 1966 historical drama recounting the story of how Sir Thomas More stood up to King Henry VIII
Upd   Reviews A Man For All Seasons (1966)
 
Work:  Man Who Would Be King, The 1975 movie following two British officers as they aim to become kings of Kafiristan
Upd   Reviews The Man Who Would Be King (1975)
 
Work:  Minority Report 2002 Steven Spielberg film based on Philip K. Dick's concept of "pre-crime"
Upd   Reviews Minority Report (2002)
 
Work:  Mouse that Roared, The 1959 Cold War comedy starring Peter Sellers
Upd   Reviews The Mouse That Roared (1959)
 
Topic:  Objectivism Philosophy put forth by Ayn Rand
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Work:  Outlaw Josey Wales, The 1976 western starring Clint Eastwood set at the end of the American War Between the States
Upd   Reviews The Outlaw Josey Wales (1976)
 
Upd Pedia:  Paterson, Isabel Canadian-born, American literary critic, author of The God of the Machine
 
Individual:  Poirot, Paul L. Editor of The Freeman (1956-1987)
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
 
Work:  Quiet American, The 2002 Philip Noyce movie about a British journalist witness to early CIA involvement in Vietnam
Upd   Reviews The Quiet American (2002)
 
Individual:  Rand, Ayn Objectivist philosopher, novelist
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Individual:  Read, Leonard Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Articles Paul Poirot, RIP
Memorial essay, focusing mostly on Poirot's role as editor of The Freeman
 
Individual:  Reagan, Ronald Hollywood actor, fortieth President of the United States
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Group:  Republican Party United States
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Individual:  Riggenbach, Jeff Journalist, broadcaster, columnist, former executive editor of The Libertarian Review
Upd   Writings The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Upd Source:  Sciabarra - Hero of the Day, Chris Matthew Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; short bibliographical essay
 
Work:  Serenity 2005 Joss Whedon movie continuing on the Firefly television series
Upd   Reviews Serenity (2005)
 
Work:  Shenandoah 1965 movie about life in the middle of the American War Between the States
Upd   Reviews Shenandoah (1965)
 
Work:  Star Wars 1977 science fiction movie, known as "Episode IV: A New Hope", first release of the series
Upd   Reviews Star Wars (1977, 1980, 1983, 1999, 2002, 2005)
 
Work:  Tailor of Panama, The 2001 film based on the John le Carré spy novel
Upd   Reviews Tailor of Panama (2001)
 
Individual:  Taylor, Joan Kennedy Author, founding member of Feminists for Free Expression
Upd   Articles The Power of Persuasion
Historical account of the Persuasion magazine, edited by Joan Kennedy Taylor between Sept 1964 and May 1968
 
Work:  Third Man, The 1949 British film, winner of BAFTA Best Film award, set in post WWII Vienna
Upd   Reviews The Third Man (1949)
 
Work:  To Live 1994 Zhang Yimou film telling the struggles of a Chinese family from the 1940s through the Cultural Revolution
Upd   Reviews To Live (1994)
 
Work:  Tucker: The Man and His Dream 1988 Francis Ford Coppola movie depicting Preston Tucker's introduction of his 1948 sedan
Upd   Reviews Tucker: A Man and His Dream (1988)
 
Work:  V for Vendetta 2006 movie about a Fawkesian anarchist battling a police state in a near-future United Kingdom
Upd   Reviews V for Vendetta (2006)
 
Work:  Waco: The Rules of Engagement 1997 Oscar-nominated documentary about the 1993 siege of the Branch Davidians in Waco, Texas
Upd   Reviews Waco: The Rules of Engagement (1997)
 
Work:  Wag the Dog 1997 Barry Levinson film about spin doctoring a political scandal
Upd   Reviews Wag the Dog (1997)
 
5 Mar 2024
Individual:  Armentano, Dominick T. Economics professor (emeritus) at the University of Hartford
Upd   Writings Antitrust Reform: Predatory Practices and the Competitive Process
Examines so-called "predatory" practices from various perspectives, such as the purported "intent" of lower prices, pricing "below cost" and the alleged effects on "consumer welfare"
 
Individual:  Bush, George H. W. Director of the CIA and forty-first President of the United States
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Bush, George W. Forty-third President of the United States
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Business Commercial activities that provide goods and services
Upd   Articles Antitrust Reform: Predatory Practices and the Competitive Process
Examines so-called "predatory" practices from various perspectives, such as the purported "intent" of lower prices, pricing "below cost" and the alleged effects on "consumer welfare"
 
Individual:  Cantillon, Richard 18th century Irish economist
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Individual:  Carter, Jimmy Thirty-ninth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Central Banking The practice of establishing a country's monetary policy through a government-owned or -controlled institution
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Clinton, Bill Forty-second President of the United States
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
 
Individual:  Entrepreneurs Individuals who organize and assume the risks of a business
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Describes what really happened to the Mayflower pilgrims (and also at Jamestown) by relying on governor William Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation
Upd     Antitrust Reform: Predatory Practices and the Competitive Process
Examines so-called "predatory" practices from various perspectives, such as the purported "intent" of lower prices, pricing "below cost" and the alleged effects on "consumer welfare"
 
Topic:  Gold Standard A monetary system in which currency values are defined in terms of gold
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Hayek, F. A. Austrian economist, winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Individual:  Hutt, William Harold 20th century British-born economist
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
 
Topic:  Inflation Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Kirzner, Israel Professor of Economics at New York University
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Work:  Man, Economy, and State Economic treatise by Murray Rothbard published in 1962
Upd   Books Man, Economy, and State
Electronic text available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute
 
Individual:  Maybury, Richard J. Investment advisor and author
Upd   Writings The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Describes what really happened to the Mayflower pilgrims (and also at Jamestown) by relying on governor William Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation
 
Individual:  Menger, Carl Founder of the Austrian School of economics
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
 
Topic:  Money The most commonly used medium of exchange
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
Upd     Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
Upd   Books What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Partial contents: Money in a Free Society - The Value of Exchange - Indirect Exchange - Benefits of Money - The Monetary Unit - The Shape of Money - The "Proper" Supply of Money - Government Meddling With Money - The Monetary Breakdown of the West
 
Individual:  Nixon, Richard Thirty-seventh President of the United States, infamous for the Watergate scandal
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
Upd     Antitrust Reform: Predatory Practices and the Competitive Process
Examines so-called "predatory" practices from various perspectives, such as the purported "intent" of lower prices, pricing "below cost" and the alleged effects on "consumer welfare"
 
Individual:  Quesnay, François 18th century French Physiocrat economist, also trained in medicine
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Individual:  Reagan, Ronald Hollywood actor, fortieth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
Upd     Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
Upd   Books Authored Man, Economy, and State
Electronic text available at the Ludwig von Mises Institute
Upd     What Has Government Done to Our Money?
Partial contents: Money in a Free Society - The Value of Exchange - Indirect Exchange - Benefits of Money - The Monetary Unit - The Shape of Money - The "Proper" Supply of Money - Government Meddling With Money - The Monetary Breakdown of the West
 
Individual:  Schumpeter, Joseph 20th century Austrian economist
Upd   Articles A Critique of Monetarist and Austrian Doctrines on the Utility and Value of Money
Examines the differences and similarities between the writings of monetarists such as Irving Fisher and Austrian economists such as Ludwig von Mises on the topic of money, contrasting them with the meager explanations of John Maynard Keynes
 
Individual:  Sennholz, Hans German-American economist of the Austrian School
Upd   Writings Under the Shadow of Inflationomics
Explains how inflation has its roots in central banking and fiat money, and describes the influence of Keynesian economics on the policies of U.S. presidents from Richard Nixon to George W. Bush
 
Individual:  Smith, Adam Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
Upd   Articles Cantillon for Laymen
Discusses in general terms the themes in Richard Cantillon's Essai sur la nature du commerce en général (1755), including a short biographical section
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Describes what really happened to the Mayflower pilgrims (and also at Jamestown) by relying on governor William Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation
 
Topic:  Thanksgiving Holiday celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November (U.S.)
Upd   Articles The Great Thanksgiving Hoax
Describes what really happened to the Mayflower pilgrims (and also at Jamestown) by relying on governor William Bradford's History of Plymouth Plantation
 
4 Mar 2024
Place:  Alabama Motto: Audemus Jura Nostra Defendere (We Dare Defend Our Rights)
Upd   Articles The Political Hoax Exposed
Compares the positions of the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor of Alabama regarding increasing the minimum wage, to demonstrate their lack of understanding of economics
 
Topic:  American Revolutionary War The war for American independence from Great Britain
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Group:  Atlas Network Helps to develop a network of worldwide market-oriented think tanks
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Individual:  Bush, George W. Forty-third President of the United States
Upd   Articles If the State Falls, Does Society Crumble?
Discusses the situation in Iraq four years after the 2003 invasion and evaluates the question of "just how integral is the state to society?"
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Topic:  Children Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents
Upd   Articles The Egregiously Destructive War on Drugs
Discusses the adverse effects that the war on drugs has on innocent people who don't consume drugs
 
Place:  Colonies, Thirteen The 13 original colonies whose representatives signed the U.S. Declaration of Independence
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Topic:  Democracy Form of government where the power is exercised directly or indirectly by a majority of the citizens
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Topic:  Drugs, War on Legislation and enforcement actions against consumers and producers of substances that are deemed to be addictive or otherwise dangerous
Upd   Articles The Egregiously Destructive War on Drugs
Discusses the adverse effects that the war on drugs has on innocent people who don't consume drugs
 
Place:  England The southern part of the island of Great Britain
Upd   Articles Thomas Paine on Commerce
Selection of Thomas Paine quotes, from The Rights of Man, on trade, particularly between different nations and contrasted with war
 
Place:  Europe By convention, a continent comprising the westernmost area of Eurasia
Upd   Articles The Politics of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Revised version of Prof. Hoppe's Oct 1999 The Free Market; nominates Goethe as the "European of the (second) millennium" article
 
Group:  Foundation for Economic Education One of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S., founded in 1946 to study and advance the freedom philosophy
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles Thomas Paine on Commerce
Selection of Thomas Paine quotes, from The Rights of Man, on trade, particularly between different nations and contrasted with war
Upd     Henry George and the Tariff Question
After some introductory remarks and a biographical section on Henry George, examines the protective tariff arguments posed by George in Protection or Free Trade
 
Individual:  George, Henry Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty
Upd   Articles Henry George and the Tariff Question
After some introductory remarks and a biographical section on Henry George, examines the protective tariff arguments posed by George in Protection or Free Trade
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Individual:  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Late 18th and early 19th German writer and scientist, author of Faust
Upd   Articles The Politics of Johann Wolfgang Goethe
Revised version of Prof. Hoppe's Oct 1999 The Free Market; nominates Goethe as the "European of the (second) millennium" article
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Group:  Grove City College Teaches and advocates free market economic theory
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Individual:  Hayek, F. A. Austrian economist, winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
Upd   Audio How do you differ from Hayek's interpretation of Mandeville?
Short clip of Rothbard responding to Hayek's assessment of Mandeville (note the recording date is probably about two decades earlier than the posting date)
 
Individual:  Henry, Patrick American revolutionary figure, famous for "Give me liberty or give me death" speech
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Group:  Hillsdale College Values the merit of each unique individual
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Work:  Human Action Ludwig von Mises' major economics treatise, first published in 1949
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Topic:  Imperialism Domination or control, by one country, of one or more other countries or territories
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Place:  Iraq Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 2005 by the Jumhūriyyat Al-‘Irāq
Upd   Articles If the State Falls, Does Society Crumble?
Discusses the situation in Iraq four years after the 2003 invasion and evaluates the question of "just how integral is the state to society?"
 
Topic:  Iraq War Invasion of Iraq by the U.S. and other countries, purportedly to find weapons of mass destruction
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Individual:  Kirzner, Israel Professor of Economics at New York University
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Individual:  Mandeville, Bernard 18th century Dutch philosopher, physician and satirist
Upd   Audio How do you differ from Hayek's interpretation of Mandeville?
Short clip of Rothbard responding to Hayek's assessment of Mandeville (note the recording date is probably about two decades earlier than the posting date)
 
Topic:  Minimum Wage Laws Legislation that places a lower limit on the prices paid for labor
Upd   Articles The Political Hoax Exposed
Compares the positions of the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor of Alabama regarding increasing the minimum wage, to demonstrate their lack of understanding of economics
Upd     Diversity, Yes; Force, No
 
Group:  Mises Institute Research and education in classical liberalism, libertarian political theory, and Austrian School of economics
Upd   Awards Granted The Gary G. Schlarbaum Prize
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
Upd     A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
Upd   Publications The Free Market
Monthly
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
Upd     A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Individual:  Nock, Albert Jay Author of Our Enemy, The State, founder of The Freeman (1920-24)
Upd   Books Authored Memoirs of a Superfluous Man
Autobiographical; 16 numbered chapters; electronic text available in EPUB format at Mises.org
 
Individual:  Paine, Thomas American Revolutionary leader, author of the Common Sense pamphlet
Upd   Articles Thomas Paine on Commerce
Selection of Thomas Paine quotes, from The Rights of Man, on trade, particularly between different nations and contrasted with war
 
Topic:  Politics The practices of guiding, influencing or controlling government
Upd   Articles The Political Hoax Exposed
Compares the positions of the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor of Alabama regarding increasing the minimum wage, to demonstrate their lack of understanding of economics
 
Individual:  Read, Leonard Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Topic:  Repression, Moral Legislation and government actions that attempt to dictate "moral and proper" behavior
Upd   Articles The Egregiously Destructive War on Drugs
Discusses the adverse effects that the war on drugs has on innocent people who don't consume drugs
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
Upd   Writings The Political Hoax Exposed
Compares the positions of the Democrat and Republican candidates for governor of Alabama regarding increasing the minimum wage, to demonstrate their lack of understanding of economics
Upd     How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
Upd     If the State Falls, Does Society Crumble?
Discusses the situation in Iraq four years after the 2003 invasion and evaluates the question of "just how integral is the state to society?"
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
Upd     A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
Upd   Publications Left and Right: A Journal of Libertarian Thought
Quarterly journal, published 1965-1968, archived by the Ludwig Von Mises Institute
Upd   Audio How do you differ from Hayek's interpretation of Mandeville?
Short clip of Rothbard responding to Hayek's assessment of Mandeville (note the recording date is probably about two decades earlier than the posting date)
 
Individual:  Sennholz, Hans German-American economist of the Austrian School
Upd   Articles A Call to Activism
Speech delivered on 27 Feb 1984 at a Mises Institute dinner in her honor; relates how she wrote My Years With Ludwig von Mises, then calling her late husband an "activist of the mind" and encouraging others to become likewise
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Group:  Society Grouping of individuals interacting with each other
Upd   Articles If the State Falls, Does Society Crumble?
Discusses the situation in Iraq four years after the 2003 invasion and evaluates the question of "just how integral is the state to society?"
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles If the State Falls, Does Society Crumble?
Discusses the situation in Iraq four years after the 2003 invasion and evaluates the question of "just how integral is the state to society?"
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles The Egregiously Destructive War on Drugs
Discusses the adverse effects that the war on drugs has on innocent people who don't consume drugs
 
Place:  United States Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles Thomas Paine on Commerce
Selection of Thomas Paine quotes, from The Rights of Man, on trade, particularly between different nations and contrasted with war
 
Place:  Washington, D.C. The Nation's Capital
Upd   Articles How Empires Bamboozle the Bourgeoisie
Speech at the Mises Institute Supporter's Summit; comments on two issues related to the U.S. population reaching 300 million: what kind of economy is needed to support that population and do all these people need to live under the same central government
 
2 Mar 2024
Individual:  Bastiat, Frédéric 19th century French economist
Upd   Web Pages Frédéric Bastiat - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography, tables of contents to his works in French and English, timeline of his life and works, links to various editions of Bastiat's writings and links to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Blackstone, William 18th century English jurist, author of Commentaries on the Laws of England
Upd   Web Pages Sir William Blackstone - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography and links to various of Blackstone's works and links to selected quotations
 
Place:  California The Golden State
Upd   Articles California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Individual:  Chodorov, Frank Editor of two versions of The Freeman, at the Henry George School of Social Science and the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Web Pages Frank Chodorov - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short biography and links to his Fugitive Essays and to selected quotations
Upd   Bibliography Chodorov: A Selected Bibliography
Lists books, pamphlets and periodicals authored or edited by Chodorov; from the 1980 Liberty Fund edition of Fugitive Essays: Selected Writings of Frank Chodorov
 
Topic:  Deregulation Elimination of laws and rules imposed on an industry
Upd   Articles California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Topic:  Electric Power The production and distribution of electricity
Upd   Articles California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Topic:  Fascism Politico-economic system where the means of production are nominally in private hands but controlled by a combination of state and business interests
Upd   Articles Three New Deals: Why the Nazis and Fascists Loved FDR
Review of Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939 (2006) by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
 
Individual:  Flynn, John T. American journalist, author of The Roosevelt Myth
Upd   Articles Three New Deals: Why the Nazis and Fascists Loved FDR
Review of Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939 (2006) by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
Upd     John T. Flynn: A Prolific Critic
Section of the bibliographical essay "The Anti-interventionist Tradition: Leadership and Perceptions"
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Individual:  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Late 18th and early 19th German writer and scientist, author of Faust
Upd   Web Pages Johann Wolfgang von Goethe - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography and links to various of Goethe's works
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Jefferson on American Liberty
List of Thomas Jefferson quotations on the subjects of liberty, rights and government
Upd     The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
Upd   Books The Second Treatise of Civil Government
Partial contents: Of the State of Nature - Of the State of War - Of Slavery - Of Property - Of Paternal Power - Of Political or Civil Society - Of the Beginning of Political Societies - Of Conquest - Of Tyranny - Of the Dissolution of Government
 
Individual:  Hume, David 18th century Scottish philosopher
Upd   Writings My Own Life
 
Topic:  Inflation Popularly, a rise in prices of goods and services; in economics, monetary expansion
Upd   Articles California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Individual:  Jay, John First Chief Justice of the United States, co-author of the Federalist Papers
Upd   Web Pages John Jay - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography and links to various of Jay's works and links to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Jefferson, Thomas Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States
Upd   Articles Jefferson on American Liberty
List of Thomas Jefferson quotations on the subjects of liberty, rights and government
 
Individual:  La Boétie, Étienne de Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Upd   Web Pages Etienne de la Boétie - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, links to two versions of the Discourse and the complete works in French
 
Individual:  Lǎozǐ Ancient Chinese philosopher, author of the Dào Dé Jīng
Upd   Web Pages Lao Tzu - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short biography and links to quotes and works by the author
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Articles Jefferson on American Liberty
List of Thomas Jefferson quotations on the subjects of liberty, rights and government
 
Individual:  Locke, John 17th century English philosopher
Upd   Web Pages John Locke - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography, links to several related articles, to various versions of Locke's works and to selected quotations
Upd   Writings A Letter Concerning Toleration
Originally "Epistolia de Tolerentia", translated by William Popple
Upd   Books Authored The Second Treatise of Civil Government
Partial contents: Of the State of Nature - Of the State of War - Of Slavery - Of Property - Of Paternal Power - Of Political or Civil Society - Of the Beginning of Political Societies - Of Conquest - Of Tyranny - Of the Dissolution of Government
 
Individual:  Long, Roderick T. Professor of philosophy at Auburn University, president of the Molinari Institute
Upd   Writings The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
 
Individual:  Mill, James 18th/19th century Scottish economist
Upd   Web Pages James Mill - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography and links to several of Mill's works and to selected quotations
Upd   Writings Liberty of the Press
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
 
Topic:  Non-aggression principle The libertarian principle that no person should initiate force against another
Upd   Articles The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
 
Topic:  Press, Freedom of the Liberty to publish facts and opinion
Upd   Articles Liberty of the Press
 
Individual:  Reisman, George Professor of economics, author of Capitalism: A Treatise on Economics
Upd   Writings California's Energy Meltdown
Examines the causes underlying the problems of California's electric power system, countering those who claim they were due to deregulation and the free market
 
Topic:  Religion, Freedom of Liberty to practice any or no religion
Upd   Articles A Letter Concerning Toleration
Originally "Epistolia de Tolerentia", translated by William Popple
 
Topic:  Rights Powers and privileges one may properly claim as due
Upd   Articles Jefferson on American Liberty
List of Thomas Jefferson quotations on the subjects of liberty, rights and government
 
Individual:  Roosevelt, Franklin D. Thirty-second President of the United States
Upd   Articles Three New Deals: Why the Nazis and Fascists Loved FDR
Review of Three New Deals: Reflections on Roosevelt's America, Mussolini's Italy, and Hitler's Germany, 1933-1939 (2006) by Wolfgang Schivelbusch
 
Individual:  Spooner, Lysander Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical
Upd   Web Pages Lysander Spooner - Online Library of Liberty
Includes photo, short biography, link to chronological and thematic listing of Spooner's works, links to various editions of his writings and links to selected quotations
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles Jefferson on American Liberty
List of Thomas Jefferson quotations on the subjects of liberty, rights and government
 
Work:  Two Treatises of Government Books authored by John Locke, one attacks the divine right of kings and the other discusses his views on the proper role of government
Upd   Books The Second Treatise of Civil Government
Partial contents: Of the State of Nature - Of the State of War - Of Slavery - Of Property - Of Paternal Power - Of Political or Civil Society - Of the Beginning of Political Societies - Of Conquest - Of Tyranny - Of the Dissolution of Government
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles The Justice and Prudence of War: Toward A Libertarian Analysis
Examines the ethics of war from a libertarian viewpoint, considering both deontological (is war itself right or wrong) and consequentialist (are war's consequences right or wrong) perspectives
 
1 Mar 2024
Topic:  Anarchism Political philosophy that considers government unnecessary and advocates instead a stateless society
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Individual:  Aristotle Greek philosopher, tutor of young Alexander the Great
Upd   Web Pages Aristotle - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short biography and links to quotes and works by the author, in particular Constitution of Athens, The Nichomachean Ethics, The Politics and Posterior Analytics
 
Topic:  Bureaucracy A hierarchy of government officials, mostly unelected, that set policies, prescribe regulations and administer them
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Topic:  Business Commercial activities that provide goods and services
Upd   Articles The Businessman and the Defense of Capitalism
Chapter 1 of Part IX, "an explicit follow-up to the Schumpeter-based 'Can Capitalism Survive?'" (the lead essay in this volume); offers business leaders suggestions as to what to do and not to do in helping "the cause of freedom"
Upd     The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
Upd     The Businessman and the Defense of Capitalism
Chapter 1 of Part IX, "an explicit follow-up to the Schumpeter-based 'Can Capitalism Survive?'" (the lead essay in this volume); offers business leaders suggestions as to what to do and not to do in helping "the cause of freedom"
Upd     The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Individual:  Cobden, Richard Nineteenth century British politician, leading proponent of free trade
Upd   Web Pages Richard Cobden - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short biography, links to several of Cobden's writings and speeches and to related quotations
 
Topic:  Communism Socio-economic system in which private property rights are eliminated
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Economics, Austrian The school of economic thought founded by Carl Menger
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Thomas DiLorenzo
Asks DiLorenzo about an alternate career path, hobbies, biggest inspiration, the Mises Institute and Austrian tradition, his class at Mises academy, future works and words of wisdom for young scholars
 
Topic:  Ethics Branch of philosophy that studies the values that guide human conduct
Upd   Articles Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
 
Individual:  Fetter, Frank 20th century American professor of economics
Upd   Web Pages Frank A. Fetter - Online Library of Liberty
Includes short profile, picture and links to some of Fetter's writings
 
Group:  Foundation for Economic Education One of the oldest free-market organizations in the U.S., founded in 1946 to study and advance the freedom philosophy
Upd   Articles The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles Stiglitz is Wrong on Government
Criticizes the 1986 Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph E. Stiglitz paper "Externalities in Economies with Imperfect Information and Incomplete Markets", which posits that certain government interventions "can make everyone better off"
Upd     Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Individual:  Friedman, Milton 1976 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences
Upd   Web Pages Milton Friedman - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short profile and links to some podcasts about Friedman and some of his writings
 
Individual:  George, Henry Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty
Upd   Web Pages Henry George - Online Library of Liberty
Includes picture, short profile and links to some of George's writings and notable quotations
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
Upd     Stiglitz is Wrong on Government
Criticizes the 1986 Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph E. Stiglitz paper "Externalities in Economies with Imperfect Information and Incomplete Markets", which posits that certain government interventions "can make everyone better off"
Upd     Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
Upd     The Businessman and the Defense of Capitalism
Chapter 1 of Part IX, "an explicit follow-up to the Schumpeter-based 'Can Capitalism Survive?'" (the lead essay in this volume); offers business leaders suggestions as to what to do and not to do in helping "the cause of freedom"
 
Topic:  Health Care Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Topic:  Intellectual Property Laws Laws that grant monopoly rights on intellectual creations, such as patents and copyrights
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Place:  Iraq Territory in southwest Asia, ruled since 2005 by the Jumhūriyyat Al-‘Irāq
Upd   Articles Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
 
Group:  Justice, Institute for Libertarian public interest law firm
Upd   Articles We Shouldn't Have to Ask the State's Permission to Work
Discusses occupational licensing laws, focusing on the onerous requirements imposed by the state of Nevada
 
Individual:  La Boétie, Étienne de Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Liberty The right and ability to act and express oneself in a freely chosen manner
Upd   Bibliography An Introduction to the Study of Liberty - Works to Begin with - Online Library of Liberty
Nineteen titles, including works by Erasmus, Frédéric Bastiat, Gustave de Molinari, J. S. Mill, Lord Acton, Herbert Spencer, Thomas Mackay, Friedrich Hayek and Leonard Read
Upd     Classics of Liberty - Online Library of Liberty
More than 35 titles, including works by Hugo Grotius, Edward Coke, John Lock, Frédéric Bastiat, Thomas Paine, Thomas Jefferson, Voltaire, William Godwin, Lord Acton, David Hume, Thomas Hodgskin, J. S. Mill, John Milton and Ludwig von Mises
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
Upd     The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Topic:  Licensing, Occupational Laws and regulations that limit entry into or continued exercise of a particular occupation
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
Upd     We Shouldn't Have to Ask the State's Permission to Work
Discusses occupational licensing laws, focusing on the onerous requirements imposed by the state of Nevada
 
Topic:  Life Extension Methods for slowing or reversing aging and extending human life
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Topic:  Medicine The science and art of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Web Pages Ludwig von Mises - Online Library of Liberty
Includes photo, short biography and links to essays and study guides about Mises, to a timeline of his life and works, to various editions of his writings and to selected quotations
Upd   Articles Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
Upd     The Businessman and the Defense of Capitalism
Chapter 1 of Part IX, "an explicit follow-up to the Schumpeter-based 'Can Capitalism Survive?'" (the lead essay in this volume); offers business leaders suggestions as to what to do and not to do in helping "the cause of freedom"
 
Place:  Nevada The Battle Born State
Upd   Articles We Shouldn't Have to Ask the State's Permission to Work
Discusses occupational licensing laws, focusing on the onerous requirements imposed by the state of Nevada
 
Individual:  Nixon, Richard Thirty-seventh President of the United States, infamous for the Watergate scandal
Upd   Articles The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Topic:  Nonviolent Resistance Opposition to statist and authoritarian forces using protests, non-cooperation and other nonviolent methods
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Political philosopy Branch of philosophy that studies the nature of social organization and the proper functions of government
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles Stiglitz is Wrong on Government
Criticizes the 1986 Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph E. Stiglitz paper "Externalities in Economies with Imperfect Information and Incomplete Markets", which posits that certain government interventions "can make everyone better off"
 
Individual:  Rand, Ayn Objectivist philosopher, novelist
Upd   Articles Chris Matthew Sciabarra - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; short bibliographical essay
 
Individual:  Read, Leonard Founder of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Articles The Foundation for Economic Education: Success or Failure?
Adapted from remarks at FEE's 25th anniversary celebration in 1971; chapter 3 of part IX of Can Capitalism Survive?; also reprinted in The Freeman, May 1996
 
Work:  Road to Serfdom, The Book authored by Friedrich Hayek where he warned about the dangers of government central planning and criticized fascism and socialism
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Thomas DiLorenzo
Asks DiLorenzo about an alternate career path, hobbies, biggest inspiration, the Mises Institute and Austrian tradition, his class at Mises academy, future works and words of wisdom for young scholars
 
Individual:  Rockwell, Lew President of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and editor of LewRockwell.com
Upd   Writings Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
Upd     Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Web Pages Murray N. Rothbard - Online Library of Liberty
Includes short profile, photograph and links to some of his works
Upd   Articles Stiglitz is Wrong on Government
Criticizes the 1986 Bruce C. Greenwald and Joseph E. Stiglitz paper "Externalities in Economies with Imperfect Information and Incomplete Markets", which posits that certain government interventions "can make everyone better off"
Upd   Writings The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Individual:  Sciabarra, Chris Matthew Politics scholar at New York University, editor of The Journal of Ayn Rand Studies
Upd   Articles Chris Matthew Sciabarra - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; short bibliographical essay
 
Topic:  Self-ownership The principle that each individual owns his or her body and life
Upd   Articles How We Come to Own Ourselves
 
Topic:  Socialism Socio-economic system in which the means of production and distribution are under collective or government control
Upd   Articles Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
Upd     Socialized Medicine in a Wealthy Country
Discusses the view of socialized medicine held by left-socialists, examining the problems that existed in Soviet-controlled countries as well as current U.S. problems, and urges a "complete separation of health and state"
 
Individual:  Spencer, Herbert 19th century English philosopher
Upd   Web Pages Herbert Spencer - Online Library of Liberty
Includes photo, short biography and links to timeline of Spencer's life and works, to various editions of his writings and to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Spooner, Lysander Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Place:  United States Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America
Upd   Interviews Faculty Spotlight Interview: Thomas DiLorenzo
Asks DiLorenzo about an alternate career path, hobbies, biggest inspiration, the Mises Institute and Austrian tradition, his class at Mises academy, future works and words of wisdom for young scholars
 
Work:  Voluntary Servitude, Discourse on 16th century French text arguing that rulers stay in power due to the submissive and obedient behavior of the subjects
Upd   Articles The Political Thought of Étienne de La Boétie
Introduction to The Politics of Obedience: The Discourse of Voluntary Servitude (Free Life Editions, 1975), translated by Harry Kurz; summarizes the key insights of La Boétie's work
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Articles Immorality, Inc.
Argues that the lawlessness and violence in occupied Iraq is due to the immorality of modern day warfare and questions the claim that the U.S. invaded Iraq "to bring about freedom"
 
29 Feb 2024
Individual:  Böhm von Bawerk, Eugen Nineteenth century Austrian economist and minister of Finance
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Upd Source:  Bolick - Hero of the Day, Clint Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; describes Bolick's unusual biographical blurb at the Institute for Justice website as well as his struggles with the educational establishment over school vouchers
 
Individual:  Bright, John 19th century English Member of Parliament
Upd   Books Authored Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden. M. P. - in Two Volumes
Electronic text available at Online Library of Liberty; contents: Volume I: Free Trade and Finance - Volume II: War, Peace, and Reform; also edited by James E. Thorold Rogers
 
Individual:  Cantillon, Richard 18th century Irish economist
Upd   Web Pages Richard Cantillon - Online Library of Liberty
Includes short biography and link to the 1959 edition of the Essai
 
Topic:  Capital Goods Tools, machinery and other man-made elements used to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Individual:  Cobden, Richard Nineteenth century British politician, leading proponent of free trade
Upd   Books Authored Speeches on Questions of Public Policy by Richard Cobden. M. P. - in Two Volumes
Electronic text available at Online Library of Liberty; contents: Volume I: Free Trade and Finance - Volume II: War, Peace, and Reform; also edited by James E. Thorold Rogers
Upd     The Political Writings of Richard Cobden, Volume I
Electronic text available at Online Library of Liberty; contents: England, Ireland, and America. 1835 - Russia. 1836 - 1793 and 1853, in three letters
 
Topic:  Day Care Taking care of children while parents work
Upd   Articles How the Welfare State Corrupted Sweden
 
Topic:  Economic Resources Natural, human and man-made factors used in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Entrepreneurship Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Free Market The uncoerced, consensual exchanges of goods and services between individuals, antithesis of the State
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Labor Human physical and mental skills available to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Detailed biographical essay of "Freeborn John" concluding with reasons to use the modern term "libertarian" for him
 
Individual:  Lilburne, John 17th century English activist, advocate of "freeborn" rights and of a written constitution
Upd   Articles John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Detailed biographical essay of "Freeborn John" concluding with reasons to use the modern term "libertarian" for him
 
Topic:  Money The most commonly used medium of exchange
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Personal Responsibility Accepting the consequences of one's actions
Upd   Articles How the Welfare State Corrupted Sweden
 
Topic:  Press, Freedom of the Liberty to publish facts and opinion
Upd   Articles John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Detailed biographical essay of "Freeborn John" concluding with reasons to use the modern term "libertarian" for him
 
Topic:  Religion, Freedom of Liberty to practice any or no religion
Upd   Articles John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Detailed biographical essay of "Freeborn John" concluding with reasons to use the modern term "libertarian" for him
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Writings The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Individual:  Schumpeter, Joseph 20th century Austrian economist
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Self-Incrimination, Right Against The right not to bear witness against one's self
Upd   Articles John Lilburne: The First English Libertarian
Detailed biographical essay of "Freeborn John" concluding with reasons to use the modern term "libertarian" for him
 
Individual:  Sidney, Algernon 17th century British Member of Parliament
Upd   Web Pages Algernon Sidney - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography,links to two editions of Sidney's Discourses Concerning Government and selected quotations
 
Place:  Sweden Territory in northern Europe, ruled since 1905 by the Konungariket Sverige
Upd   Articles How the Welfare State Corrupted Sweden
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Individual:  Turgot, Anne Robert Jacques 18th century French economist
Upd   Articles The Brilliance of Turgot
Biography and review of Turgot's major writings; introduction to The Turgot Collection (2011), edited by David Gordon
 
Topic:  Unemployment The state of not being engaged in a gainful occupation
Upd   Articles How the Welfare State Corrupted Sweden
 
28 Feb 2024
Topic:  Health Care Preventive, diagnostic, therapeutic and other services related to the health of an individual
Upd   Articles Government Medical "Insurance"
Excerpt from Chapter 20. Written around the time of Hillarycare (Clinton's 1993 plan) but even more applicable now to Obamacare
 
Topic:  Medicine The science and art of preventing, diagnosing and treating disease
Upd   Articles Government Medical "Insurance"
Excerpt from Chapter 20. Written around the time of Hillarycare (Clinton's 1993 plan) but even more applicable now to Obamacare
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles Government Medical "Insurance"
Excerpt from Chapter 20. Written around the time of Hillarycare (Clinton's 1993 plan) but even more applicable now to Obamacare
 
Individual:  Rothbard, Murray N. Economist of the Austrian School, author of For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
Upd   Writings Government Medical "Insurance"
Excerpt from Chapter 20. Written around the time of Hillarycare (Clinton's 1993 plan) but even more applicable now to Obamacare
 
27 Feb 2024
Individual:  Chamberlain, John 20th century American journalist and author
Upd   Articles Memoirs of a Simple Honorable Man
Biographical and bibliographical essay on John Chamberlain, discussing some of the book reviews Chamberlain made earlier, republished in The Turnabout Years: America's Cultural Life, 1900-1950 (1991)
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Memoirs of a Simple Honorable Man
Biographical and bibliographical essay on John Chamberlain, discussing some of the book reviews Chamberlain made earlier, republished in The Turnabout Years: America's Cultural Life, 1900-1950 (1991)
 
Topic:  Politics The practices of guiding, influencing or controlling government
Upd   Articles Memoirs of a Simple Honorable Man
Biographical and bibliographical essay on John Chamberlain, discussing some of the book reviews Chamberlain made earlier, republished in The Turnabout Years: America's Cultural Life, 1900-1950 (1991)
 
26 Feb 2024
Individual:  Quesnay, François 18th century French Physiocrat economist, also trained in medicine
Upd   Articles The School and its Doctrines
Chapter II, discussing Quesnay and his writings
 
23 Feb 2024
Work:  analysis Monthly broadsheet published by Frank Chodorov between 1944 and 1951
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Upd Source:  Boaz - Hero of the Day, David Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist
 
Individual:  Bolick, Clint American attorney, co-founder of the Institute for Justice
Upd   Articles Clint Bolick - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; describes Bolick's unusual biographical blurb at the Institute for Justice website as well as his struggles with the educational establishment over school vouchers
 
Individual:  Chodorov, Frank Editor of two versions of The Freeman, at the Henry George School of Social Science and the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Topic:  Cold War The struggle between the so-called superpowers and their respective allies during the second half of the 20th century
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Topic:  Communism Socio-economic system in which private property rights are eliminated
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Topic:  Educational Freedom Absence of coercion in learning and educating
Upd   Articles Clint Bolick - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; describes Bolick's unusual biographical blurb at the Institute for Justice website as well as his struggles with the educational establishment over school vouchers
 
Place:  Europe By convention, a continent comprising the westernmost area of Eurasia
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Individual:  George, Henry Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Topic:  Imperialism Domination or control, by one country, of one or more other countries or territories
Upd   Articles Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Individual:  Mandeville, Bernard 18th century Dutch philosopher, physician and satirist
Upd   Web Pages Bernard Mandeville - Online Library of Liberty
Includes short biography, links to versions of Mandeville's works and to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Stromberg, Joseph R. Historian, research fellow at The Independent Institute
Upd   Writings Frank Chodorov: A Libertarian's Libertarian
Biographical essay on Frank Chodorov with emphasis on his foreign policy views, and his debates about the Cold War with William F. Buckley Jr. and William S. Schlamm in the pages of The Freeman
 
Place:  Wisconsin The Badger State
Upd   Articles Clint Bolick - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist; describes Bolick's unusual biographical blurb at the Institute for Justice website as well as his struggles with the educational establishment over school vouchers
 
22 Feb 2024
Topic:  American War Between the States Conflict between the U.S. northern and southern states, which seceded to form the Confederacy
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Anarchism Political philosophy that considers government unnecessary and advocates instead a stateless society
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Place:  Australia The smallest continent, its territory is ruled since 1942 by the Monarchy of Australia
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Boaz, David Executive vice president of the Cato Institute, author of Libertarianism: A Primer
Upd   Articles David Boaz - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist
 
Topic:  Children Sons and daughters; young persons, infants, adolescents
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Chodorov, Frank Editor of two versions of The Freeman, at the Henry George School of Social Science and the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Topic:  Education, Compulsory Attendance in schools that is mandated by laws
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Place:  France Territory in western Europe, ruled since 1958 by the République Française
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Individual:  Garrison, William Lloyd Nineteenth century American journalist and abolitionist
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  George, Henry Nineteenth century American self-taught economist, author of Progress and Poverty
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
Upd     Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Herbert, Auberon Nineteenth century English philosopher and Member of Parliament
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Jefferson, Thomas Author of the Declaration of Independence, third President of the United States
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Individual:  La Boétie, Étienne de Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Upd   Books Authored Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Electronic text of the 1942 English translation by Harry Kurz available at the Online Library of Liberty, in HTML, PDF and Kindle formats
 
Topic:  Labor Human physical and mental skills available to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Learning The process of acquiring knowledge or skills
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Topic:  Libertarianism Political philosophy that advocates freedom of action and thought for every human
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Work:  Liberty Periodical published from 1881 to 1908 by Benjamin Tucker where he and mutliple contributors developed the individualist anarchist philosophy
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  McElroy, Wendy Author, individualist feminist
Upd   Writings Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Nonviolent Resistance Opposition to statist and authoritarian forces using protests, non-cooperation and other nonviolent methods
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Oppenheimer, Franz German sociologist and economist, author of The State
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Topic:  Philosophy The study of questions about existence, knowledge and ethics
Upd   Bibliography Philosophy - Online Library of Liberty
Over 170 titles, including works by Plato, Aristotle, Cicero, Plutarch, Aquinas, Erasmus, Locke, Voltaire, Emerson, Adam Smith, Kant, Hume, J. S. Mill and Herbert Spencer
 
Topic:  Relationships Pairings of people for mutually satisfying purposes
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Religion, Freedom of Liberty to practice any or no religion
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Roosevelt, Franklin D. Thirty-second President of the United States
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Place:  Russia Territory in eastern Europe and northern Asia, ruled since 1991 by the Rossiyskaya Federatsiya
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  Self-ownership The principle that each individual owns his or her body and life
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Place:  Spain Territory in southwestern Europe, ruled since 1975 by the Reino de España
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Spencer, Herbert 19th century English philosopher
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Individual:  Spooner, Lysander Lawyer, abolitionist, entrepreneur, legal theorist and political radical
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Topic:  State, The The group of people that, having effective control over a government, benefit the most from the exercise of its power
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Individual:  Tucker, Benjamin American individualist anarchist, publisher of the 19th century Liberty periodical
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
Work:  Voluntary Servitude, Discourse on 16th century French text arguing that rulers stay in power due to the submissive and obedient behavior of the subjects
Upd   Books Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Electronic text of the 1942 English translation by Harry Kurz available at the Online Library of Liberty, in HTML, PDF and Kindle formats
 
Topic:  War Armed conflict between nations: "The Health of the State"
Upd   Bibliography War and Peace - Online Library of Liberty
More than 70 titles, including works by Erasmus, Hugo Grotius, Thomas Hodgskin, Daniel Webster, James Mill, Richard Cobden, Frédéric Bastiat, Herbert Spencer, William Graham Sumner, Ludwig von Mises and Frank Chodorov
 
Individual:  Warren, Josiah Nineteenth century American anarchist, founder of the Modern Times colony (now Brentwood, New York)
Upd   Articles Benjamin Tucker, Individualism, & Liberty: Not the Daughter but the Mother of Order
Bibliographical essay covering the people and radical movements that influenced Tucker in his founding and publishing of Liberty, its major themes and contributors
 
21 Feb 2024
Topic:  Economic Freedom Absence of coercion or controls over economic activities
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Work:  Freeman, The Flagship publication of the Foundation for Economic Education, published between 2 Oct 1950 and autumn of 2016
Upd   Reference Freeman: 1950-
Details the early history of the 1950 version of The Freeman from its inception as an alternative to Plain Talk, the editorships of Hazlitt and Chodorov and involvement by Leonard Read and the Foundation for Economic Education
 
Work:  Freeman, The Weekly magazine originated by Albert Jay Nock, published between 1920 and 1924
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Books Discourses Concerning Government
Partial contents: To depend upon the will of a man is slavery - God leaves to man the choice of forms in Government - That 'tis natural for Nations to govern, or to choose Governors - Government is not instituted for the good of the Governor
 
Individual:  La Boétie, Étienne de Sixteenth century French judge and poet, author of Discourse on Voluntary Servitude
Upd   Books Authored Oeuvres complètes d’Éstienne de la Boétie
Partial contents: Introduction - Discours de la Servitude volontaire - La Mesnagerie de Xénophon - Les règles de mariage de Plutarque - Lettre de consolation de Plutarque à sa femme - Lettres - Poemata - Vers françois - Vingt-neuf sonnets
 
Individual:  Mencken, H. L. Journalist, author of The American Language
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Individual:  Nock, Albert Jay Author of Our Enemy, The State, founder of The Freeman (1920-24)
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Upd Source:  Peart - Hero of the Day, Neil Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist
 
Individual:  Sidney, Algernon 17th century British Member of Parliament
Upd   Books Authored Discourses Concerning Government
Partial contents: To depend upon the will of a man is slavery - God leaves to man the choice of forms in Government - That 'tis natural for Nations to govern, or to choose Governors - Government is not instituted for the good of the Governor
 
Individual:  Wilson, Woodrow Twenty-eighth President of the United States
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
Topic:  World War I The "Great War", European conflict from 1914 to 1918 that extended to include the United States and some Asian and African nations
Upd   Articles Albert Jay Nock: A Gifted Pen for Radical Individualism
Biographical essay, including Nock's early life, editorship of The Freeman (1920-1924), and notable books and essays
 
20 Feb 2024
Individual:  Ebeling, Richard Professor of economics, former president of the Foundation for Economic Education
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Individual:  Friedman, Milton 1976 Nobel Prize winner in Economic Sciences
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Topic:  Gold Standard A monetary system in which currency values are defined in terms of gold
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Individual:  Hayek, F. A. Austrian economist, winner of the 1974 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Group:  Humane Studies, Institute for Assists graduate and undergraduate students interested in individual liberty
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Topic:  Nobel Prize Annual international awards in physics, chemistry, medicine, literature, peace and economics
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Work:  Road to Serfdom, The Book authored by Friedrich Hayek where he warned about the dangers of government central planning and criticized fascism and socialism
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
Upd   Reviews Hayek: A Commemorative Album
Review of Hayek: A Commemorative Album (1999) compiled by John Raybould
 
Individual:  Röpke, Wilhelm 20th century German economist
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Group:  Rush Canadian rock band
Upd   Articles Neil Peart - Hero of the Day
Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist
 
Individual:  Stigler, George 20th century American economist, winner of the 1982 Nobel Prize in economics
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Place:  Switzerland Territory in west central Europe, ruled since 1848 by the Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft - Confédération suisse - Confederazione Svizzera
Upd   Articles The Mont Pelerin Society's 50th Anniversary
Historical and anecdotal essay about the founding of the Mont Pelerin Society and its first meeting, including insights on post World War II Germany
 
Upd Source:  Welfare and the Welfare State
 
19 Feb 2024
Individual:  Block, Walter Professor of economics, Loyola University and Senior Fellow, Ludwig von Mises Institute
Upd   Blog WalterBlock.com—Austrian Economist and Libertarian Theorist
Posts from May 2013 to Dec 2023
 
Topic:  Capital Goods Tools, machinery and other man-made elements used to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Capitalism Economic system where the means of production are privately owned
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Individual:  Coke, Edward 17th century English jurist, drafter of the Petition of Right
Upd   Web Pages Sir Edward Coke - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography, links to various versions of Coke's works and to selected quotations
 
Topic:  Economics Study of the means that human beings use to satisfy their individually desired ends
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Entrepreneurship Managerial skills and willingness to take risks in the production of goods and services
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Place:  Europe By convention, a continent comprising the westernmost area of Eurasia
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Farming The business of agriculture
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Free trade Exchange of goods and services without barriers
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Place:  Germany Territory in north central Europe, ruled since 1990 by the Bundesrepublik Deutschland
Upd   Articles The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
Section 2 of chapter 10, "Nazism as a World Problem"; explains why it is incorrect to generalize from some supposedly representative persons of a given nation to a national "character"
 
Individual:  Goethe, Johann Wolfgang von Late 18th and early 19th German writer and scientist, author of Faust
Upd   Articles The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
Section 2 of chapter 10, "Nazism as a World Problem"; explains why it is incorrect to generalize from some supposedly representative persons of a given nation to a national "character"
 
Topic:  Government The group of people that exercises authority over a country or other political subdivision
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Individual:  Grotius, Hugo Seventeenth century Dutch jurist, author of De Jure Belli ac Pacis
Upd   Web Pages Hugo Grotius - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography, links to various versions of Grotius' works and to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Hutcheson, Francis 18th century Irish philosopher
Upd   Books Authored An Essay on the Nature and Conduct of the Passions and Affections, with Illustrations on the Moral Sense
Electronic text available at the Online Library of Liberty
 
Topic:  Labor Human physical and mental skills available to produce goods and services
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Individual:  Milton, John 17th century English poet, author of Paradise Lost
Upd   Web Pages John Milton - Online Library of Liberty
Includes portrait, short biography, links to timeline of his life and work, various versions of Milton's works and to selected quotations
 
Individual:  Mises, Ludwig von Austrian school economist, author of Human Action
Upd   Writings The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
Section 2 of chapter 10, "Nazism as a World Problem"; explains why it is incorrect to generalize from some supposedly representative persons of a given nation to a national "character"
 
Topic:  Prices Convey information between buyers and sellers
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Work:  Road to Serfdom, The Book authored by Friedrich Hayek where he warned about the dangers of government central planning and criticized fascism and socialism
Upd   Articles Friedrich A. Hayek (1899-1992)
Lengthy biographical essay, including Hayek's criticism of Keynes and the impact of The Road to Serfdom
Upd     F.A. Hayek accomplished several careers' worth of economic achievements in one lifetime
Bibliographic essay discussing the diverse scope of Hayek's works
 
Individual:  Say, Jean-Baptiste 18th-19th century French economist
Upd   Writings Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Upd Source:  Schoolland - Hero of the Day, Ken Biographical profile published by The Daily Objectivist
 
Topic:  Self-Esteem Confidence and respect in oneself
Upd   Articles The Fallacy of the Concept of "National Character"
Section 2 of chapter 10, "Nazism as a World Problem"; explains why it is incorrect to generalize from some supposedly representative persons of a given nation to a national "character"
 
Individual:  Smith, Adam Eighteenth century Scottish economist, author of The Wealth of Nations
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Taxation Compulsory contributions demanded by governments from individuals and other entities
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Topic:  Technology Practical application of engineering or technical processes
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter
 
Place:  United States Territory in central and northwest North America, ruled since 1788 by the United States of America
Upd   Articles Letters to Mr. Malthus, on Several Subjects of Political Economy, and on the Cause of the Stagnation of Commerce
Series of five letters from Say to Malthus, written in response to the latter's criticisms in Principles of Political Economy (1820); the letters were translated from the French by John Richter