How to Fix the Housing Crisis
They keep trying and trying with ever-worse results. There is no middle way to solve the housing crisis. The real help for underwater homeowners will only arrive when Fannie, Freddie, and the rest are allowed to fail.
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Law without the State
The elimination of the state will not lead to lawless chaos. Not only will market law be more efficient; it will also be more equitable than the government alternative.
Liberty and Shakespeare
What if, instead of Marxist or quasi-Marxist paradigms, literary critics adopted the theories of free-market economics?
Immigration and Misplaced Blame
Many have misdirected their anger toward illegal immigrants or the businesses that hire them. Their outrage should be aimed at the state.
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Mises Daily: Mises Daily: Tuesday, November 1, 2011
Are Government Jobs Productive? by Ryan P. Long The government creates a demand for these services out of thin air: the existence of ambassadors is what leads to the work done by ambassadors. They do not take their services t ... More »
David Veksler: New Mises.org torrents posted!
New torrent files are available for all of Mises.org (270 GB) and books only (8.6 GB). (The complete torrent includes the books.) For more information on Mises.org bittorrent dumps, see the original original announcement and the follow-up. Remember ... More »
Per Bylund: Open Letter to the Mayor of Lviv
Some may remember the search for and the final success in finding Ludwig von Mises birthplace in the Ukrainian town of Lviv. Then, at the 130th anniversary of Mises's birth, a conference was organized to celebrate the life and works of Ludwig von ... More »
Brandon Hill: Lew Rockwell on Freedom Watch with Judge Napolitano tonight.
Don't miss it! Airs Monday, 10/31/2011, 8PM & 11PM ET. ... More »
Jeffrey Tucker: Larry Summers and His Magic Cure
The central irony of financial crisis is that while it is caused by too much confidence, too much borrowing and lending and too much spending, it can only be resolved with more confidence, more borrowing and lending, and more spending. ~ Lawrence Sum ... More »
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The Market Stars in Margin Call by Doug French The movie depicts individuals grappling with the unwinding of a bubble and the inevitable fallout that takes place. Fortunes are lost, jobs are lost, and relationships destroyed. ... More »
Jeffrey Tucker: The phony troop pullout
Only government could come up with something like this: The Obama administration plans to bolster the American military presence in the Persian Gulf after it withdraws the remaining troops from Iraq this year, according to officials and diplomats ... More »
Stephan Kinsella: Speaking on "Why Intellectual Property is not Genuine Property" at Adam Smith Forum, Moscow
The 3rd Adam Smith Forum is being held Nov. 12, 2011 in Moscow. This is an impressive event, organized by the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom, the Libertarian Party of Russia, and others. The Chairman of the ASF Steering Committee is economist P ... More »
Douglas French: “Politics is entertainment."
Those are words of veteran Republican political consultant Roger J. Stone Jr. who is lending a hand to stand-up comedian Steve Berke who is running for mayor of Miami Beach. Berke is described by The New York Times as,a libertarian member of hi ... More »
Justin Ptak: The Austrian Business Cycle Theory in a Major Motion Picture
The new film Margin Call is a tale of a Lehman-like collapse and a Goldman Sachs-like crony return that is the first to even try to explain the Austrian Business Cycle Theory in a major studio film even though they do miss the cause of these fluctuat ... More »
- When are we going to stop citing RJ Rummel?
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- Is it truly possible to escape collectivism?
- What religion is the most pro-free market?
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