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Read Rothbard

With Mises University 2013 behind us, I thought this was an opportune moment to look at Rothbard’s major works and suggest a program for reading them. It is not strictly necessary that you read them in my recommended order, of course, but I think in terms of difficulty level and subject matter, the following program makes sense.

Declare Detroit a Free City

All that Detroit really needs is economic freedom and secure property rights. Give Detroit its freedom from all manner of government, including the federal government.

The Libertarian Paradox

A child will say, “I had it first.” There is an intuitive sense according to which the first user of a previously unowned good holds moral priority over latecomers.

Insuring Deposits, Ensuring Insolvency

The US government is trying to implement the 21st century version of the Glass-Steagall Act of 1933.


The Circle Bastiat

David Gordon: Judge Napolitano at Mises University
Mises University this year featured a  conference within the conference.  The distinguished jurist and television commentator Judge Andrew Napolitano offered a course of five lectures on The Growth of the Commerce Clause as an Instrument of ... More »

Peter G. Klein: Central Bank Organization
A new NBER working paper by Ricardo Reis (unfortunately gated) tackles Central Bank Design. I've written a little on this myself, and gave a lecture Saturday at Mises University on Microeconomics of Central Banking elaborating on my ideas. I' ... More »

Joseph Salerno: Plutocracy in Action
Those who still believe the hogwash that the the United States is a two-party, representative democracy should ponder the following. On Wednesday, the amendment to the Defense Appropriations Act of 2014 proposed by libertarian-leaning Rep. Justin Am ... More »

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