(as posted on leeweishar.com 7/4/2012) It’s important to learn as much as we can on the concepts of freedom, because if we don’t understand what it is and where it came from, we might as well say goodbye; we won’t see it
History 
The New Tories
Excerpted from The Man versus the State, 1884, reprinted from Mises.org Most of those who now pass as Liberals are Tories of a new type. This is a paradox which I propose to justify. That I may justify it, I
Early Secular Communism
[This article is excerpted from An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought (1995), volume 2, chapter 9: "Roots of Marxism: Messianic Communism," section 2, "Secularized Millennial Communism: Mably and Morelly." Reprinted from Mises.org] During the havoc and upheaval
Mises Canada Presents the Great Debate: Was Milton Friedman a Libertarian?
As the centenary of his birth approaches, the ever disputed question of Milton Friedman’s bona fides as a libertarian is settled once and for all in this no-holds-barred smack down between Walter Block and Paul Geddes. Don’t miss it! Sponsored
The Dummy’s Guide to the US Banking Crisis
Originally posted on CreditWritedowns.comon September 24, 2008 Whenever I wade into a new topic like digital photography, gardening or what have you, I visit the local bookstore and get a “For Dummies” book to guide me. I figure that it’s
Bilderberg 2012 – Final List of Participants
The latest Bilderberg Meeting is on in Chantilly, Virginia, and in the interest of transparency, we thought we might republish the participant list here. In the past, the Bilderberg Group was reluctant to share this list, but possibly because of
The Juice that Defied an Empire
What’s great about POM Wonderful? Sure, this pomegranate juice tastes great. POM is one of the few drinks that seems to have the same scrunch-up-your-mouth effect that you get with a bold dry red wine. When I was a kid,
Memory Hole: Socialist Failures
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com What is the longest-running socialist experiment? What has its success been? If someone asked you to defend the idea that socialism has failed, what would you offer as your example? Where did modern socialism begin? In America.
Money and Gold in the 1920s and 1930s: An Austrian View
Originally appeared in the October 1999 • Volume: 49 • Issue: 10 of the Freeman In consecutive issues of The Freeman, Richard Timberlake has contributed an interesting trilogy of articles advancing a monetarist critique of the conduct of U.S. monetary
In Defense of Conspiracy Theory
Did you know that the American public school system was modeled after 19th century Prussia and was designed to condition children toward obedience and subordination?  Did you know that Abraham Lincoln was once quoted to have said during one of
Austrian AV Club – Dave Howden on the Penny and Budgetary Chaos
Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada.
Austrian AV Club – Doug French on Speculative Bubbles then and now
Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada.
Murdoch tweets about money printing and inflation, reality won’t be far behind
Originally posted at http://joannenova.com.au The game is up when everyone knows the only way out is printing money, because then everyone knows inflation is coming, and the bun-fight begins. Everyone wants the wage rise, the payment now, and to buy the
Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman – Video and Transcript
Congressman Ron Paul on Professor Paul Krugman’s views: “[Krugman] believes in big government, from what I read and hear, and I believe in very small government. I emphasize personal liberties. I don’t like a managed economy, whether it’s through central
Death by Environmentalism
Like those who were of age the day John F. Kennedy was assassinated, most people can remember intimate details of what they were doing when they first heard that the space shuttle Challenger had exploded. To compound the tragedy, millions
‘Liberal Democracy’ – Ideal? or Oxymoron?
Democracy gets a good press these days (the last couple of centuries’ worth of days). People tend to identify democracy with freedoms – the various liberal freedoms we lovers of liberty extol. But this reputation is ill-gained, once we look
Murray Rothbard on the EU – 1989
Murray Rothbard on the EU, ECB and the currency union from 1989. Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada.
Redmond Weissenberger on the Peter Schiff Show
Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada.
Remembering Corporate Liberalism
Originally appeared at Austro-Athenian Empire The main plotline of the Star Wars prequel trilogy concerns an apparent conflict between the central government (the Senate) on the one hand and a coalition of mercantile interests (the Trade Federation, the Commerce Guild,
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