Mises Institute

One of the legacies of Keynesian thought is the belief that war is “good for the economy.” While war may help enable employment, nonetheless, its overall legacy is destructive, and even the jobs war “creates” are economically undesirable.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-wont-die-war-good-economy

However one may turn the matter, one cannot discover any reason why an ideological distortion of truth should be more useful to the bourgeoisie than a correct theory.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-daily/ideological-impregnation-thought

Despite the claims of the chartalists and modern monetary theory advocates, early American monetary history tells a much different story. In fact, much of the historical evidence illustrates Menger’s theory.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/barter-media-exchange-and-colonial-america

Government corruption isn’t an anomaly. It is part of the system itself. We should expect government to be corrupt. Free markets are the antidote to this corruption.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/corruption-system

The existence of the arsenal makes the State of Israel ineligible for US aid under US law. This is a problem for US supporters of military and economic aid to the State of Israel.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-us-regime-pretends-israels-nuclear-weapons-dont-exist

The real founders of economic science actually wrote hundreds of years before Adam Smith.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/true-founders-economics-school-salamanca

By opposing justice and throwing aside the facts of hard science, the Duke faculty and administration damaged all of higher education during the infamous lacrosse hoax.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/duke-faculty-and-administration-damaged-intellectual-foundations-higher-education

The process of naturalization is a government-created “right” with no basis in property rights. In other words, there is no libertarian case for birthright citizenship.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/there-no-property-rights-case-birthright-citizenship

For Rothbard — as for Locke — it is not the use of force that is disputable, but the use of force against peaceful and innocent people.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/ethics-state-and-just-war-some-notes-rothbards-libertarianism

America’s industrial revolution didn’t just happen. It came about because of the free market initiatives that came from the Andrew Jackson presidency.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-jacksonians-caused-americas-industrial-revolution