Mises Daily : Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism

From Spencer's 1884 to Orwell's 1984

Thu, 20 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

It is more than a grim coincidence that Herbert Spencer, in his great book Man vs. the State, was warning of the coming slavery in 1884, and that George Orwell, in our time, has predicted that the full consummation of this slavery will be reached in 1984, exactly one century later.

Unshackling the Fed

Wed, 19 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

The very idea that the FOMC would function as faithful monetary eunuchs was sheer fantasy.

Why This Gigantic "Intelligence" Apparatus?

Tue, 18 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Consider the sheer idiocy of paying legions of twenty-somethings who cannot speak Arabic, Farsi, or Pashtun, and who know practically nothing of the history, customs, folkways, and traditions of these places.

Why Be Libertarian?

Mon, 17 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Why be libertarian, anyway? Why engage in a deep and lifelong commitment to the principle and the goal of individual liberty?

Language as Action

Fri, 14 Jun 2013 00:00:00 -0500

Being a type of spontaneous order, it is no surprise that language is subject to the same kinds of centrally-planned disruptions as economic systems.