Mises Daily : Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism

Libertarian Centralizers

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:38:00 -0600

The Founders knew that the only way to protect liberty was not to strengthen the central government but to divide and decentralize power as much as possible. Libertarian centralism, dreaming about the great laissez-faire revolution by the judiciary, is just another form of "enlightened" despotism.

Barter in Prehistoric Times

Wed, 15 Feb 2012 01:39:00 -0600

The history of primitive peoples shows that the desire to trade and barter is a universal human characteristic.

USPS: The Cursed Carriers

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:38:00 -0600

It's pathetic that a government-enforced monopoly continues to lose money.

Further Implications of Human Action

Tue, 14 Feb 2012 01:38:00 -0600

Let us trace the relations among consumers' goods and producers' goods by considering a typical human end.

Street Freak

Mon, 13 Feb 2012 01:39:00 -0600

Street Freak is a great American success story — with a twist. The book is hard to put down.