Mises Wire Noah Smith has a new Bloomberg column titled, “Milton Friedman Got Another Big Idea Right.” Specifically, Smith points to a new paper that apparently confirms Friedman’s famous “plucking model” of …
The management methods and practices that have been gathered under the term agile claim the status of a Copernican Revolution. Agile reverses the traditional view of business revolving around the …
A question and answer period with Joseph Salerno and Murray Rothbard. Recorded at “The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice,” hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia; September …
Titus Gebel has a PhD in international law, and has written a book, Free Private Cities: Making Governments Compete For You. Bob discusses Titus’ proposal and how it differs from other …
The Free Market is a summary term for an array of exchanges that take place in society. Each exchange is undertaken as a voluntary agreement between two people or between …
City Council in London, Ontario recently decided to explore their options for regulating “short-term rentals” arranged through companies such as Airbnb, HomeAway, etc. The motion was brought forward by Councillor …
Includes an introduction by Lew Rockwell. Recorded at “The Federal Reserve: History, Theory and Practice,” hosted by the Mises Institute at Jekyll Island, Georgia; September 4-7, 1986. Mises WireThe Mises …
Both economic decisions and political decisions involve choices and tradeoffs. The difference is that economic decisions are ultimately informed and rely upon monetary prices, revenues and costs. Political decisions, meanwhile, …
[Leon Trotsky • By Irving Howe • Viking Press, 1978 &bull 214 pages. This review originally appeared in Libertarian Review, March 1979.] Leon Trotsky has always had a certain appeal …
It has been widely, vividly, but nonetheless wrongly believed that socialism is the appropriate system to improve the living standards of Africans. Worse yet, it has been misleadingly claimed that …