[Here is a short talk I delivered a few days ago] To give a short talk on the work of the Mises Institute is like giving a short talk on the history of Europe or a two-minute introduction to the social sciences or a brief overview of the philosophy of mind. It is impossible to cover every point, so I would like to just sketch the rationale and
AEI libertarian Charles Murray has a new book advocating Milton Friedman’s bad old idea of a “negative income tax.” The feds should hand out the cash , Murray says, because “we” are so
Bernie Siegan, Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego Law School, has died at 81. The author of such books as Land Use Without Zoning and Economic Liberties and the Constitution , he was also distinguished for his beautiful manners. What a great gentleman he
Professor Ronald H. Nash, theologian, philosopher, and advocate of Austrian economics, has died. A famed teacher, he was the author of 35 books, an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute, and a gentle and effective advocate of the free
How sad to hear the news that Harry Browne (born June 17, 1933), author and long-time spokesman for libertarian causes, died yesterday, March 1, 2006. He was a man of great principle who courageously and consistently stood up for liberty even when his position clashed with mainstream political culture and public opinion. He was a great writer who
Some time ago, the Nobel Prize committee changed the definition of the antiwar prize to include activism for government welfare and environmentalism (exactly the sort of coercive redistributionism that undermines social peace). This was a direct betrayal of the founder, who had stipulated that the prize be awarded “to the person who shall have
More than three years ago, George Bush unleashed the dogs of war on Iraq, perhaps hoping that he would take his place among the “great” war presidents. It’s strange how these guys imagine themselves written about in history books in the manner of Washington, Lincoln, and FDR, rather than Truman, Johnson, and Nixon. It’s been more than half a
In his obit, Samuel Brittan astutely note s the differences on method between Friedman and the Austrians. Indeed, Friedman lived long enough to see a reaction against basing economics on discoverable numerical relationships and the revival of so-called Austrian methods which concentrated on predicting general features of interacting systems on the
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.