Professor Spengler’s, “Richard Cantiilon: Fist of the Modems,” published in 1954, remains the classic survey article of Cantillon’s contributions to economic thought. These contributions consist of views on population and related matters, theory of value, monetary theory, and international trade and finance. Many of his ideas became a part of the
Was Percy Shelley, the great English Romantic poet, a socialist? This may sound like an odd question, since, according to the Oxford English Dictionary , the word socialist was not even coined until 1833, that is, 11 years after Shelley died. Yet, despite the fact that Shelley could not have been aware of what we normally think of as socialist
Perhaps the best way of writing an introduction for this most welcome French translation of Ethics of Liberty is to discuss what has happened to libertarianism since the book’s original publication in 1982. Any such history can be divided into first, the development of libertarian theory, and second, its spread throughout the opinions and views of
In this article, Enrico Colombatto reviews Joseph E. Stiglitz’ Globalization and Its Discontents . Volume 18, Number 1 (2004) Colombatoo, Enrico. “Review of Joseph E. Stiglitz, Globalization and Its Discontents.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 18, No. 1 (2004):
On college campuses across the country, there has been an escalating uproar concerning labor conditions in less economically developed regions of the world. Many student organizations—such as the United Students Against Sweatshops (USAS)—propose to improve the conditions of the world’s poor by boycotting clothing made under the “sweatshop”
In this article, J.H. Huebert reviews Richard A. Posner’s Catastrophe: Risk and Response . Volume 20, Number 4 (2006) Huebert, J.L. “ Catastrophe: Risk and Response by Richard A. Posner.” Journal of Libertarian Studies 20, No. 4 (2006):
In this article, Leigh Kathryn Jenco reviews William T. de Bary’s N obility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good , and William C. Kirby’s Realms of Freedom in Modern China . Volume 20, Number 4 (2006) Jenco, Leigh K. “ Nobility and Civility: Asian Ideals of Leadership and the Common Good by William T. de Bary and Realms
When I first received Milton Friedman’s letter in response to my article “Hayek’s Road to Serfdom” I did not realize it would lead to more. Over the past few years I have shared these letters with several colleagues, friends, and students. However, such are his fame and accomplishments that I thought these back and forth letters might be of
The present paper is the continuation of an intra-libertarian debate over immigration. Previous contributions to this dialogue on the open borders side include Block, 1998, 2004A, 2011; Block and Callahan, 2003; Gregory and Block, 2007. The restricted borders argument includes Hoppe 1995, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2002. Volume 22, Number 1 (2011) Block,
In Guns, Germs, and Steel (1997) and Collapse (2005), Professor Jared Diamond argues that geography and environment are the “ultimate determinants” of the fates of societies This paper examines Jared Diamond’s success in explaining the broad pattern of history within the context of geographical and environmental considerations. Volume 22, Number 1
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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.