Classical liberals and libertarians, especially those who admire the works of the famous legal theorists and economist F.A. Hayek, are fond of pointing out that a free society requires the rule of law. Others, critical of this political tradition, note, however, that laws rule most societies, many of them quite tyrannical, so the rule of law has
A free market, capitalist, exchange, political, economic system is far more environmentally friendly than any statist system, including the welfare state, socialism (whether democratic or centrally planned), or fascism. To demonstrate this, I would like to engage in some conjectural history, that is, to imagine how the world might be different had
A los liberales clásicos y libertarios, especialmente a los que admiran las obras del famoso teórico de la ley y economista F. A. Hayek, les gusta señalar que una sociedad libre requiere el imperio de la ley. Otros, críticos con esta tradición política, señalan, sin embargo, que las leyes gobiernan la mayoría de las sociedades, muchas de ellas
Un sistema económico, político, de intercambio, capitalista, de libre mercado, es mucho más respetuoso con el medio ambiente que cualquier sistema estatista, incluidos el Estado benefactor, el socialismo (ya sea democrático o de planificación centralizada) o el fascismo. Para demostrarlo, me gustaría hacer un poco de historia conjetural, es decir,
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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.