It is good luck for the laborer if market conditions are such that a kind of work he is able to perform is lavishly remunerated; it is chance, not personal merit, if his innate talents are highly appreciated by his fellow men, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated...
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Men of influential and privileged status are rarely inclined to toss all their privileges aside to engage in the lonely and dangerous task of working outside the inherited political system, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
To conceal the fact that Marx invented his concept of ideology expressly to discredit the economists, he elevated it to the dignity of a general epistemological law, valid for all ages and for all branches of knowledge, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily, excerpted from the...
Indeed, deplorable conditions existed, but one must not blame the factory owners, who did all they could to eradicate them. These evils were caused by the economic order of the precapitalistic era — the “good old days”, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff...
Free trade and free markets, through the harmony of reciprocal benefits, advance the interest and happiness of all by each seeking his own personal utility and self-interest, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
This socialist or communist doctrine of “class struggle” fails entirely to take into account the essential difference between the conditions of a status or caste society and those of a capitalistic society, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily, excerpted from the audiobook...
The Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (ACTA) contravenes every principle of civilized society, both in its content and in the nature of the proceedings leading to its creation, writes Gennady Stolyarov II. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by the author.
The truth is that capitalism has poured a horn of plenty upon the masses of wage earners, who frequently did all they could to sabotage the adoption of those innovations that render their life more agreeable, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach...
When Jean-Baptiste Colbert died on September 6, 1683, there was celebration throughout France. In fact, only the soldiery prevented the populace from joyfully dragging Colbert’s body through the streets, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
If the blackmail offer is rejected, the blackmailer may exercise his rights of free speech and publicize the secret. There is nothing amiss here. All that is happening is that an offer to maintain silence is being made. If the offer is rejected, the blackmailer does no more than exercise his right...
The horror of starvation no longer terrifies men living in a capitalist society. He who is able to work earns much more than is needed for bare sustenance, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
The rebels’ overriding grievance was against the tax farmers and tax officials: “It is they who have forced [the peasants] to take up arms, changing their ploughshares for swords, in order to ask Your Majesty for justice or else to die like men.” This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach...
For the first time in the history of the world, I’m able to communicate with anyone in the world instantly, regardless of language. The great barrier of all of human history has been overcome, writes Jeffrey A. Tucker. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Steven Ng.
In deciding to hire a worker, the employer does not ask himself what the worker gets as take-home wages. The only relevant question for him is, What is the total price I have to expend to secure the services of this worker? This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
According to Louis XIV, a king is superhuman, a man who is above all and sees all and is the only one working for the “public” good, which is identical with his own, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
There is one small, seemingly insignificant detail that destroys the case against litter and the litterer. Litter can only take place in the public domain — never in the private domain, writes Walter Block. This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
Man chooses ultimate ends first and then the means to attain them. These acts of choosing are determined by thoughts about which the natural sciences do not know how to give us any information, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by John Pruden.
In a free market, an unemployed man has always chosen unemployment over working in a place, at a time, in a way, or for a wage that he dislikes, writes Ludwig von Mises (1881–1973). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
What manner of man was this, then, this grand bureaucrat who scorned the interests of mere individuals and merchants as petty and narrow, who presumed always to speak and act for the “national” and even “public” interest, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995). This audio Mises Daily is narrated by...
Take cover when you hear a political leader talking about economic affairs. You can bet a bad decision is incoming.
