Harvard University

Stop All Federal Funding of Universities

President Trump‘s threat to withhold $9 billion from Harvard University is being framed in the legacy media and academia as a threat to Harvard‘s academic freedom. But there is a pertinent question no pundits are even asking: Why are taxpayers being forced to give Harvard $9 billion?

Mises Wire Connor O'Keeffe
Lexington Concord

1775: Putting Tyrants on the Run

While establishment historians claim that the British government had no intentions of depriving American colonists of their liberties, actual history tells a different story. Things came to a head April 19, 1775, touching off the American Revolution.
James Bovard
Keynesian multiplier

The Keynesian Multiplier Is a Dangerous Myth

Keynesians claim that through the “multiplier,” a country can spend itself into prosperity. All that is needed is for government to tax, borrow, print money and spend, and prosperity will follow. Austrian Economists, however, are not fooled by such myths.
Frank Shostak
Economic crisis

A Crisis Was Ordered Long Ago

The ruling classes and their media blamed the 2008 financial crisis on free markets and too little government regulation. However, because the Federal Reserve promised to help cover losses in financial markets, it practically invited reckless behavior.
George Ford Smith
International peace

Realism as a Libertarian Foreign Policy

What is a proper libertarian foreign policy? Murray Rothbard wrote that first and foremost, a peaceful and realistic policy means not invading other countries and working to end wars as quickly as possible. 
Aaron Sobczak
What Has Government Done to Our Money?
In the last few years, many Americans have started to see the truth about the Federal Reserve. Putting this book in their hands at this moment will have a profound effect for the better.
Various Locations

This spring, students from across the US are participating in Mises Book Clubs led by scholars at various universities and colleges. These student groups promote deep reading in Austrian economics.

Auburn, AL

Research Fellowships at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, are available to graduate students and post-docs interested in scientific research in the Austrian school and libertarian political economy.

Economics for Beginners

Our Complex World

Complexity: Liberty vs. Power

Can we find freedom and opportunity in an uncertain future? This series explores the complex systems that shape our world.
The Costs of the Progressives

Progressivism

The battle between American individualism and modern progressive collectivism.
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