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Help Us Publish These Three New Books

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 16:05
Help us bring crucial truths about economics and history to laymen by supporting our publication efforts this year!

Low Time Preference Leads to Civilization

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 16:00
Economists use time preference to explain the existence of interest, but the ability of people to postpone some present consumption in order to save for the future has much broader social ramifications.

Opposing Military Intervention: Loving Dictators or Hating War?

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:00
Why have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans love bloody dictators like Adolph Hitler.

Opposing Military Intervention: Loving Dictators or Hating War?

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 13:00
Why have some Americans opposed this nation’s involvement in foreign wars? According to Jacob Heilbrunn of The National Interest, it is because those Americans love bloody dictators like Adolph Hitler.

What Is the Purpose of Economic Theory?

Fri, 04/26/2024 - 08:00
Mainstream economists believe that economic theory is valid when it “predicts” economic actions or trends. Austrian economists, however, say that the purpose of economic theory is to explain economic events.

Javier Milei vs. the Status Quo

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 16:00
Unsurprisingly, Javier Milei’s free-market and antistate initiatives face opposition in Argentina. Whether he is successful depends on his being able to politically outlast his collectivist opposition.

Why the West Is Giving Up on Individual Rights

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 13:00
Individual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with collectivism.

The Danger of the West’s Neglect of Individual Rights

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 13:00
Individual rights originated in Western thinking. Today, it is the West that produces the ruling class that disdains individual rights and replaces them with collectivism.

The Evil of War

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 12:00

Abolish the CIA and FBI

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:30
Ryan and Tho discuss Tucker Carlson's recent interview with Joe Rogan, and why he's right about America's dangerous "security" agencies.

Woods Exposes the Federal Reserve System

Thu, 04/25/2024 - 08:00
Tom Woods has put his considerable skills to work exposing the dangers caused by the Federal Reserve System. George Ford Smith reviews his latest book that gives intellectual ammunition to his case.

Privatize Driver's Licenses

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 16:00
People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we want to avoid.

Driver’s Licenses Waive Personal Responsibility and Contribute to Disorder on the Road

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 16:00
People often stubbornly hold to false beliefs, one of them being that government regulation of driving prevents chaos. However, the opposite seems to be true: government involvement in anything, including driving a car, creates the chaos we claim we want to avoid.

Preface

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 15:15
Preface to Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.

Chapter 2. Political Anarchy Is How the West Got Rich

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 15:15
Chapter 2 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.

Chapter 5. Secession as a Path to Self-Determination

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 15:15
Chapter 5 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.

Chapter 8. Why the US Supports Secession for Africans, but Not for Americans

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 15:15
Chapter 8 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.

Chapter 11. How Small Is Too Small?

Wed, 04/24/2024 - 15:15
Chapter 11 of Breaking Away: The Case for Secession, Radical Decentralization, and Smaller Polities.

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