Political Theory

Delivered at the Mises Institute’s 25th Anniversary Celebration, 13 October 2007, in New York City.

Our town council, who loves taxes like my cat loves cream is talking about a sales tax increase: a frequent subject of their deliberations.

But considering the future — as embodied by a mob of college-age kids willing to spontaneously party to benefit a 72-year-old grandfather who promises them nothing other than to leave them alone — maybe, just maybe, I should have a little more [hope].

Austrian economists argue that individuals’ preferences are relevant to resource allocation only to the extent that

The drive of the New Deal toward war once again reshuffled the ideological spectrum and the meaning of Left and Right in American politics.

More bon mots from Dr.

I blogged elsewhere the “Palmer on Patents” post below a couple years ago.

A few days ago, while searching online, I came across a mention that September 26 was Leonard Read’s birthday.

Humans have discovered the ethics of liberty over and over again throughout history.

It has been said that political movements which appear anemic, confined to the corner tables of