The Complex Legacy of George Orwell
While most of us know George Orwell as an authoritative critique of totalitarianism, few people know he was a committed socialist and a lifelong defender of communist Leon Trotsky. While…
Historical Revisionism: What It Is and What It Is Not
Historical revisionism is nothing new, and recent attempts to label an “antiracist” approach to history have wrongly been called “revisionist.” To better understand revisionism, one must first be grounded in…
All States are Empires of Lies
Most economists are political apologists masquerading as economists. They are Rothbard’s “court historians” with degrees in economics instead of history.
QJAE: Common Fallacies in the 2023 Debt-Ceiling Debates
This article investigates the veracity of three claims made by current and former government officials in the context of the 2023 debt-ceiling debates.
QJAE: The Myth of the Price Premium
Is the price premium proposed by Irving Fisher an incoherent concept, as Rothbard argued? Hansen suggests a Mises-Rothbard premium based on the Cantillon effect to explain persistently low interest rates.
JLS: Libertarian Film Critics in the Late Twentieth Century: A Brief Introduction
Men like Murray Rothbard, John Hospers, and David Brudnoy are just a few of the libertarian names who aimed to bring film criticism to the readers of libertarian literature.
Congress Should Fire Jerome Powell
The Fed wants independence so it can serve the interests of the banker class. There is no higher principle here. There is only power.
Congress Should Fire Jerome Powell
Congress ought to at least teach Powell, the Fed, and its banker friends a few much-needed lessons.
Education Was an Important Election Issue, But Not as You Might Think
Neal McCluskey When it comes to the most important issues in the just-completed presidential election, education was not likely among them, coming in sixth in recent Gallup polling behind the…
Discrimination and Opportunities for Women
Wage differences between men and women often are automatically attributed to sex discrimination against women. However, as research has shown time and again, other factors such as preferences are much…