1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (193+ words) The standard narrative is that policing and imprisonment are necessary tools to keep the public safe from criminals. But it also would seem that these things are useful tools for a state that wishes to dominate its citizens. Hayek’s contribution…...

1+ mon, 4+ week ago   (180+ words) A critique of the German “Socialists of the Chair” and their social policy—by way of the Methodenstreit, the clash of control versus economic law, and Max Weber—showing how “social liberalism” abandons liberalism itself. How German “anti-Marxism,” including national…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (160+ words) Mises argues that modern civilization rests on liberalism and capitalism, and can be destroyed only from within—by the spread of antiliberal ideas, not by any outside enemy. Chapter 5: The Future of Liberalism Mises argues that modern civilization rests on…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (133+ words) Mises defends his use of the word: true liberalism is defined by private ownership of the means of production, and he explains why he keeps the name despite its distorted modern usage. Appendix 2: On the Term “Liberalism” Mises defends his…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (154+ words) Why liberalism differs from interest-based parties, the crisis of parliamentary government, and the misleading charge that liberalism is merely the “party of capital.” Chapter 4: Liberalism and the Political Parties Why liberalism differs from interest-based parties, the crisis of parliamentary government,…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (152+ words) Liberalism applied to world affairs: national self-determination, free trade and freedom of movement as the foundations of peace, and critiques of nationalism, imperialism, and colonialism. Chapter 3: Liberal Foreign Policy Liberalism applied to world affairs: national self-determination, free trade and freedom…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (165+ words) The first principles of liberal politics—private property, freedom, peace, and equality before the law—with a critique of the doctrine of force, fascism, and the proper limits of government. Chapter 1: The Foundations of Liberal Policy The first principles of…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (161+ words) Mises's guided reading list of the essential works of liberal thought, from Hume, Smith, and Bentham onward, for readers who want to study the tradition in depth. Appendix 1: On the Literature of Liberalism Mises’s guided reading list of the essential…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago   (176+ words) Tom Woods frames Ludwig von Mises's book around a single question—when the state may legitimately initiate force—and the classical liberal’s insistence on a very high threshold for it. Tom Woods frames Ludwig von Mises’s book around a single…...

2+ mon, 3+ week ago   (124+ words) As technology advances, progressives believe that this time, all of their social engineering and attempts to establish socialism will finally come to fruition. They are in for a rude surprise.Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/institutional-closure-why-managed-directivism-breeds-its-own-collapse Institutional Closure: Why Managed Directivism Breeds Its…...