Critics claim the market economy engages in "planned obsolescence" that encourages throwing good products into landfills. In fact, activities that might seem wasteful are the best use of resources. Original Article: "Do Free Markets Create a Wasteful "Landfill Economy"? Definitely Not" This

Despite its humble origins in 1930s Jamaica, Rastafarianism has evolved into a global liberation movement. Rastafarianism’s impact on popular culture has been phenomenal, its message of resistance resonating with people across the globe. Even in death, Bob Marley, probably the

The original Monetarists (Milton Friedman), Scott Sumner, and problems with Market Monetarism. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_38. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2022.

Some principles for understanding environmental issues. Can government steer energy use decisions to improve outcomes? Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_37. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2022.

Inequality is a good thing in the free market. Economic equality is a disastrous government policy that leads to economic ruin for all—including the poor and workers. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_36. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on

Robert Kagan is one of the most vigorous supporters of an “ideological” American foreign policy. America, in his view, should extend the blessings of liberal democracy worldwide, and in doing so, we necessarily act as a hegemonic power in the

We live in a world of constant cronyism. Nothing seems to change, no matter the party or the people in power. Was it always like this? Can we learn from it? Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU22_PPT_35. Recorded at the

Dear Friend, Summer 2022 is an uneasy time for America. But it's a hopeful time here in Auburn as our Mises U students arrive and our Fellows blossom as scholars. And we were thrilled to receive Per Bylund's new Austrian primer

Higher education signaling, grade inflation, federal aid and student debt, free speech, and university bureaucracy. Download the slides from this lecture at Mises.org/MU21_PPT_34. Recorded at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama, on 29 July 2022.

Bombing private property is bad. So, when someone bombed the pro-eugenics, antihuman Georgia "guidestones," we naturally condemned the bombing. But let's not pretend the monument was a good thing.  Original Article: "Toleration Does Not Require Calling Evil Good" This Audio Mises Wire is generously