Coto Mixto: Anarchy in Galicia
A concrete example of an anarchic order existed within Spain, on the current border between Spain and Portugal, in the kingdoms of Castilla and Galicia. By “anarchy” I mean the abolition of centralized power, not the abolition of authority as leftists
The Whiskey Rebellion: A Model for Our Time?
The Free Market 12, no. 9 (September 1994) In recent years, Americans have been subjected to a concerted assault upon their national symbols, holidays, and anniversaries. Washington's Birthday has been forgotten, and Christopher Columbus has been denigrated as an evil Euro-White
Property Rights, Civilization, and Their Enemies
[This article is adapted from a lecture delivered at the Reno Mises Circle in Reno, Nevada. on May 20, 2023.] It is not an exaggeration to say that property rights are a prerequisite for civilization. As Ludwig von Mises wrote in
There’s No Place like Noam
Noam Chomsky's latest offering—a series of interviews—presents the best (and worst) of one of America's premier public intellectuals. Original Article: "There's No Place like Noam"
Opposing Critical Race Theory Doesn’t Make You a “White Supremacist”
Kimberlé Crenshaw, one of the founders of Critical Race Theory, recently decried what she called the "war on wokeness" (by which she seems to mean, a war on CRT). According to her, this "war on wokeness" is "the road to
Friday Feature: Sweetwater Scholé
Colleen Hroncich Like many creative educational options, Sweetwater Scholé is evidence that necessity is the mother of invention. Despite a career working to advance educational freedom and school choice, Randan Steinhauser’s original education plan for her children was pretty typical. “When it
The Rights We Give Up under “Marsy’s Law”
Walter Olson I’ve written before about the set of state constitutional amendments known as “Marsy’s Law,” promoted as a bill of rights for crime victims. While the details vary from state to state, common provisions found in the package can deprive persons
Do People Value Money Because They Need It to Pay Taxes?
Per Bylund joins Bob to discuss his new paper at the QJAE, which points out several flaws in the MMT claim that money is valued in order to pay taxes. Per's QJAE article: Mises.org/HAP398a
Edmund Phelps on Egalitarianism
The eminent economist Edmund Phelps is a “liberal” in the modern sense, not a libertarian, but in his recent book My Journeys in Economic Theory (Columbia University Press, 2023), he makes a number of points that those of us who