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Cartman Shrugged

As South Park demonstrates, for all the tendencies toward conformism and mediocrity in American pop culture, the diversity and competitiveness of its outlets sometimes allow creativity to flourish—and in the most unexpected places.

A New Year's Resolution for Macroeconomists

What has the profession learned about the financial cycle and macroeconomics?

Refusing to Disarm: Lexington and Concord

The Americans were more than willing to disperse but not to disarm.

A Free Money Miracle?

Did a monetary miracle occur in a small town in Austria in the midst of the Great Depression?


The Circle Bastiat

Hunter Lewis: Here's Another Reason Why The Government's Budget Deficit Figures Are Phony Baloney
There is so much in the government's official deficit figures  that is phony it is hard to say what is real. But we should add at least $89 billion to the official deficit figure. To see why, we need a bit of background. The US go ... More »

Daniel J. Sanchez: Help Us Make "The Free Market" Even Better
Now in its 31st year, the Mises Institute’s monthly newsletter, The Free Market, is expanding into a longer, more diverse publication with more articles and interviews, plus Institute Alumni news, and the latest news from our Donors, M ... More »

Peter G. Klein: The French Roots of the Scottish Enlightenment
Gavin Kennedy offers a nice review of Alexander Brodie's 2012 book, Agreeable Connexions: Scottish Enlightenment links with France. Hayek, of course, locates the roots of classical liberalism in the 18th-century Scottish philosophers such as ... More »

Mark Thornton: NBER's Golden Dilemma
NBER has just published a paper, The Golden Dilemma. by Claude B. Erb and Campbell R. Harvey. The paper examines several issues regarding the use of gold in financial portfolios. It finds that many of the arguments for owning gold are questionable. F ... More »

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Liberty Defined

In Liberty Defined, congressman and #1 New York Times bestselling author Ron Paul returns with his most provocative, comprehensive, and compelling arguments for personal freedom to date. The book is a... More »

Nullification: How to Resist Federal Tyranny in the 21st Century

The political agenda of the old liberals was not merely to limit the size of the government but also its scope. That means that lower orders of government have rights against higher ones. In the Ameri... More »

Economics in One Lesson

Henry Hazlitt wrote this book following his stint at the New York Times as an editorialist. His hope was to reduce the whole teaching of economics to a few principles and explain them in ways that peo... More »

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