What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »What Is the Purpose of Economic Theory?
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »Creating Wealth: The Cantillon or the Smith Way
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »What the Campus Protesters and Their Critics Get Right and Wrong
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »The Austrian – 2023 V-09 I-06
What is the Mises Institute? The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard. Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order....
Read More »Jetzt anmelden! 18. Juni 2024 🥳
Am Dienstag, 18. Juni 2024 feiern wir unser 10-jähriges Bestehen. begeben wir uns zurück an den Ort der Gründung bei der ECOFIN an der Zollikerstrasse 41, 8008 Zürich. Ablauf – in Bearbeitung: 1730 Eintreffen 1800 Begrüssung (Martin Hartmann) 1815 Anarchisten in einer Demokratie (Andreas Thiel) 1845 Rückblick (Silvan Amberg, Simon Scherrer) 1900 Podium 1930 Apéro riche Aus organisatorischen Gründen wird um eine Anmeldung gebeten. Bitte hier...
Read More »Kongress der «Students for Liberty» in Tbilisi (Georgien)
vom 19. – 21. April 2024 Die «Students for Liberty» (SFL) sind eine internationale Studenten-Organisation, die sich für Freiheit, individuelle Rechte und freie Märkte einsetzt. Sie organisiert Konferenzen, Seminare und andere Bildungsinitiativen, um die Prinzipien der Freiheit an Universitäten und Hochschulen zu fördern. Finanziert werden die Veranstaltungen schwergewichtig von US-Stiftungen. Die «Students for Liberty»-Konferenzen finden jährlich an fünf bis sieben Orten auf der...
Read More »It’s the PPI Once More!
In early September 2023 we reported on the Producer Price Index, the PPI. This price statistic takes a back seat to the Consumer Price Index in media reporting and the policy-setting agenda. Back then we explained what it was and what it was telling us about the economy.The timing of that episode reflected our concern that the sharp drop in the PPI to that point in time might not be a sign of things to come. The PPI had been dropping since mid-2022....
Read More »Get Ready for Weaker Growth and Higher Inflation. The Consensus Was Wrong.
The weak GDP figure for the first quarter came with a double negative: poor consumer spending and exports, plus a rise in core inflation. The US administration’s enormous fiscal stimulus underscores the importance of considering the weaker-than-expected data.A deceleration in consumer spending, a decline in the personal savings ratio to 3.6%, and poor exports added to a set of figures for investment that were also negative when we looked at the details.The gross...
Read More »The Fallacy of “Racism Equals Power Plus Prejudice”
A position that has gained popularity on the Left in recent decades is a push to redefine racism to prevent the term from encompassing racism against whites. According to this position, “racism equals power plus prejudice.” And while whites can experience racial prejudice, there exists a prowhite and anti-non-white bias in western institutions, which is what is meant by the term “power.” Accordingly, it is argued that the term “racism” should be reserved for...
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