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I, Pencil: A Corollary

“He really wouldn’t think he has built that gun, would he?”—Chief Justice John RobertsIn his seminal article, I, Pencil, Leonard Read shows that, “not a single person on the face of this earth knows how to make [a pencil].” Sure, the pencil maker knows how the near-finished parts are assembled, but the pencil maker does not possess complete knowledge of how those constituent parts—the paint, metal, eraser—were made. Nor does he know how the inputs to those parts were...

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Börsen-Ticker: SMI schliesst im Plus – Anleger lassen die Finger von Wachstumswerten – Schwergewichte legen zu

Die Börse in Shanghai gewann 0,5 Prozent auf 3276,58 Stellen. Der Index der wichtigsten Unternehmen in Shanghai und Shenzhen stieg um 0,9 Prozent auf 3875,78 Punkte. Investoren in China werteten Trumps Ankündigung als Verhandlungstaktik. In Tokio büsste der 225 Werte umfassende Nikkei-Index 0,9 Prozent auf 38'098,46 Punkte ein, der breiter gefasste Topix notierte 1,0 Prozent tiefer bei 2663,49 Punkten. Trump hatte angekündigt, alle Importe aus Mexiko und Kanada mit einem Zoll von 25 Prozent...

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How to Vote for Liberty

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....

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It’s Good to be Skeptical of Elections

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....

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Today’s Pols Are All Bryanites

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....

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The Secret Economic Theory Behind the $100,000 Birkin Bag

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....

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Peace as a Prerequisite for Civilization

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....

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Exchange is Not a Zero-Sum Game

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....

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Free Markets Don’t Need Government Regulation

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....

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Copernicus Was Also Right in Economics

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....

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