David Boaz Here we go again. Another “obituary” for libertarianism. While Salon Magazine declares that we all live in a “libertarian dystopia,” and a new brand of big‐government conservatives promise to free the Republican party and American government from their libertarian captivity, Barton Swaim declares in the
Thomas A. Berry Today the Supreme Court rejected President Biden’s massive debt‐forgiveness plan, holding that it was not authorized by the statute the administration invoked. The decision is a welcome reaffirmation of the principle that when the president wants to enact a policy, he must convince Congress to
The Mises Institute's Executive Editor Ryan McMaken joins Bob to discuss his latest article, in which Ryan spells out the state of the M2 money supply and possible implications for consumer prices and an impending recession. Ryan's Mises.org article on M2: Mises.org/HAP402a Ryan's QJAE article on the
Colleen Hroncich LeDonna Griffin spent nearly 30 years in Omaha public schools as a teacher and administrator. So she’s seen it all—the good, the bad, and the ugly. She knew the challenges in the system, and she was pretty sure she could help families create better options for
The Ukraine war raises issues of the legitimacy and usefulness of the “rules-based” international order (RBO) that supposedly governs international relations. The United States and the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) have strongly condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and its violation of international law and rules,
The latest round of wildfires in Canada has brought out the usual statist demands that we ban fossil fuels, but in the real world fossil fuels protect people from climate-related disasters. Original Article: "Fossil Fuels Enable Us to Better Fight Fires and Other Environmental Disasters"
Walter Olson The Supreme Court’s decision today in 303 Creative, LLC, v. Elenis correctly applies First Amendment law to vindicate one of the most important dimensions of human liberty: the right not to speak. The Court reviewed a Colorado law that would compel Lorie Smith to create
When I opened the first Mises University, I could only dream about how many students would participate, how many classes would be taught, and how many lives would be changed for the better. Now as we plan the thirty ninth event, we need your help. It
Thomas A. Berry and Neal McCluskey Today the Supreme Court issued a decision striking down President Biden’s unprecedented student‐loan forgiveness program. Statement from Research Fellow in Constitutional Studies Thomas Berry: “The Court’s decision today is a victory for the separation of powers and the rule of law. The Court correctly
The Political Economy of Distributism: Property, Liberty, and the Common Goodby Alexander William SalterCatholic University of America Press, 2023; xiii + 238 pp. Distributism attracted considerable attention during the 1920s and ’30s among people who wished to apply Catholic social teaching to the modern capitalist economy,