Rory Sutherland on How Red Bull Explains Why Capitalism Is Great
The Ogilvy ad man and Alchemy author says Ludwig von Mises is his hero and that efficiency has nothing to do with free markets.
Austrian economics
Red Bull Is Disgusting. And It Perfectly Captures Why Capitalism Is So Great.
Ludwig von Mises is “my hero,” and free markets have nothing to do with efficiency, says Ogilvy ad man Rory Sutherland.
Can Bitcoin Replace Central Banking? A Debate
Listen to economists Saifedean Ammous and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.
Can Bitcoin Replace Government-Issued Money? A Debate
Watch economists Saifedean Ammous and George Selgin face off at the Soho Forum.
Mizzou Received $5 Million to Hire Austrian Economists. A Lawsuit Claims It Misspent the Money.
Terms of the grant specified that if Missouri did not use the money to hire free market professors, the donation would revert to Hillsdale.
Is the Economy Doing Too Well?
"The economy is not like an engine that's going too hard," so let's stop analyzing it like one.
Does Fractional Reserve Banking Endanger the Economy? A Debate
Texas Tech University's Robert Murphy vs. Cato's George Selgin at the Soho Forum
Jennifer Lawrence, Libertarian Feminist?
The star was spotted wearing a "We Should All Be Feminists" T-shirt and carrying a book with Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises on it.
The Cruelty of the $15 Minimum Wage
Q&A with economist and Cafe Hayek blogger Don Boudreaux.
It's Nobel Prize Season Again!
Why Israel Kirzner should win the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences
America's Love-Hate Relationship With Work
We vilify leisure yet embrace labor-saving devices.
"Economics Teaches Us Humility": Q&A with George Mason University's Pete Boettke
What can the Austrian School of Economics teach us about the 2008 financial crisis?
The Tragedy of Detroit: "It Didn't Have to Be This Way"
Author Harry Veryser on how Austrian economics can fix Motor City.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
How Free-Market Thought Succeeded By Getting More Radical
A brilliant history shows libertarianism, even when uncredited, changing the world.
Two Cheers for the Coming Collapse of the U.S. Economy!
Jeffrey Rogers Hummel on Ending the Fed, Privatizing Money, and Why the Welfare State Will Fall
How Austrian Economic Theory Explains the NHL Lockout
Instead of a central bank manipulating the price of money, a league tries to control the price of labor through collective bargaining.
Intervention Begets Intervention
Ludwig von Mises and Sanford Ikeda on the perils of interventionism
Marxism, Austrian Economics, and Exploitation
Karl Marx had no monopoly on theorizing about exploitation.
Libertarian History/Philosophy
When Liberals Misread Bastiat
Slate's Matt Yglesias furnishes the latest example of "vulgar liberalism."
Tidequistadors In Search of Sound Money
A laundry soap has developed as much legitimacy as the dollar to serve as currency. What's going on?