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Mises

Mises Caucus Ron Paul sign at Libertarian Party Convention in Reno 2022

Donald Trump

Zach Weissmueller: Will the Mises Caucus Save or Kill the Libertarian Party?

The L.P. just held its most-momentous convention in years. Here's what is next for the third-largest political party in the country.

Nick Gillespie | 6.22.2022 5:52 PM

Rudy Giuliani and Ron Paul

Libertarian Party

Ron Paul Revolution 2.0: Angela McArdle's Plan for the Libertarian Party

Ron Paul’s "Giuliani Moment" is the kind of "bold messaging" the party needs, says new incoming chair Angela McArdle.

Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie | 6.21.2022 2:30 PM

Justin Amash holding up Mises book.

Libertarian Party

Justin Amash's Vision for the Libertarian Party

The Libertarian former congressman on the Mises Caucus takeover, his embrace of "liberalism," and political strategy.

Zach Weissmueller and Nick Gillespie | 6.17.2022 3:15 PM

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Libertarian Party

Inside the Mises Caucus Takeover of the Libertarian Party

Supporters say they want to "make the Libertarian Party libertarian again." Critics say they’re shitposting edgelords who will destroy the LP from within.

Zach Weissmueller, Nick Gillespie, and Danielle Thompson | 6.15.2022 1:05 PM

Governor DeSantis speaking to a crowd on clear day

Florida

Is DeSantis a Principled Governor or a Retaliatory Culture Warrior?

Plus: Are political parties the ideal vessel for advancing libertarian principles?

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Peter Suderman, and Nick Gillespie | 6.6.2022 5:07 PM

U.S. Capitol with anti-gun protest signs in foreground.

Mass Shootings

Cops, Gun Restrictions, and Mass Shootings

Plus: The editors contemplate the recent Libertarian National Convention.

Matt Welch, Katherine Mangu-Ward, Nick Gillespie, and Peter Suderman | 5.31.2022 5:27 PM

Mises

Economics

The Perpetually Canceled Ludwig von Mises

"Hold on, now, you're starting to sound like an anarchist..."

Peter Bagge | 5.21.2022 6:00 AM

neoliberalism

Neoliberalism

It's the End of the Neoliberal Era, and We Still Don't Know What Neoliberalism Is

Politics is filled with words that mean different things in different mouths, but "neoliberalism" is an especially tangled case.

Jesse Walker | 2.19.2022 6:00 AM

Dave_Smith

Donald Trump

Dave Smith: Libertarians vs. Big Tech, Big Government, and…Other Libertarians

The popular podcaster and comedian on the future of the Libertarian Party, his vaccine hesitancy, and fighting the culture war

Nick Gillespie | 7.28.2021 2:13 PM

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Advertising

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.

Nick Gillespie | 6.10.2020 3:53 PM

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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.

Nick Gillespie | 5.19.2020 2:05 PM

misesvsmarx

Marxism

Watch 'The March of History: Mises vs. Marx'

"The Definitive Capitalism vs. Socialism Rap Battle" is live!

Nick Gillespie | 10.16.2019 5:40 PM

Mizzou

Austrian economics

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.

Robby Soave | 7.16.2019 1:10 PM

gursky

Economics

If You Think Having Too Many Choices Is Tyranny, Wait Until You Have Too Few

Articles complaining "there is too much stuff" may be the one thing of which we have too many.

Nick Gillespie | 5.28.2019 7:20 PM

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Reasontv

Tom Woods: The Making of an Anti-War Libertarian

Reason's Matt Welch sat down with the popular libertarian writer and podcaster to discuss his ideological journey, his LP plans, and controversial past associations.

Matt Welch, Mark McDaniel, and Todd Krainin | 10.10.2018 1:40 PM

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Celebrities

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.

Elizabeth Nolan Brown | 5.19.2017 4:24 PM

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Donald Trump

The Cosmopolitan's Case Against Donald Trump or, Make Mine Mises! [Reason Podcast]

Free trade and free migration form the core of the American libertarian identity, says Brian Doherty. And there's nothing wrong with that.

Nick Gillespie | 2.24.2017 5:00 PM

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Donald Trump

Trump's Dangerous Anti-Libertarian Nationalism

Promises to cut domestic regulations or shake up the system do not a tolerable libertarian make. Trump is indeed a major threat to core libertarian values. Ask Ludwig Von Mises.

Brian Doherty | 2.17.2017 5:45 PM

Policy

Economic Historians Are Wrong About the Austrian School, Says Israel Kirzner

Stephanie Slade | 10.3.2014 11:50 AM

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Economics

America's Love-Hate Relationship With Work

We vilify leisure yet embrace labor-saving devices.

Sheldon Richman | 3.9.2014 8:00 AM

Politics

It's Hayek's World, the U.S. Government Just Spends in It

Brian Doherty | 2.10.2014 6:50 PM

Politics

The Humanitarian Shortcomings of the Affordable Care Act

Web problems can be fixed, Obamacare cannot.

Sheldon Richman | 11.3.2013 8:00 AM

Politics

Gene Epstein: Murray Rothbard's Mixed Legacy

Nick Gillespie and Anthony Fisher | 8.30.2013 10:01 AM

Politics

"Bitches Don't Know Economics is About Human Action"

Nick Gillespie | 5.19.2013 1:56 PM

Politics

Rep. Justin Amash on Debt, Abortion, Immigration & More

Nick Gillespie and Todd Krainin | 3.28.2013 4:23 PM

Politics

Modern Twists on the History of Friedman, Hayek, and Mont Pelerin

Brian Doherty | 1.28.2013 4:31 PM

Politics

How Free-Market Thought Succeeded By Getting More Radical

A brilliant history shows libertarianism, even when uncredited, changing the world.

Brian Doherty | 1.26.2013 1:00 PM

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Policy

The Neoliberal Revolution

A new book gives Hayek, Friedman, and others too much credit—and too little.

Scott Sumner | 1.22.2013 7:00 AM

Policy

Intervention Begets Intervention

Ludwig von Mises and Sanford Ikeda on the perils of interventionism

Sheldon Richman | 12.25.2012 12:00 PM

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Comics

Human Action Comics

Brian Doherty | 3.1.1998 12:00 AM

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