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Blog12/05/2005Gary Galles

Today, December 5, marks the birthday of Rose Wilder Lane (Daughter of Laura Ingalls Wilder) born 1886 and died 1968. She was one of the last century's most ardent defenders of American freedoms. In books such as The Discovery of Freedom (one of the top 100 non-fiction books of the 20th...

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Remembering Thomas Babington Macaulay

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Blog10/24/2005Gary Galles

One of the best writers of the old liberal school was Thomas Babington, Lord Macaulay (1800-1859), the Whig historian, essayist and statesman. He was an unashamed advocate of economic freedom and a writer who excelled at pointing out the errors of logic and abuses of power he saw at work around...

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Robbins on Mises

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Blog03/10/2005 Mises.org

New in the Ward and Massey Libraries, among 25,000 titles. Lord Robbins, Autobiography of an Economist (London: MacMillan, St. Martin's Press, 1971). From pp. 107-108:

I cannot leave this theme [the non-viability of socialism] without expressing further...

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Patrick Henry's Birthday

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Blog05/27/2004Gary Galles

May 29th marks the birthday in 1736 of Patrick Henry, America's "Orator of Liberty." His "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" speech in March 1775 was the spark that ignited the Revolution in Virginia, and continues to serve as a battle cry for...

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The Libertarian Face of New Media

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10/22/2018The AustrianThomas E. Woods, Jr.

An interview with Tom Woods and writing all of those bestsellers.

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The Austrian 4 no 5 September October 2018.pdf

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Patrick Newman: Rothbard in the 21st Century

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10/19/2018Audio/VideoPatrick NewmanJeff Deist

Patrick Newman on what Murray Rothbard can still teach us today.

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Mises: Scientist and Fighter

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10/17/2018The Free MarketIsrael M. Kirzner

The historic contribution of Mises was represented not so much by the magisterial works that he produced in 1912, or 1922, in 1933, or 1940 — as by his courageous, lonely vigil during the arid decades of the 1940s, 50s and 60s.

John Denson at the 2018 Mises Supporters Summit

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Why the Mises Institute Is in Auburn

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10/05/2018Audio/VideoJohn V. Denson

Presented at the Mises Institute's 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama.

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Hegel and the Romantic Age

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09/08/2018Mises Daily ArticlesMurray N. Rothbard

Hegel, unfortunately, was not a bizarre aberrant force in European thought. He was one of many infected by Romanticism.

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Today's Leading Mises Scholar on the Man and His Legacy

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08/14/2018The AustrianJörg Guido HülsmannJeff Deist

"He used Menger’s edifice as a framework, and then he solidified its foundations and proceeded to build an entire basilica on top of it. It was an enormous achievement."

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