The attack on a Christmas market in Berlin earlier this week, apparently carried out by a Pakistani immigrant , is just the latest in a series of violent and disturbing terrorist incidents in Germany. The event raises uncomfortable questions about immigration, culture clashes, Islam, and identity: what does it mean to be German, rather than
At the Mises Institute, we don’t support particular candidates for office or legislative policy proposals. We’re primarily interested in ideas and education. And many of our most ardent supporters don’t believe in voting or political activism at all (although no less than Walter Block does ). But like Murray Rothbard, we of course maintain a
The late Murray Rothbard was known as an uncompromising libertarian theorist. But he was also an activist and strategist, and wrote several articles, essays, and memos on the topic of advancing libertarianism. I’m happy to report that some of his previously unpublished work on strategy will be released later this year by the Mises Institute, and
Decentralization and devolution of state power is always a good thing, regardless of the motivations behind such movements. Hunter S. Thompson, looking back on 60s counterculture in San Francisco, lamented the end of that era and its imagined flower-child innocence: So now, less than five years later, you can go up on a steep hill in Las Vegas and
I recently was invited to speak at the annual convention of the Texas Libertarian Party, and was struck by how libertarians cling to an outdated and counterproductive conception of the political landscape. In particular, many libertarians remain wedded to a misguided understanding of what the threat to liberty really is, where it comes from, and
Ed: The following is an excerpt from a talk given by Mises Institute president Jeff Deist at the 2016 Texas Libertarian Party convention. This portion of the talk deals with the political reality faced by libertarians and the Libertarian Party. The full talk can be viewed here . So what do I mean by better understanding and accepting reality? What
This article from the Free Beacon about Bernie Sanders being kicked out of a “hippie commune” in 1971 reads like something from The Onion . Bernie, age 30(!) at that point, was like a bad college roommate who preferred late night political discussions to housework and cleaning. And based on uncontested reports of his nonexistent career path, we
[ From a talk delivered at the Boston Mises Circle , October 1, 2016. ] A journalist from the Chronicle of Higher Education contacted me recently asking about free-market think tanks affiliated with universities. Can the Mises Institute or other organizations produce the scientific foundation for what he sees as an increasing faith among
I wrote this back in 2015, prior to Trump’s ascendancy, describing the GOP’s absolute failure to develop a coherent narrative that might actually appeal to voters (with Trump, the GOP rolls the dice — the candidate becomes the entire message). But it still applies today, because Republicans still can’t answer two basic questions: who are you, and
Apple Inc., the US corporate parent of dozens of foreign legal entities, has been hit with a $14.6 billion tax bill by a commission of the European Union. At the heart of the commission’s complaint is an alleged antitrust violation rather than a tax dispute per se: Apple is accused of negotiating a sweetheart arrangement with Ireland, in exchange
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