It’s been nearly a decade since we’ve been able to live vicariously through the globetrotting exploits of master investor Jim Rogers. In the early 1990’s, Rogers hit the road, crossing the globe by motorcycle, and chronicled the adventure in his 1994 book, Investment Biker . This time, Rogers uses a car to make the trip, primarily at the urging of
While the Federal Reserve-induced stock market bubble has been flattened, despite continuous inflating by Greenspan’s troops, the land price bubble continues to expand in Las Vegas. Evidence the June 5th auction of a small sliver of the Bureau of Land Management’s land horde. The BLM owns approximately 90% of the land in Clark County, Nevada,
Is there an organization more un-American than the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU)? The organization’s name contains all the right words. But no matter what its title, the ACLU is the most anti-private property organization in America (other than the judicial branch of the federal government, of course). The ACLU constantly files lawsuits
Most libertarian readers are heavily partial to reading non-fiction. Me too. Who has the time to read fantasy, keeping up with reality is a full time job. And, the idea of reading a romance novel has never occurred to me. I’ve never figured out who reads all of those paperbacks with the longhaired studs on the covers. Yet there are racks and racks
The judiciary’s war on private property continues in Las Vegas. To borrow a line from Rush Limbaugh, the bad guys in the old west used to wear black hats, now they wear black robes. This was proved again earlier this month as the Nevada Supreme Court sided with the city of Las Vegas over the Pappas family concerning land located in downtown Las
Most people know Las Vegas as the slickly packaged, corporate version that is hawked coast-to-coast by the local government’s convention authority these days. But, not so long ago, Las Vegas was just a dusty, desert town where a few of the nation’s wise guys, bookmakers and one defense attorney came to reinvent themselves. Guys that were
If you’ve gone to your bank lately, you may have noticed that the Federal Reserve System and the Department of Treasury have an all-out advertising blitz in progress touting the new $20 bill. On a small, slick piece of propaganda entitled “The New Color of Money” the nation’s counterfeiting partners in crime — the Treasury and the Fed — point out
When the Winter Olympics came to Salt Lake City last year, some of the dirt that visiting journalists dug up to soil Utah’s good name was the issue of polygamy. Polygamy, the practice of having more than one spouse at the same time, especially wives, is against the law. But, should it be? Opponents of polygamy will point to the abuses taking place
No institution has worked more consistently to obliterate property rights than the federal courts, making certain political groups very happy. Thus, it’s no surprise that Democrats on Capital Hill are blocking the confirmation of a judge to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit who — wonder of wonders — believes in
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.