The Free Market 18, no. 1 (January 2000) “The trouble with socialism,” Oscar Wilde once wrote, “is that it takes too many evenings.” Indeed, the private lives of socialists are highly politicized. They must not be interested in anything-not even their families-other than socialism. The theory must inform every aspect of their lives, which must
Not a news event passes when anyone who knew him doesn’t wonder: what would Rothbard say about this? It’s a fun game to play, because Murray provided the outstanding example of how adherence to principles, and strategic application of principles, work themselves out in the real world. Reading or hearing his take on the passing scene was always a
No pasa una noticia en la que alguien que lo conoció no se pregunte: ¿qué diría Rothbard sobre esto? Es un juego divertido, porque Murray proporcionó el ejemplo más destacado de cómo la adhesión a los principios, y la aplicación estratégica de los mismos, funcionan en el mundo real. Leer o escuchar su opinión sobre el panorama actual fue siempre
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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.