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Dead Texts Take Flight

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 11:25

The Mises Institute has made available many previously obscure or out-of-print books. Now students take for granted the living existence of these texts, and that is the highest compliment we could receive.

Marxism vs. the Majority

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 07:34

Marx and Engels, two men of unquestionable bourgeois background, hatched the class ideology of the proletarian class. They believed their adversaries could only be either bourgeois idiots or proletarian traitors.

Affording the Unemployed

Wed, 08/18/2010 - 06:17

Keynesians fear that a weak fiscal and monetary response will cause the presently cyclically unemployed to become so permanently. But is long-term, involuntary structural unemployment even possible?

Argumentation and Self-Ownership

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 11:25

In order to argue and seek agreement with another person, you must accept that each of you owns yourself. Rejecting private property, then, is tantamount to rejecting the possibility of rational argument.

Sound Banking in Lebanon

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 07:34

Lebanon's financial regulations do not actually regulate the market itself but only the behaviors that the central banks have enabled. It's like feeding a lion with one hand while fighting it with the other.

Kingdom Come: The Politics of the Millenium

Tue, 08/17/2010 - 06:16

Premillennial Christians, who believe that they must establish the Kingdom of God on Earth before Christ will return, have increasingly come to believe that to build the Kingdom they must eliminate sin through violence and coercion.

Socialist Calculation

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 07:34

If we are to judge aright, we must realize that the system under which we live, choked up with attempts at partial planning, is almost as far from capitalism as it is from any consistent system of planning.

What Is Classical Liberalism?

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 07:34

The political goal of classical liberals must be to counteract the current now leading the world toward what Macaulay called "the all-devouring state" — the nightmare that haunted Burke no less than Tocqueville and Herbert Spencer.

Is Our Money Based on Debt?

Mon, 08/16/2010 - 06:17

The Fed creates new dollars out of thin air and then lends them to the US Treasury. This loan out of nothing is then itself the source of the private banks' ability to create money out of debt.

Social Insecurity

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 08:51

You may think that Social Security is a bad deal for me, and it is, but it is going to be much worse for those who are younger than I. At least I still get a positive rate of return.

Explore the Theory of the Completely Free Society

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 07:34

After taking this class, you will realize that the Founders who called government a "necessary evil" were only half right. Join us as the Mises Academy leads the way forward in educational technology.

Wage Rates as Affected by the Vicissitudes of the Market

Fri, 08/13/2010 - 06:17

It is good luck for the laborer if market conditions are such that a kind of work he is able to perform is lavishly remunerated; it is chance, not personal merit, if his innate talents are highly appreciated by his fellow men.

The English Civil War and the First Libertarian Movement

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 08:51

What counts in history is results, not intentions. Regardless of the motivations of its combatants and propagandists, the English Civil War pushed everyone to take a second look at their assumptions about politics.

Unintended Consequences of Trade Sanctions

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 07:34

The greatest hope for Iranian democracy is being squashed, not by the repressive military of the local overbearing authoritarian government, but by the bootheels of the self-styled beacon of liberty.

Fleury, Fénélon, and the Burgundy Circle

Thu, 08/12/2010 - 07:34

Men of influential and privileged status are rarely inclined to toss all their privileges aside to engage in the lonely and dangerous task of working outside the inherited political system.

Wilhelm von Humboldt

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 13:59

Humboldt's primary contribution to libertarian thought was the value he placed on the free, self-sustaining activity of the individual and on the unhindered collaboration of the members of society.

Is Deflation Really Bad for the Economy?

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 07:34

Deflation arrests the process of impoverishment that monetary inflation inflicts on the economy. It shatters the illusion of prosperity created by the central bank's printing of money.

The Ideological Impregnation of Thought

Wed, 08/11/2010 - 06:16

To conceal the fact that Marx invented his concept of ideology expressly to discredit the economists, he elevated it to the dignity of a general epistemological law, valid for all ages and for all branches of knowledge.

Murray Rothbard and the Deflation Bogey

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 08:51

The Paul Reveres of the economics profession are riding their horses, warning Americans, "Deflation is coming! Deflation is coming!" These "experts" misunderstand the role of money in the economy.

In Defense of Deflation

Tue, 08/10/2010 - 08:51

What Austrians know for sure is this: Deflation can benefit all the people in an economy. But inflation can only benefit those who are massively indebted and inefficient — like governments.

Site Syndication

"The faux Democrat vs. Republican paradigm is so transparent that anybody in possession of a single ounce of cognitive capacity to discern can see it. Our views have not been redacted by one iota. When we opposed the Clinton inaugurated Anthrax Vaccine Immunization Program, we were called 'right wing conservatives.' But, now that a Republican is running the administration, we are called 'liberal communists' for opposing the same exact policy! And we're the weird ones?" -Mark Anderson

"Political systems are grounded in such an abundance of lies and contradictions that the speaking of truth becomes a subversive act." -Butler Shaffer, J.D., Professor at Southwestern University School of Law

"Dedicated to the army of healthcare professionals, allied academicians, and research scientists, whose humanitarian motives made them highly susceptible to 'behavioral management,' and who - like good 'manchurian candidates' - unwittingly committed murder and genocide in the name of the 'public health.' May this work serve to break the spell under which they operate." -Leanard G. Horowitz, D.M.D, M.A., M.P.H, dedicating his book, Death in the Air

“Unfortunately, and directly contrary to law, the [anthrax vaccine] is being administered to military personnel under threat of imprisonment, loss of pay and discharge. In effect, the military is forcing its personnel to serve as human guinea pigs for an unlicensed drug that has not been proven to be safe or effective.” -Connecticut State Attorney General (AND FORMER MARINE!) Richard Blumenthal

Question: "Would you get the vaccine, and have you --"
Assistant Secretary of Defense for Anti-Health Affairs, William Winkenwerder: "Absolutely. I'd have no -- I wouldn't -- I don't -- have not had it, because I'm not covered under the policy." -DoD Press Conference, June, 2002

"Across these studies, systemic reactions were reported in 5-35% of vaccine recipients....." -AVA Insert which had to be Revised in 2002, Since the Previous Insert was Fraudulent (So is the New Insert)

"On the basis of our survey, we estimated that 37 percent of the guard and reserve pilots and aircrew members had received one or more anthrax shots as of September 2000. Of these recipients, 85 percent reported experiencing some type of reaction (local or systemic or both).2 This overall rate reported for adverse reactions following anthrax immunization was more than double the rate published in the vaccine manufacturer’s product insert that was in use at the time of our survey (84 percent versus approximately 30 percent). Each shot generated an average of four or more reported reactions. More importantly, almost onefifth of the reported events were categorized as systemic and about onefifth of these systemic reactions lasted for more than 7 days." -GAO Report 02-445, September, 2002

"Although the anthrax vaccine is said to be safe, it is not fully licensed and will be given on an experimental basis , said Kathy Zoon of the Food and Drug Administration. Those vaccinated will be studied to determine the vaccine's post-exposure effectiveness." (WHY NOT TRY STUDYING US VICTIMS OF THE AVIP?) -USA Today, Vaccine Offered for Anthrax Exposure, December, 2001

Contributors' Corner

Mark's latest thought crime: Ban Volunteer Work
After all, volunteer workers get paid less than minimum wage, don't they?

Kiwi Eye - Dispatches from New Zealand: NAV contributor Ivor Hughes (HerbDataNZ.com), with his latest commentary from Down Under: Patriot's lament

Other News & Commentary

CDC knew of potential link between vaccines, autism but then said, "COVER IT UP! HIDE THE TRUTH! LET MORE KIDS GET AUTISM! BUT WE SURE WOULDN'T GIVE THOSE SHOTS TO OUR KIDS!"

CDC Knew: Mercury in Vaccines Induces Autism

Government Vaccines - Bad Policy, Bad Medicine by Congressman Ron Paul, M.D.

Common Denominator Experimental Vaccines

Sex Assault at Walter Reed This is an article out of the Atlanta-Journal Constitution, about a male Guardsman who was molested by a male healthcare worker at Walter Reed, which the Guardsman ended up at because of health problems from the.......anthrax vaccine

Deadly Immunity Robert F. Kennedy, Jr., investigates the government cover-up of a mercury autism scandal

GOP Wants to Create Secretive Vaccine Agency

Senate panel backs special vaccine agency

A New Ultra-Secret Government Agency

FDA fears [read: wants YOU to fear] terrorists may target food, drugs In other words: al CIA'da wants you to buy drugs from American drug cartels, then you will be very safe

U.S. pharmaceutical companies and the FDA responsible for 100 times as many American deaths as terrorists

Soldier seeks answers in medical separation Deborah Funk tells us how he got worse with each anthrax shot

Marine Betrayed by the VA Here is a story written about my case

We've Got Those WMDs Right Here Former U.S. Marine Corps Captain Brian Cohn tells us how the government poisons its own troops with the anthrax vaccine - SEMPER FI, BRIAN!

DEPLETED URANIUM, ANTHRAX VACCINE AND THE GULF WAR SYNDROME Dr. James Howenstine, M.D., on the government's cover-up

From 'Pharma Fraud' to 'Pharma Terror' by Dr. Matthias Rath, M.D.

K-STATE RESEARCHERS FIND 'SIGNIFICANT' ASSOCIATION BETWEEN ANTHRAX VACCINATION, MEDICATION AND HEALTH PROBLEMS OF GULF WAR VETERANS

Doctors and nurses will "lovingly" administer vaccines and shots to everybody else, but then write into your medical chart how "paranoid" you are if you wish not to get a vaccine out of health concerns, or if you do say that you believe that you have health problems from a vaccine. Pursuant to what the doctors and nurses write into medical records, there must be a lot of "paranoid" doctors and nurses, and I can prove that.

Health Pros Balk At Smallpox Shots

American Nurses Association says HHS Proposal on Smallpox Falls Short: Plan Fails to Address Health and Safety Issues My question: Is the American Nurses Association ran by "psychotic paranoids?"

Nurse's Viewpoint: Smallpox Vaccine: Don't Do It

Nurses Associations Nationwide Object to Bush Smallpox Vaccination Plan

Valley hospitals decline smallpox shots My question: Are hospitals ran by a bunch of "psychotic paranoids?"

Massachusetts Nurses Association against smallpox vaccines

California Nurses Association calls smallpox program 'political'

Nurses unions against smallpox vaccine

Nurses unions across US urge members to refuse smallpox shots