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How Mises Explained the Fall of Rome

How Mises Explained the Fall of Rome An excerpt from Mises’ classic work, ‘Human Action’. Observations on the Causes of the Decline of Ancient Civilization Knowledge of the effects of government interference with market prices makes us comprehend the economic causes of a momentous historical event, the decline of ancient civilization. It may be left […]

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Do we have the wrong model of human nature?

Do we have the wrong model of human nature? Are we wrong to believe that competitiveness must and always will be the central animating principle of human action? Media studies scholar Michael Karlberg thinks so. In fact, he believes that another animating principle, mutualism, is both central to human interaction and necessary to aid human […]

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Be kind, it’s all connected

Be kind, it’s all connected In a conversation over the holiday I posited to a friend that the modern worldview which guides human action practically worldwide has all the hallmarks of a religion. I contended that this “religion” is at the root of our ecological predicament and that changing the current perilous trajectory of humankind […]

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Even Advanced Technology Cannot Explain Human Action or Predict Markets

Even Advanced Technology Cannot Explain Human Action or Predict Markets The logic of the human mind will prevail over paternalist dictates and the hubris of the social engineers. For more than a century, the world has been caught in the grip of social engineers and political paternalists who are determined to either radically remake society […]

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The Government and the Currency

The Government and the Currency [Human Action (1949)] Reprinted from Mises.org Media of exchange and money are market phenomena. What makes a thing a medium of exchange or money is the conduct of parties to market transactions. An occasion for dealing with monetary problems appears to the authorities in the same way in which they concern themselves with […]

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