Pandemics offer an alleged challenge to libertarians, as some argue that governments should have the power to order quarantines and impose vaccine requirements. It turns out that statism makes things worse—and that free markets offer the best solutions.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/hantavirus-market-versus-government-disease-control

While the pundits are insisting that the late Alan Greenspan was a committed free market adherent, his actions throughout his career spoke differently. In today’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon exposes Greenspan for what he was: an opportunist.

Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/greenspan-great-opportunist

Were stronger central government under the Articles of Confederation and a central bank really necessary to win the American Revolution, as conservative nationalists of the era claimed?

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/myth-nationalist-victory-articles-confederation-and-bank-north-america

The famed "Custer's Last Stand" at the hands of Native Americans defending their villages is a reminder of the brutality of the US war against the Plains Indians. History tells us that the "heroic" George Armstrong Custer was really the "reckless" Custer who died underestimating his foe.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/little-bighorn-anniversary-remember-custers-crimes

The common belief is that intellectual property rights must be in place, otherwise, entrepreneurs would be reluctant to face uncertain profitability. Well, entrepreneurs already face uncertainty and act, anyway.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-property-versus-unrealized

Democratic Socialists are winning election after election and will have a number of representatives in Congress. What will happen to our society as they continue to gain power? The answers are not encouraging.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/democratic-socialists-one-vote-one-time

Long before modern economics, the Greek philosophers were laying the groundwork for understanding human cooperation in a social setting, helping to give birth to economic thinking.

Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/how-greek-merchants-and-philosophers-discovered-economics

Murray N. Rothbard was a system builder in the mode of Ludwig von Mises, Frank H. Knight, and F. A. Hayek. Social, economic, and political problems are intertwined and complex and require a grand theory to address them. For Rothbard, the unifying theme of social theory was liberty.

Original article in The Misesian: https://mises.org/misesian/murray-n-rothbard-toward-science-liberty