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Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

The debate over socialist calculation has been twisted beyond recognition.  The narrative is that Mises dealt with property, while Hayek … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 24, 2025August 24, 2025Categories Economic Calculation, Economics1 Comment on Mises on Calculation, Not Just Knowledge

Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

There’s no ambiguity in the term.  Capitalism is the private ownership of the means of production.  That’s it.  Not crony … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 11, 2025August 11, 2025Categories Economics, Logic, Statism1 Comment on Hands That Trade vs. Hands That Take

Open Borders and the Violation of Property

Open Borders and the Violation of Property

The slogan of “open borders” sounds like a call for freedom of movement.  It isn’t.  It’s the state declaring the … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on August 9, 2025August 9, 2025Categories Ideology, Economics, Statism1 Comment on Open Borders and the Violation of Property

The Velvet Shakedown

The Velvet Shakedown

Freedom means rejecting all violations of private property.  Many claim to support freedom, but in practice, they accept coercion … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 13, 2025July 13, 2025Categories Law, Economics, Inflation, Statism1 Comment on The Velvet Shakedown

Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

A medium of exchange must emerge through voluntary market interaction.  Historically, people selected what worked best.  No decree birthed money—it … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 12, 2025July 12, 2025Categories Economics, Inflation, Money, Statism1 Comment on Fiat Currency: The Engine of Exploitation

Calculation or Collapse

Calculation or Collapse

Markets don’t function without prices.  Without prices, production collapses into chaos.  Prices convey the preferences, demands, and scarcities of society—without … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on July 2, 2025July 2, 2025Categories Economics, Economic Calculation, Statism1 Comment on Calculation or Collapse

Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Who decides what is his and what is yours?  Who claims the right to dictate how your life and labor … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 22, 2025June 22, 2025Categories Economics, Law, Statism1 Comment on Statism’s Foundation is Theft

Where Failure Gets a Promotion

Where Failure Gets a Promotion

Only capitalism holds people accountable.  Anything else is evasion, disguise, or brute force.  Capitalism requires no scapegoats, no apologies, no … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 7, 2025June 7, 2025Categories Economics, Statism1 Comment on Where Failure Gets a Promotion

The Illusion of Equal Exchange

The Illusion of Equal Exchange

All trade is unequal in value.  That’s why it happens.  Each person gives up something they value less to get … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on June 4, 2025June 4, 2025Categories Economics, Statism, Subjective Value1 Comment on The Illusion of Equal Exchange

The Fiction of Collective Ownership

The Fiction of Collective Ownership

Property is claimed by “society.” A term with no hands, no voice, no will.  A ghost can’t own.  The individual … Read the rest

Author Michael DeVinneyPosted on May 26, 2025May 26, 2025Categories Economics, Economic Calculation, Ideology, Law, Statism1 Comment on The Fiction of Collective Ownership

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  • Mises on Separating Morality and State October 7, 2025
    The recent assassination of Charlie Kirk has focused attention on political violence. Ludwig von Mises, not surprisingly, understood that tying morality to politicized state helps create the climate where political violence is prevalent.
    Vincent Cook
  • Letters to Frank Meyer Reveal Rothbard's Views on Lincoln, Slavery, and Popular Sovereignty October 7, 2025
    “The Civil War was really the watershed,” he wrote Meyer. “Lincoln was America’s first dictator, and almost all the Republican Acts were monstrous.”
    Daniel J. Flynn
  • Hayek for the 21st Century: Essays in Political Economy Audiobook October 7, 2025
    This audiobook showcases Friedrich Hayek’s most influential writings on knowledge, competition, socialism, and monetary order, highlighting why his ideas remain vital in today’s digital and interventionist age.
    Friedrich A. Hayek
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