Topic: History

The Killer Had An Ideology

– March 15, 2019

The ideology of hate that spilled so much blood in New Zealand is best avenged through a new dedication to a social philosophy of love, cooperation, and freedom for all.

History

Why Expert Opinion Has Value Even When It Is Wrong

– March 5, 2019

Neither consumers of expert opinion nor experts themselves will ever fully transcend their biases, nor should they. But when experts disagree, it behooves us to avoid as best we can hunkering down into black-and-white thinking that conveniently accommodates those preexisting biases.

History

Books On Liberty that You Haven’t Read but Should

– March 4, 2019

This great variety of influential books testifies to the richness of the libertarian scholarly tradition. It’s filled with remarkable works of scholarship that are not (yet) as widely known and read as they deserve to be.

History

Carl Menger: A Biographical Appreciation by Friedrich von Wieser

– February 25, 2019

AIER is pleased to present the first English translation of Friedrich von Wieser’s memorial appreciation of Carl Menger, the founder of the Austrian School, published in German not long after Menger’s passing in 1921. Wieser (1851-1926) was one of the leading contributors in the “second generation” of the Austrian School of Economics.

Art and Culture, History

The Veneer of Civilization Slipped Away

– February 22, 2019

Every idealist hopes that humankind can learn from history. There is plenty of evidence that we do not.

Free Markets, History

The Death of Karl Lagerfeld, and Clothing Too

– February 20, 2019

The death of Lagerfeld does not mean the certain and forever death of elegance. His death might shock us all into a new sensibility that helps us all see what he saw: if we want the world to be beautiful, we have to make it so.

History

Who Can Claim Credit for the Karl Marx Monument?

– February 19, 2019

Is there an ethical case to remove the Karl Marx monument from London’s Highgate Cemetery on account of its Bolshevik connections?

History

The Many Problems With the Ideology of Nationalism

– February 17, 2019

Sorry, but it is historical fact that the German National Socialists was a nationalist party.

History

Liberty and the Search for Meaning

– February 13, 2019

What is the strongest objection to the idea of liberty, markets, and a self-managing society? We’ve been subjected to vast numbers of them recently. Which is most compelling?

Free Markets, Free Trade, History

It’s the Small Things, Like Hershey’s Kisses, that Matter

– February 3, 2019

Want to become a champion of liberty? Eschew historicism. Be suspicious of grand millenarian eschatologies. Learn to love the little things in life. Celebrate every individual’s right to choose how they live their lives. Smile when you think of every box of chocolate given and received this February 14th.

History

Ludwig von Mises as the Victim of Quinn Slobodian’s Intellectual Dishonesty

– January 15, 2019

This is a slipshod attempt to taint and tarnish the reputation of one of the leading economists of the 20th century, and one of the most consistent and outspoken defenders of the classical liberal ideal of political, social and economic liberty and the free society.

Cryptocurrency, History

The Economic Fundamentals of Online Games

– January 1, 2019

Designing a game economy is more art than science, and testifies to the Hayekian notion that economics demonstrates how little we know about what we imagine we can design.