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The Swiss people rejected a new climate law by a majority vote of 51.6%. The meaning of this result is clear – but apparently, to Swiss eyes only. International observers got it completely wrong …

Mark your Calendar! New Conference Date: 20 May 2022 On the Morality of the State and the State of Political Morals Über die Hybris der Staaten und den Zustand politischer Moral Gottfried von Haberler Conference | The 16th International Gottfried von Haberler Conference will now take place on May 20, 2022 at University of Liechtenstein in […]

Big government, high taxes, massive debt, political polarization and social crises have become the norm throughout Western Europe and North America. But it is high time for leaders and citizens to take a look at the lessons history has to offer. Only then could the region avoid going down the same path as Rome and […]

Interview mit Carlos A. Gebauer über den „Kampf für das Bargeld“. Gebauer ist Rechtsanwalt, Fachanwalt für Medizinrecht und Publizist aus Düsseldorf. Die Fragen stellte Thorsten Polleit.  Das Interview erscheint erstmals am 23. April 2021 auf misesde.org. Herr Gebauer, Sie vertreten als Rechtsanwalt in einem Musterverfahren einen Mandanten, der auf sein Recht pocht, den Rundfunkzwangsbeitrag bar […]

The globe is warming, ice caps are melting, and sea levels are creeping up. The most convincing evidence to an economist, however, is not measurement with thermometers or yardsticks but the fact that people are reacting to price changes, whether the result of government policies or the result of asset markets. Market forces are causing […]