September 2021

China faces a wide variety of demographic, geopolitical, and economic limits on the regime's power. And, socialism and Keynesianism don't work any better in China than in the USA. Moreover, contrary to the myth, China is not run by politicians

As everyone knows, the West, and especially northern California, has been suffering from a year-long drought, leading numerous statists and busybodies to leap in to control, ration, and ordain. The water “shortage” may not be exactly blamed on the private

Radical Uncertainty: Decision-Making Beyond the NumbersJohn Kay and Mervyn KingNew York: Norton, 2020, xvi + 528 pp. David Gordon (dgordon@mises.org) is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. Kay and King are not Austrians,

The Essential Austrian EconomicsChristopher J. Coyne and Peter J. BoettkeVancouver: Fraser Institute, 2020, 68 pp. David Gordon (dgordon@mises.org) is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. Christopher Coyne and Peter Boettke, both professors of economics

Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applicationsedited by Hunter HastingsAuburn, Ala.: Mises Institute, 2020, 68 pp. Fernando D’Andrea (dodandrea@gmail.com) is a Ph.D. student in entrepreneurship at Oklahoma State University. The six-chapter book Austrian Economics in Contemporary Business Applications promises to follow Mises’s and

Jason Morgan (jmorgan@reitaku-u.ac.jp) is associate professor at Reitaku University in Kashiwa, Japan. PRIME MINISTER ABE SHINZŌ’S RESIGNATION AND THE END OF AN ERA IN JAPAN On August 28, 2020, Japanese prime minister Abe Shinzō entered a Tokyo press conference and began speaking.

Tax Tyrannyby Pascal SalinCheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar, 2020, 224 pp. Jörg Guido Hülsmann (guido.hulsmann@univ-angers.fr) is Professor of Economics at the University of Angers. Pascal Salin is one of the most important Continental European economists. Throughout his career, he has developed and defended the

Re-reading Economics in Literature: A Capitalist Critical Perspectiveby Matt SpiveyLanham, Maryland: Lexington Books, 2021, 133 pp. David Gordon (dgordon@mises.org) is a senior fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Journal of Libertarian Studies. Matt Spivey asks an important question. Literary critics

We oppose President Biden's lawless and authoritarian new mandates announced yesterday. We also denounce his divisive rhetoric toward unvaccinated Americans, his reckless antipathy for federalism, and his threats to usurp state governors. Contra Mr. Biden, this is entirely about freedom and personal choice. His proposed

It is neither Red Scare hyperbole nor misplaced attribution to say that the covid regime established in the Western world is primarily a product of the Chinese regime. I refer not strictly to the claim that covid-19 originated in a