Mises Institute: The Free Market tornou-se agora The Austrian, publicacao mensal

The Austrian
In the January–February issue of The Austrian:

For more than thirty years The Free Market has been the Mises Institute’s flagship monthly publication for our members. Recently we introduced The Austrian, a bolder and more robust version of what you’ve known for decades.

It’s enlightening these days to hear everyone from Obama and Krugman to Putin and Hollande proclaim their belief in the superiority of free markets (invariably adding several qualifying provisos, of course). Even Bono from U2 has had a change of heart. Only Mr. Piketty appears to be clinging (tenuously) to his support for outright central planning.

So it appears we’ve made great strides in the rhetorical battle when it comes to the beauty and power of markets to vastly improve the human condition. We are all free-marketers now, and some of us actually mean it.

Thirty years ago, however, our outspoken support for free markets was radical. And since our beginning the Mises Institute has advocated a free market in everything. But today the term has been diluted through overuse and misuse, as demonstrated by Messrs. Obama and Krugman. It no longer captures the radical and uncompromising nature of the Institute and its members.

Our new moniker, The Austrian, goes to the heart and soul of what we are: an organization dedicated to the brilliant scholarship of Austrian economics. Mises is our touchstone, Rothbard our animating spirit, and the classical liberal tradition our north star.

Inside this inaugural issue of The Austrian, you’ll find lots of new, original content from our writers. Lew Rockwell makes the libertarian case for secession, James Bovard reports on the latest antics from Washington, DC, and David Gordon reviews Judge Napolitano’s new book. You’ll also find the latest news on Mises Institute scholars and alumni, plus new analysis of pop culture from Ryan McMaken, and a Q and A with one of our alums who’s making a real difference as a high school economics teacher.

The Austrian has analysis, news, and the same radical, uncompromising Austrian free-market analysis you’ve come to expect from the Mises Institute. We hope you enjoy it.

A subscription to physical copies of The Austrian is available to all who request it. Simply send your name and mailing address to membership@mises.org.