Continued from Part I Continuing our discussion of the denial of personal freedom, we will examine how shifting responsibility to poorly functioning institutions pre-emptively limits our economic freedom. 2) The government and its ministries, agencies, and supporting institutions must ensure that every individual dream and …

The lack of a moral compass is a correctable evil. The ability of a person to develop and make mistakes, without this being accepted as his only and final state, helps us develop as people and as individuals. However, in order to continue to develop, we must take on …

Original article: Ryan McMaken, mises.org The condemnation of consumerism is ubiquitous in modern media and popular culture. Anyone who has seen “A Charlie Brown Christmas” from 1965 knows about this struggle. Every time we see Charlie Brown opt for the “authentic” Christmas – buying himself a small Christmas tree, which is natural, …

This text is a translation of the article “The problem of corruption” published on Mises.org more than 16 years ago. This translation is provoked by the unwillingness to accept the thesis that the quality of the state is solely a consequence of what the people in the country in question are like. This would, for me, …

Ayn Rand Translated from: "Philosophy: Who Needs It" In my publication “The Missing Link”, I discussed the anti-ideal mentality and its social (tribal) manifestations. All tribally minded people are anti-ideal to varying degrees, but not all people who are anti-ideal are tribally minded. Some are lone wolves (emphasizing the most predatory characteristics of …

This article is not for people who believe in the power of government and authorities to make decisions for a person and navigate their future and destiny. This article is for people who are not afraid to make mistakes, learn from them, and raise their children as their …

There comes a time in every person's life when he or she must decide for themselves which values will be the compass by which they will choose their direction of movement. Inevitably, this also applies to larger organisms, and here let my analogy abruptly shift to companies and countries. Lately, many different …

Some time ago we decided to translate the wiki page of Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk, one of the founders of the Austrian School of Economics. We were unpleasantly surprised that the Bulgarian translation was not approved, but then again, libertarians are people who do not pride themselves on recognizing foreign authorities (even Wikipedia), so …