Last night, thinking about my love affair with the guys of Mises.org, I decided they needed a torrent full of their economic wisdom in publications, speeches, and interviews. They beat me to it. If you have 150 gigs of free hard drive space, this is something worth having – an economic library full of information…
DetailsMostly economics today – Lew Rockwell-related especially… Ron Paul has assembled his panel for inquiry concerning the Fed, and means to ask why, after trillions of dollars spent, unemployment is so high… Heritage recently published 50 examples of government waste. Of course, I immediately thought “But private industry wastes too!” The difference is that the…
DetailsMurray Rothbard is one of the intellectual giants of the 20th century, as a philosopher, political theorist, and economist. His publications number in the high hundreds or even thousands, and his thoughts cover nearly every persevering social issue from the founding of America until today. As a preface to this post, I would recommend the…
DetailsAfter the tragedy in AZ this week, I only have a few thoughts. The media coverage of it was despicable, and the blame-game politicians and pundits are playing is abhorrent. I will also say that there is something people are failing to see – the fact that violence begets violence. Coercion is itself a manifestation of…
Details+ “… the only purpose for which power can be rightfully exercised over any member of a civilized community against his will is to prevent harm to others. His own good, either physical or moral, is not a sufficient warrant. He cannot rightfully be compelled to do or to forbear because it will be better…
DetailsThis week’s longer addition to the blog comes in the form of a lecture by Hans-Hermann Hoppe on the how & why of insurance and how little sense it makes to pool certain people with others. This is a good one – easy to understand, commonsensical, and informative: Hans Hoppe also really tore through many…
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