A few days ago, I had a Thomas Sowell video heyday, and today I had to give some airtime to his favorite teacher and one of the most intelligent-while-commonsensical human being I’ve ever studied, Milton Friedman. If you want to learn something today, start here: On what I was talking about in the previous blog…
DetailsIf you aren’t familiar with the Austrian School of Economics, Fredrich Hayek, Ron Paul, Murray Rothbard, Thomas E. Woods, Jr., or Ludwig von Mises, go to the Mises Institute and acquant yourself with the materials there. But also, know that the site is for intermediate to advanced economic readers. If you don’t know anything about…
DetailsI am curious as to what the moral requirement is when our biology is somehow bettered by possibly immoral action. For example, masturbation can lessen chances of prostate cancer. Possibly in this category, heavy drinkers outlive nondrinkers. Why would God create biological mechanisms that are furthered by sin? (I don’t know if the Original Sin…
DetailsHere are my favorite economists, talking about the political scene: Walter E. Williams on Private vs. Public property x 2: Tommy Sowell on Left vs. Right: Milton Friedman on Socialism vs. Communism: Milton on “incentives for immoral behavior”: I swear to the Good Lord I could listen to Friedman talk forever. RIP. Copyrighted under Creative…
Detailsbut now he’s back, talking about Social Security:
Sounds like the exact system Bernie Madoff got serious prison time for…
Friedman on the redistribution of wealth: Double trouble on the minimum wage’s economic effects: Thomas Sowell on the Fallacy of Fairness. In Four Parts, wow. All the hubbub from the Tea Party gatherings is not consistent with the original views of freedom espoused by the Republican party. NeoCons may rise to the beat of Palin’s…
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