Another Case of the Anticapitalistic Mentality
The key assumption of Michael J. Sandel's What Money Can't Buy is that the market is corrupting. People who attend to economic gain put aside the nobler motive of sacrificing together for the common good. Sandel's denigration of filthy lucre frequently reaches absurdity.
Rhode Island's Founder Abandons Liberty
The heroic fighter for liberty out of power is often tempted, once he has the reins of command, to rationalize that now "order" must be imposed — by him.
The True Conception of the Use of Goods
What distinguishes the working of material goods from the working of other kinds of natural things is that the results are directed toward the advantage of man.
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Daniel J. Sanchez: Peter Klein answers questions from the Austrian_Economics Reddit
Dr. Klein discusses economics PhD programs, higher education, the business cycle and entrepreneurship, limits to the size of a firm, corporate personhood, the state of Austrian Economics, Keynesianism, Hayek on money, and Lachmann.
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Peter G. Klein: Innovation in Higher Education
I posted last week on Organizations and Markets about the tepid,and entirely predictable, reaction of the higher education establishment to the information technology revolution. Mainline universities loudly proclaim their love of online learning --
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Daniel J. Sanchez: All 10 Volumes of the LvMI RAE Converted to Ebook
We have just finished converting all of the 10 volumes of the Mises Institute's run of The Review of Austrian Economics to ebook.
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John P. Cochran: Good as Gold
While it is important that attention be paid to the slow recovery and to “What is holding the economy back,” the two most recent boom-bust episodes should have more clearly focused attention of economists on the need for significant monetary reform.
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