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Friedrich von Hayek, the Austrian émigré and University of Chicago professor whose 1944 Road to Serfdom dared to suggest that state planning would produce not "freedom and prosperity" but "bondage and misery, " visited Pinochet’s Chile a number of times. He was...
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Wow, can't believe I missed this and it only got one response. Rothbard was a great economic historian, you can refer to the following works, available at Mises for free in various digital mediums and in print at the Store. America's Great Depression Free: http://mises.org/rothbard/agd.pdf Print...
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I'm curious what some of you have to say about G. Edward Griffin's "The Creature from Jekyll Island" book? Did you like it? Was it thorough enough or was there any important information you know of that might not have been included by Griffin? Just curious about your thoughts regarding...
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Greetings. A new free audio essay is now available in The Rational Argumentator's Audio Section : “ The Historical Setting of the Austrian School of Economics ” by Ludwig von Mises; Read by G. Stolyarov II http://progressofliberty.today.com/tra-audio/mises-historical-setting/ Special...
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Greetings. A new audio essay - Ludwig von Mises’s “ Liberty and Property ” -- is available to listen to and download at this page . It has also been linked to in The Rational Argumentator’s Audio Section . I hope that you will enjoy it.
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I am currently reading Murray Rothbard's "What Has Government Done To Our Money? & The Case for a 100 Percent Gold Dollar". I recently came upon a curios passage that states the following: "I need not go through the familiar but fascinating story of how gold and silver were selected...
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I agree with Inquisitor concerning that democracy is still a tyranny, just of the majority. I also realized that our country was largely a grand experiment, one with many wonks, and even though it was executed, still was far from perfect, whatever that may be. One thing I don't think people (outside...
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Found this during my morning internet rounds... (from: http://survivalacres.com/wordpress/?p=1211 ) January 11, 2008 Legendary Funds Manager Julian Robertson Predicts Utter Global Collapse Stemming From Bursting of Property Bubble In a recent interview on CNBC with Ron Insana, one of the “old-timer”funds...
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Okay, I'm a staunch believer in the idea that warfare is always destructive to the economy, and should thusly only be undertaken with extremely careful scrutiny and even then only as an act of self-defense. I was in a debate about the recent (supposed) threats that five Iranian PT boats were placing...
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I saw this article too. Pretty interesting. As I am moving to Japan next week, and have been planning to do so for a while, I try to educate myself on modern Japan as much as possible. During this time, Japan knew very well what was happening to China. Instead of resisting the Western Powers, Japan tried...