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- Austrian Economics Overview
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Power & Market - this second section of Rothbard’s book - shows the state was to be protector of the people and property, but government is contradictory to that task. Government both taxes and demands a compulsory monopoly of defensive services within a geographical area. Are taxes simply club dues? Can you have a market without defense
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[Topic at 7 min.] Progressive, proportional and regressive taxes. Rothbard is relentlessly not in favor of taxes. The state robs both rich and poor. Henry George is horrible on the single tax on ground rent. Immigration/ Georgist sidebar - privatize everything so that entrants are trespassers or invitees. Empty land could still attract immigrants.
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A job seeker may not have the skill set that is worth $7/hour minimum wage. The minimum wage law keeps that individual from being employed. Yet, that person might have been happy making half that in order to gain entry skills and later improve his salary. Markets can meet the supply of jobs and the demand for jobs perfectly when the arrangement
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Is the state’s power of eminent domain necessary in a free society? Walter Block and Richard Epstein debate the topic. Recorded at the University of Chicago Law School on 10 May
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Professor Walter Block joins the Human Action Podcast for a fantastic in-depth discussion of Henry Hazlitt and his work. Dr. Block has great insights into Hazlitt’s work on inflation, economic fallacies, ethics and utilitarianism, and more, plus great anecdotes about Hazlitt, Mises, and Rand. Economics in One Lesson may be the most important
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This lecture by Walter Block was presented at the 2012 Mises University in Auburn, Alabama. Includes an introduction by Mark Thornton.