The Free Market 32, no. 7 (July 2014) Randall G. Holcombe recently spoke with the Mises Institute about his new textbook Advanced Introduction to the Austrian School of Economics , now available from Edward Elgar Publishing. Mises Institute: Why did you decide to write this book? Randall Holcombe: I received an inquiry from Edward Elgar, the
(Summer 1998) An Interview With Randall G. Holcombe Randall G. Holcombe is DeVoe Moore professor of economics at Florida State University and an adjunct scholar of the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama. He is author of eight book including Public Finance and the Political Process (1983), An Economic Analysis of Democracy (1985),
In response to my article, “Government: Unnecessary but Inevitable” (2004), Walter Block (2005) offers a detailed refutation of my argument on the inevitability of government. I want to respond to some of what Block said because I think that in his zest to show where he thinks I have erred, he has overlooked the larger issue of how one might
The Federal Reserve has just released a survey indicating that income and wealth inequality has been growing in the United States since 2007. Meanwhile, President Obama has called for government action to reduce inequality. So, it is worth a remark that the growth in inequality reported by the Fed pretty much coincides with the Obama presidency.
Reflecting on the Patent and Trademark Office’s decision to rescind protection of the Washington Redskins’ name, whether some people view a trademark as offensive should not be a criterion for determining whether it should be protected. If a large number of people are offended by a trademark, then it will be a liability rather than an asset to
I don’t know if you are as popular with the political insiders as I am, but already today I have received emails from Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, and Debbie Wasserman Schultz. In fact, I’ve received more than a dozen emails today alone from either the Democratic Party, Democrats involved in election campaigns, or Democratic interest groups. The
Ralph Nader argues in his new book, Unstoppable , that the left and right are coming together in their opposition of corporatism: those government policies that favor the economically powerful over the general public interest. This convergence of the left and right presents an opportunity for people to drop their political labels and unite to
Governments often misuse language to build emotional and patriotic support for their policies. This Orwellian use of language is clearly evident in the way that US government policy uses the words “war” and “peace.” Everyone is well aware of the US military invasions in Iraq and Afghanistan. Initiated during the Bush administration and continued
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