I am regularly asked what can be done to solve the problem of “urban blight” in places like Detroit. The question is usually asked with exhausted desperation and a shrug, as if there are no possible answers. The cause of this “blight” is the root of the problem, and when ignited by police brutality, sets off riots in cities like Ferguson and
This article is also available as an Audio Mises Daily [ Smuggler Nation: How Illicit Trade Made America by Peter Andreas, Oxford University Press, 2013.] Whenever I receive a book to review that is written by some hotshot ivy leaguer, I brace myself for all the deception and tomfoolery that I will have to endure. Peter Andreas’s Smuggler Nation ,
With summer upon us and temperatures rising, we should stop and thank our lucky stars for air conditioning — and wish upon the same stars that government won’t destroy it, because it seems to be trying to do so. Willis Haviland Carrier invented the modern air conditioner in 1902. Thomas Midgley Jr. created the first chlorofluorocarbon gas, Freon,
You might have the impression that everyone has switched from beer to red wine, or that everyone has switched from Budweiser to microbrews, homebrew, and high-gravity beers. However, do not count out the good old American cocktail. It is true that beer has lost market share and wine has gained market share, but by far the biggest winner in recent
Walter Block is at his finest when he subjects the most loathsome jobs and nastiest behaviors to a logical and libertarian scrutiny. Block’s Defending the Undefendable has needled and irritated an entire generation of readers and compelled many to re-examine long-held beliefs in favor of the logic of libertarianism. Now comes volume 2, Defending
Walter Block da lo mejor de sí mismo cuando somete los trabajos más aborrecibles y los comportamientos más desagradables a un escrutinio lógico y libertario. Defendiendo lo indefendible , de Block, ha pinchado e irritado a toda una generación de lectores y obligado a muchos a revisar creencias arraigadas en favor de la lógica del libertarismo.
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