In recent decades, proposals for a universal basic income (UBI) have aroused a good deal of attention, but supporters of the free market have for the most part been averse to the idea. In his article “A Hayekian Case for Free Markets and a Universal Basic Income” (in Michael Cholbi and Michael Weber, eds., The Future of Work, Technology, and Basic
Featuring the following authors: Patrick Newman , The Progressive Era and Conceived in Liberty, Vol. 5 Connor Boyack , The Tuttle Twins and the Fate of the Future David Gordon , Preview of Rothbard A – Z Mark Thornton , The Skyscraper Curse Presented at the Mises Institute’s 2018 Supporters Summit in Auburn, Alabama. Recorded on September 28,
David Gordon joins Jeff Deist to consider the important philosophy—and philosophers—libertarians need to know. Starting with Mises’s influences in Human Action , Dr. Gordon moves through the 20th century with a great discussion of John Rawls and Robert Nozick. He also suggests the books that Austro-libertarians need to read, even if they’re
People, Power, and Profits: Progressive Capitalism for an Age of Discontent . By Joseph E. Stiglitz. Norton, 2019. Xxvii + 371 pages. Joseph Stiglitz is an eminent economist, but it is evident from People, Power, and Profits that he is a moralist as well, and one of a peculiar sort. Early in the book, he says this: “to answer such questions
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian Harvard University Press, 2018 x+381 pages Quinn Slobodian, a historian at Wellesley College, tells us that Globalists “is a long-simmering product of the Seattle protests against the World Trade organization in 1999. I was part of a generation that ... became
The Founder , a movie based on the life of Ray Kroc, vividly illustrates crucial points about entrepreneurship and the market stressed by Mises. In the film, Kroc, played by Michael Keaton, begins as a salesman selling milkshake machines. He meets the McDonald brothers, the owners of a small diner in San Bernardino, California. Kroc has come to
[ Why Cities Lose: The Deep Roots of the Urban-Rural Political Divide. By Jonathan Rodden. Basic Books, 2019. 313 pages.] Jonathan Rodden is unhappy. In American elections, Democrats often receive a larger number of votes than their Republican rivals, but they nevertheless frequently fail to win elections. “In most democracies, the path to
En las últimas décadas, las propuestas de una renta básica universal (RBU) han suscitado una gran atención, pero los partidarios del libre mercado se han mostrado en su mayoría reacios a la idea. En su artículo «A Hayekian Case for Free Markets and a Universal Basic Income» (en Michael Cholbi y Michael Weber, eds., The Future of Work, Technology,
Joseph Stiglitz es un economista eminente, pero es evidente por People, Power and Profits que también es un moralista, y de una clase peculiar. Al comienzo del libro, dice esto: «para responder a estas preguntas [sobre qué hacer] tengo que explicar la verdadera fuente de riqueza, distinguiendo la creación de riqueza de la extracción de riqueza. El
Globalists: The End of Empire and the Birth of Neoliberalism by Quinn Slobodian Harvard University Press, 2018 x+381 pages Quinn Slobodian, un historiador en el Wellesley College, nos dice que Globalistas “es un producto a largo plazo de las protestas de Seattle contra la organización mundial de comercio en 1999. Fui parte de una generación que...
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