[This article originally appeared in The Free Market , April 1998; Volume 16, Number 4.] Listen to the MP3 audio version of this commentary . British Prime Minister Tony Blair apologized for doing “too little” in response to the Irish Potato Famine of the 19th century that killed one million people and brought about the emigration of millions
The Free Market 14, no. 3 (March 1996) Look at the back of your computer monitor, the bottom of your table lamp, or the label on your hair dryer. Chances are you will see the symbol “UL” with a circle around it. It stands for Underwriters Laboratories, a firm headquartered in Northbrook, Ill., and an unsung hero of the market economy. Most
Auburn, Alabama, is featured on the front cover of today’s Wall Street Journal . I was interviewed extensively for the story, but was not mentioned. The story is about the relationship between state universities and increased manufacturing jobs. It turns out that my input did not fit into the story. The thesis of the article was that college
Donald Trump campaigned on the economic issues of international trade, immigration, and jobs. He condemned international trade, immigrants, and the economic policies of countries such China and Mexico. As such, he should be made an honorary member of the mid-19th century “Know Nothing” political party. This week he took aim at the trade deficit by
David Howden is interviewed on the GoldMoney show with Andy Duncan. “Howden thinks that the Euro will hold together in the short term, but he is rather pessimistic on the long term outlook of the common currency. One at a time countries which were formerly regarded as “stable” are being dragged into the debt hole. Though he assesses the problems
Thorsten Polleit delivered a speech at the Austrian Economics Research Conference entitled “The Gold Standard That Never Was.” Thorsten was interviewed by GoldMoney’s Andy Duncan. The speech is discussed in this podcast . The conditions that he sees as being necessary for a gold standard to be compatible with free market principles are discussed.
Mark Thornton, Mises Institute Senior Fellow, recently traveled to the United Kingdom to take part in Oxford University’s Oxford Union Debates. Mises Institute: Why were you invited to debate at Oxford? Mark Thornton: The Oxford Union can pretty much get whoever they want to debate, including presidents, prime ministers, Mother Theresa, the Dalai
The Free Market 32, no. 8 (August 2014) Mises Institute: Why were you invited to debate at Oxford? Mark Thornton: The Oxford Union can pretty much get whoever they want to debate, including presidents, prime ministers, Mother Theresa, the Dalai Lama, and even Julian Assange, so I was honored that they invited me. I met several students in the
Volume 10, No. 3 (Fall 2007) This book is a collection of ten previously published essays that address some of the most important questions of twentieth-century America. Robert Higgs provides detailed answers that challenge government propaganda of our past and provides ammunition for present and future policy deliberations. The essays are
The Free Market 13, no. 2 (February 1995) This past baseball season promised to be the most exciting in my lifetime. Then the players’ union opposed the owners’ demand for a salary cap and refused to work. Baseball struck out. In the battle over blame, the most curious call is the union’s for a “free market.” The most often-cited remedy is to
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