How Thomas Edison Succeeded
The trouble lies in the fact that people do not have an object — one thing to which they stick, letting all else go. Success is the product of the severest kind of mental and physical application.
Interventionism
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Our Interests and Their Interests
Mises's notable theory of classes has been curiously neglected. By bringing it back into prominence, we have to abandon the cozy view that all of us, we and our privileged rulers alike, are in a continuing harmony of interest.
Blinder Understates the Cost of a Carbon Tax
Alan Blinder listed numerous alleged benefits of a phased-in carbon tax. Out of his entire column, he devoted a single sentence to the possible downside of his plan when he wrote, "No one likes to pay higher taxes."
Raw Capitalism in the Restaurant World
The beauty of the kitchen is that credentials or degrees don't matter. If there is such a thing as dog-eat-dog capitalism, this must be it — with customers holding the leash.
Are “Sticky Wages” a Market Failure?
Is it really such a stretch to suppose that when the US government (and Federal Reserve) brings the economy closer to outright socialism — as with Hoover, FDR, Bush, Obama, and Bernanke — that those very interventions hamper the economy?
Disney’s EPCOT and the Dream of Freedom
Walt Disney maintained his desire to see the free-enterprise system of America always promoted as the solution to issues that societies face. The unfortunate reality of the present is that Disney World is becoming more of a museum about a bygone era.
Banking and the Fed as Enemies of Prosperity
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011. Includes a Question-and-Answer period.
Government is Responding to the Crisis—Run for Your Life!
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.
Wreckonomics: While the People Sleep
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.
The Myth of a Middle Class
The concept of “middle class” implies that there are collective interests resting in the middle ground of a social hierarchy that never change and have to be preserved by a political authority.
