“Socially Conscious” Literature
They do not comprehend that capitalism, in engendering big-scale production for mass consumption, is essentially a system of wiping out penury as much as possible.
Other Schools of Thought
Displaying 1031 - 1040 of 2193
Keynes and the Pyramids
Keynes loved the pyramids. The attempt to rehabilitate the reputation of the pyramid project is part of a larger cultural effort to prop up the respectability of government in general and the nation-state in particular.
The Plight of the MBA Generation
They did what they were supposed to do. Now, they have few job options at all.
Looking Hard at Pictures of the Socialistic Future
The tragedies of 20th-century socialism are made more horrible by the fact that some people understood, predicted, and warned.
Six Fundamental Errors of the Current Orthodoxy
What they don't understand: aggregation, relative prices, interest rates, capital structure, money pumping, and regime uncertainty.
Inflation Inferno I
Governments and bankers hate gold because its supply cannot be inflated on command.
The “Old Lady” Hasn’t a Clue
A recorded mini lecture and video display purported to explain this mysterious phenomenon (mysterious to the Old Lady of Threadneedle Street, anyway). I knew that I was going to hear either a self-critical explanation or, more likely, some hogwash. Hogwash won, hands down!
Happy Mother Earth Day, Citizen!
Did you even know it’s International Mother Earth Day today, citizen?
The Moral Issues of Money
Debasement in the service of the state is not a fairytale. This is not a conspiracy theory. This is real life.
Pre-Fascist Italy: Tax and Borrow and Spend
The balanced budget passed away definitely in 1911, not to return again until a revolution had swept from the people of Italy their freedom.
