Philosophy and Methodology

OK, melting ice and potential oil in the Arctic have brought out the worst in neighboring governments.

Whether or not some nations truly suffer from an ineradicable intelligence deficit, their best path to follow is the one of freedom.

Gelernter would profit from reflecting about a remark often attributed to Voltaire: if you want to found a new religion, you should arrange to be crucified and rise from the dead on the third day.

From Rothbard’s August 11, 1984 letter to Tony Flood:

The following is an edited version of my recent post on a libertarian discussion list.

Here is the problem, according to Steven Landsburg:

Economists are everywhere.

Narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.

Economics is therefore not quantitative prediction. Nor is it a game or puzzle solving. Neither of the Friedman's assumptions — the rationality of economic agents and of the simplicity of preferences — is necessary.