These are but a few highlights from the outstanding presentations made at the first meeting of the Property and Freedom Society; which stands for an uncompromising intellectual radicalism. If only Murray, that joyous, uncompromising intellectual radical could have been there with us.
Yes, we've all heard the clichés about the greater good. I've never met a serial killer, a sniper, or the leader of a suicide cult. But I'm willing to bet that they too believe that they served a greater good.
I wanted to show students that economics stems from ordinary human behavior in the real world we face every day. By showing them that trade, money, savings, competition, and prices all have distinctly human origins and purposes, I hoped to help them make better sense out of the "economics" they will some day be exposed to.
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
The Austrian School of economics arose in opposition to the German Historical School; and Carl Menger developed his methodological views in combat with the rival group.
In a series of posts to an Internet discussion group several years ago, David Friedman severely criticized Murray Rothbard's account of Adam Smith in his Economic Thought Before Adam Smith
Earlier today I would not have believed it possible that I would write something in praise of an Op-Ed piece in The New York Times.
In his New York Times column of June 3, Joseph Nocera asks
From the book For A New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto, as narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
