The well-known problem of the tyranny of the majority is present in both corporate/investor democracies and political democracies. What sets one apart from the other are the remedies available to the disgruntled minority.
Libertarians have not come to promise human beings a technocratic utopia; we have come to bring everyone freedom, the freedom of each individual to pursue whatever his or her dreams of the future may be. Or even to have no vision of the future.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
Recorded at the Ludwig von Mises Institute; Auburn, Alabama; 9 October 2010.
The leading Baconian in political economy, who was also, fittingly, a pioneer in statistics and in the alleged science of "political arithmetic," was the fascinating opportunist and adventurer Sir William Petty (1623–1687).
Regardless of their relative merits, bribes are a phenomenon distinct from taxation and regulation. Examining where and to what extent illicit bribes exist sheds further light on the distinction between the private, voluntary economy, and the public, coercive one.
Many elected officials are already wealthy by most people's standards. What makes the wealthy and otherwise successful want to hold office? Is it an overweening ego and an insatiable hunger for public adulation?
