Most people—and especially most economists—not only are ignorant of what money actually is, but how and why it became part of our economy in the first place.
Que el hombre actúe y que el futuro sea incierto no son en absoluto dos cuestiones independientes. Son sólo dos modos diferentes de establecer una cosa.
Green energy advocates want us to believe we easily can transition from conventional fuels to renewables. In truth, such a transition not only would devastate world economies, but also is not technologically possible.
Since the Obama administration nationalized the student loan program, we have seen student debt metastasize. Unfortunately, the Biden administration looks to make things even worse.
With the shortage have come the usual half-baked bromides about "evil corporations" and how they aren't regulated enough. The real fault lies with welfare statists, Trump-style protectionists, and the FDA.
Hazlitt popularizó el pensamiento económico sólido, fue un crítico de Keynes y contribuyó a la filosofía moral ética. No está mal para un pobre niño huérfano de padre y que abandonó la universidad.
Hazlitt popularized sound economic thinking, was a critic of Keynes, and contributed to ethical moral philosophy. Not bad for a poor fatherless boy and college dropout.
En estos días se oye hablar mucho de la distinción entre derechos humanos y derechos de propiedad. Pero lejos de estar en conflicto, los derechos de propiedad son los más básicos de todos los derechos humanos.