What Is a Scientific Theory?
Absolute certainty in science can only be acquired by discovering propositions about the world that can be known to be true a priori.
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The Greatest Economic Charity
Mises's main renown is as an economist. Yet to me he is a charitable person even more than an economist.
Joseph Stiglitz’s Market-Failure Myth
With Stiglitz's mainstream neoclassical research, truth is only what can be measured and then fit into mathematical models.
The Justice of Economic Efficiency
In the following I present an a priori justification for the thesis that those means recommended by political economy are indeed efficient means for just ends.
Why Do Languages Die?
The very existence of a modern nation-state, and the ideology it encompasses, is antithetical to linguistic diversity.
The President Goes to War
Of course the president, like everyone, frequently protests his desire for peace. Everyone does this. And I think we may assume he is quite sincere about it.
Gloom, Doom, and Optimism
The fact that optimists are so pessimistic about the economy should cause you to take notice and ask if maybe there is something to all this gloom and doom.
Set Culture Free
Intellectual-property advocate Robert Levine ignores the group that all of this is meant to serve: the consumers.
Freedom of the Press
Freedom of the press is one of the fundamental features of a nation of free citizens.
The Debacle of Margarine’s Utility
We can see some of the more insidious side effects of regulations by tracing the history of antimargarine laws.
