David Frum’s Cognitive Dissonance
David Frum recently accused modern Hayekians of not having a policy response to the recent economic crisis.
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Argumentation Ethics and Liberty: A Concise Guide
When you speak, you act; and action implies taking control of one's own body with the underlying idea of private property.
Eugen Böhm von Bawerk: Economist, Minister, Aristocrat
In Austria, hardly any other economist has achieved the same kind of fame as Böhm-Bawerk.
The Brilliance of Randolph Bourne
His radically antiwar views on the eve of the US government’s intervention in World War I got him fired from the New Republic. He stuck to his principles and produced some of the best antiwar and antistate writings of the 20th century. Bourne speaks to us today.
What Is Money?
A man would die of hunger who, having decided that money is real wealth, should carry out the idea to the end.
Policing for Profit
Government is a gang of thieves writ large. Let's look at the reality.
Out of Business
The last few years as an executive in a manufacturing company gave me a frighteningly close look at the inner workings of regulators in our government. Maybe I'm just naïve, but what I discovered was shocking. They are not "creating jobs" or "improving the economy" — precisely the opposite.
Freedom, Naturally
This libertarian classic imagines a totally free society — one with no government intrusion whatsoever.
The Police State Is Personal
Previously untouchable aspects of life are subjected to dictate. Even travel, formerly a right, is now a privilege granted by government agents at their whim.
The Lehman Brothers Plan
The meltdown of Lehman Brothers in September 2008 didn't begin the crisis; it was a model of how all troubled firms should have been handled. Had this policy been followed from the beginning, I have little doubt that the downturn would already be over and we would not have added to the debt problem.
