Il libertarismo arriva in Italia — Revolution Comes to Italy
There is, after all, the surprisingly favorable response that libertarianism encounters from people in all walks of life.
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The Ignorance of the New Yorker
It is Republicans, not libertarians, who favor handouts to and special privileges for big corporations. And Republicans are not libertarians.
Does the US Economy Need Another Stimulus Package?
Our analysis indicates that not only can fiscal stimulus not revive the economy but, on the contrary, it can also make things much worse.
The Invisible Man and the Invisible Hand: H.G. Wells’s Critique of Capitalism
"Wells's science-fiction parable fails to offer a fair test of Adam Smith's economic principles. Smith would in fact agree that to make a man invisible would be to turn him into a monster of egoism, for it would set him free from the normal discipline of the market."
It’s Not about Personnel; It’s about Power
The government creates "jobs" that are destructive. Because there is no feedback of profit and loss, the only thing that can eventually end a harmful bureaucracy is a massive public outcry.
Richard Cantillon: Founder of Political Economy
"Cantillon instead focused on the microeconomic aspect of monetary inflation. In many ways, this focus is a forerunner to the Austrian School's emphasis on relative inflation, as opposed to general price inflation."
The Alleged Liberalism of Sir Edward Coke
Coke's legal-economic philosophy might be summed up in a phrase he used in Parliament in 1621: "That no Commodity can be banished, but by Act of Parliament."
Evolutionary Psychology and the Antimarket Bias
"Just as everyone is born ignorant of math, so everyone is born a folk economist."
The Difference between History and Philosophy of History
Public opinion looks askance at wealth acquired in trade and industry, and finds it pardonable only if the owner atones for it by endowing charitable institutions.
The Progressive Theory of History
And to wind up at my own doctrine about history, following Albert Jay Nock, history is essentially a race or a conflict between state power and social power.
