In 1984, Jean-Louis Dumas, CEO of a struggling French fashion house, found himself consumed with thoughts of how to not only revive but surpass the glory Hermès had once known. Four years into his role, he couldn’t shake the idea that he needed to capture lightning in a bottle once again, as his father had done with the now-legendary Kelly bag.
As fast as a snake’s thrust, Israel has taken the methods of mass murder used against Gaza’s civilians to the West Bank, to Lebanon and Syria, to Yemen and beyond. It is now launching about for the next country to attack, Iran.
Nicolaus Copernicus was one of the greatest scientists in history. With his theories on astronomy, he revolutionized the sciences and is meritoriously and universally recognized as a genius. He was indeed a genius, not only in astronomy, in fact, his knowledge and studies ranged in all fields of knowledge—medicine, canon law, theology (he was also ordained Catholic theologian), natural sciences, mathematics, and—last but most important for this article—economics.
Professor Glenn Diesen of Norway recently had his video channel expunged from YouTube, and two days later it was restored at YouTube, all with no real explanation.;
One video at his channel is a discussion of Richard Cobden’s 1836 pamphlet, which bore the secondary title:
Property rights, the division of labor, and voluntary exchange are the foundation of civilization. In Liberalism: The Classical Tradition, Ludwig von Mises explains why these doctrines are essential to civilization, emphasizing that peace is a prerequisite for the division of labor and human cooperation.
A Modern Guide to Austrian Economics
Per Bylund
Edward Elgar, 2024; viii + 317 pp.
The articles that Per Bylund has collected in this wide-ranging collection show that Austrian economics is thriving. I cannot comment on all fifteen of the articles, but I will highlight points of interest in a few of them.
