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George Reisman’s Monograph on Piketty’s ‘Capital in the Twenty-First Century’

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Good News: George Reisman read Piketty’s Capital so you don’t have to. It seems Reisman is one of the few people who has actually read it. More good news: Reisman tells you what you need to know in a short monograph, and not in 700 pages like Piketty.

Ron Paul on the Latest Anti-Russia Sanctions

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From a free-market perspective, trade sanctions are always immoral and illegitimate because they restrict trade and free choice among individuals. Arguably, they are even worse when instituted for purposes of provoking war, as is the case with the Obama administration and Russia. Ron Paul examines the current controversy:

Why Won’t Obama Just Leave Ukraine Alone?

by Ron Paul

Walter Block On Controversies Throughout His Career

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(Summary by Luis Rivera III) Here, Dr. Walter Block reveals what he believes is his most controversial view as well as what has been the harshest response he has ever received. Dr. Block talks about his books Defending The Undefendable I and Defending The Undefendable II. He touches on some of the chapter including prostitution, drug legalization, blackmail, WalMart, child labor and private roads.

Randall Holcombe Interviewed in Italian About His New Textbook

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