Ravi Wu reports the completion of several volumes in Traditional Chinese:

The belief that war, and government spending more generally, fosters economic growth by spurring innovation is one of those fallacies that won’t die, no matter how often it is challenged and refuted. Today’s New York Times gives us the usual spiel:

Murray Rothbard was a foremost defender of apriorism in economics and a critic of positivism, empiricism, and scientism (1, 2, 3). But he was not opposed to quantification, particularly in the study of economic history. In fact, he strongly supported the use of statistics in doing applied economics.

Jim Bovard talks with Jeff Deist about his incendiary career as a journalist, the American people as Mencken’s “Booboisie”, and why the Nanny State has him stocking-up on cigars.

Stephen Poloz, Governor of the Bank of Canada, thinks Canada may have a housing problem on its hands:

[LewRockwell.com] by Lew Rockwell

The Liberty and Ethics Center at Lindenwood University is headed by Prof. Rachel Douchant, a former Mises Fellow and Mises U alumnus. This year, the Center welcomed Robert Higgs for its keynote address:

Day 2 at the RGS:

Striking taxi drivers snarled traffic in several European cities yesterday in a show of solidarity against a common threat. Unlike other protests of the past few years which have largely been against austerity measures, this time workers from London, Paris, Berlin and Madrid were unified against Uber.

  Nerbraska government officials have voiced their displeasure with Colorado voters, and have claimed that Colorado taxpayers should pay Nebraska’s state and local government for the cost of enforcing Nebraska’s anti-cannabis laws.