Whole Foods CEO on Capitalism
John Mackey, CEO of Whole Foods, who in 2009 credited Ludwig von Mises as perhaps the most influential economist in his thinking, is profiled in the Orange County Register:
Mises Institute Now Accepting Bitcoins
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Henry Hazlitt’s 119th Birthday
November 28 was the 119th anniversary of Henry Hazlitt’s birth. Hazlitt, once a member of the Mises Institute’s Board of Advisors, and a great financial benefactor to the Institute as well, is author of the ever-popular Economics in One Lesson. Here Bettina Bien Greaves discusses Hazlitt’s legacy:
Ron Paul Explains How to Proceed with Iran
Ron Paul writes at the Ron Paul Institute:
VIDEO: Napolitano, Higgs, Block, and More Discuss the Mises Institute
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The Capitalist Hero in Fiction and Film
Edward Younkins has recently published Exploring Capitalist fiction: Business Through Literature and Film.
Younkins’ new book examines the themes, plots, and conflicts in more than 20 novels, films and plays, and discusses the role of capitalism within each. According to Younkins’ introduction:
Giving Thanks for the State’s Imperialistic Wars
That was the purpose of Lincoln’s nationalization of “Thanksgiving,” which started out as a celebration by the Pilgrims of productivity and life, and later as a proclamation by George Washington to celebrate the ratification of the Constitution. That’s why we have such spectacles today as Jay Leno’s “all military audience” tonight, and what will surely be a grotesque display of warmongering and imperialism with gigantic flags, mass singing of
Mises Explains the Santa Claus Principle
[From “The Exhaustion of the Reserve Fund” in Human Action, chap. 36.]
Daniel McAdams Examines the Prospects for Peace on Iran
Daniel McAdams, executive director of the Ron Paul Institute, and author of this piece on the Libya War at Mises Daily, injects some sound analysis into the debate at RT TV.
Bitcoin over $1000
I was interviewed today on RT TV about Bitcoin and the reasons it has soared in price to over $1000 per Bitcoin. It is both greater acceptance by vendors and governments as well as the world wide currency war and worry of war in the Middle East, especially in Iran which is in a hyperinflation that is driving the price higher. The Mises Institute can take donations in Bitcoin and you can also make purchases in our bookstore with Bitcoin.
