Leveraging IP
Watch Importation, Copyright, and the First-Sale Doctrine
The “Omega Seamaster Ploprof 1200m” wristwatch
Dancing for the state
Ohio law requires new drivers under the age of 18 to complete a state-approved driver education course consisting of “a minimum of 24 hours of classroom instruction and 8 hours behind the wheel.” So it should come as no surprise that there are a host of private companies providing state-approved driver training. But what are these companies really providing – selling – and what is the consumer really buying?
Explore the Theory of the Completely Free Society
After taking this class, you will realize that the Founders who called government a “necessary evil” were only half right. Join us as the Mises Academy leads the way forward in educational technology.
The Austrian History of US Money and Banking
[Murray Rothbard • History of Money and Banking • Auburn, Alabama: Ludwig von Mises Institute • 490 pages]
The illusion fades
From the WSJ, growth is lower than expected and retroactively revised downward.
Rationalization in Politics and Life
A man who is obliged to justify his handling of a matter in the eyes of other people often resorts to a pretext. As the motive of his deviation from the most suitable way of procedure he ascribes another reason than that which actually prompted him.
The Great Economics Smack Down
Barron’s notes the growing intensification of the great debate of our time between the Austrians and Keynesians. Randall W. Forsyth calls it “the great economics smackdown.”
IT MAY NOT RANK with the Hatfields and the McCoys, but there’s a battle raging. It’s the Austerians vs. the Keynesians.
Know the New Deal Cold
It’s essential for those who believe in a free economy and a free society to know the history of the Great Depression and the New Deal, to know it cold, and to know it better than anyone.
Give Capitalism a Chance
It is a common assumption in today’s world that capitalism is, at best, out of control and, at worst, outright evil. Everyone knows that it causes most of our financial, economic, and social problems. Of course, everyone is wrong.
PR/Journalism: The Bubble Industry That Popped
MSNBC today features an article on the job disaster that the GenY/Millennials are facing. These are people born in the 1980s and 1990s who who were unfortunate enough to enter the job market at one of the worst possible times in history.
