Many academics toil a thankless life, striving for truth amid a sea of fallacies and inaccuracies. Some who do this with mediocrity are ignored. Those who do it well are often subject to intense criticism and ridicule. A select few rise to the challenge, and with conviction, carry forward – ever aiming to convince the masses that their truthful pursuit is right. Of this miniscule number of individuals, only a handful may ever reach the point where their peers recognize them for their insights, and reward their toils accordingly. Hans-Hermann Hoppe is one such individual.

And as usual, he says nothing new or interesting. But at least he’s right, for once. Warning that deficit spending can be a problem, Greenspan also noted that reduced spending would not damage the “recovery.”

David Howden has written an excellent review of Property, Freedom, and Society: Essays in Honor of Hans-Hermann Hoppe (New Perspectives on Political Economy, Volume 5, Number 1, 2009, pp. 73–80). Howden writes:

The two government-created creatures to spur home ownership have turned into the largest homeowners in the U.S. of A. according to the New York Times. The GSEs combined portfolios were close to 164,000 at the end of March, a quarter where the entities took ownership of a home every 90 seconds.

I recently attended at the Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society in Bodrum, Turkey (see my Bodrum Days and Nights: The Fifth Annual Meeting of the Property and Freedom Society: A Partial Report).

Every so often a book comes along that truly makes you appreciate writing as a subject; one that truly captures the imagery that we see and feel in our lives when we so often lack the time for reflection.

Wĭthûr Wē is such a book. Yet, such a recommendation doesn’t quite do it justice because its beautiful imagery is only a backdrop for a rich libertarian narrative and struggle of ideas.

As the economy attempts to cleanse itself of the malinvestments of the decade-long bubble, jobs dominated by men have been sacrificed: construction, finance, and manufacturing. Hanna Rosin writes in the Atlantic, “The recession merely revealed—and accelerated—a profound economic shift that has been going on for at least 30 years, and in some respects even longer.”