American Musketeers
A trio of American manufacturers had emerged whose products were now world famous -- Colt, Winchester, and Remington. As early as 1851, at the London World’s Fair, American rifles were a sensation, and they received medals.
Faculty Spotlight Interview: Paul Cantor
Paul A. Cantor received his BA (1966) and PhD (1971) in English from Harvard University. He has taught at Harvard in both the English and the Government Departments. He is currently Clifton Waller Barrett Professor of English at the University of Virginia.
1. What is a Professor of English doing involved with Austrian economics?
Misesians in Brazil!
As Lew Rockwell mentions in his article today, the wonderful new Instituto Mises Brasil sponsored the first-ever conference on Austrian economics this week. Hundreds were there, with most of them under 25. It was a thrill and an honor to speak and take part.
Capitalism, Socialism, and Libertarianism
There’s been a good deal of debate recently in libertarian circles about the word capitalism. Is it compatible with libertarianism? A synonym for it? Should we use it? For example:
More Powerful Than Armies
Mises often said that ideas are more powerful than armies. In the midst of war — and all governments are, to some extent, at war with their own people — it can take a leap of faith to agree.
Book Review: The Invisible Heart
The Invisible Heart: An Economics Romance will no doubt be disappointing for those who like their romance novels with Fabio flexing on the cover, damsel in his arms, his hair blowing in the breeze, but it might reach a few romance novel readers and help expose those in the dating pool to the free-market message.
“Free Speech” Doesn’t Mean “Trespass”
The ACLU constantly files lawsuits against property owners who attempt to protect their property rights. Many of these lawsuits are supposedly to protect free speech rights. But can there be a right to freedom of speech unless that right is firmly based on property rights?
Austrian Paper Money: 1700 and Following
[Excerpted from chapter 3 of A History of American Currency. This chapter was originally published as an article in the Financier on October 25, 1873.]
One Hundred Years of Medical Fascism
[Originally published April 2010.]
Some Social Aspects of Medical Socialism
[Excerpted from Compulsory Medical Care and the Welfare State]
“Utopias are realizable. Life marches toward the Utopias. And perhaps a new century begins, a century in which the intellectuals and the cultured class will dream of means to escape the Utopias and to return to a non-Utopian society less ‘perfect’ and freer.” — Nicolas Berdjaev.
