On occasion you get some defender of patents who is upset when we use the m-word to describe these artificial state-granted monopoly rights. For example here one Dale Halling, a patent attorney (surprise!) posts about “The Myth that Patents are a Monopoly” and writes, ” People who suggest a patent is a monopoly are not being intellectually honest and perpetuating a myth to advance a political agenda.”
The Freeman had a long existed before editorial control was handed over to the Foundation for Economic Education. It was a continuation of a publication started by Albert Jay Nock in the 1920s.
Allan Carlson, who has old liberal impulses but an aversion to modern economic structures, reports on a conference on Belloc-Chesterton-style Distributivism (or distributism) that took place in England this month, featuring philosophers and theorists of various sorts.
A wide-ranging and interesting interview with a leader in the Austrian School today.
Rick Habraken of The Netherlands sends us his bachelor thesis on the Austrian Theory of the Business Cycle. Outstanding paper!
The following points appear frequently in mainstream media commentary on China:
In the current economy, most people are trying to make cuts in their home budgets. One of the first places frugal Americans begin is with restaurant expenditures. Many people have become almost completely dependent upon others to prepare all of their meals. If you are looking to save some cash and consider yourself helpless in the kitchen there is hope. It is not necessary to attend Le Cordon Bleu to be able to save money by preparing meals yourself. When learning any new skill it is best to start with a few basics and eventually build upon them.
