Atlas Shrugged at Fifty
I think of Ayn’s happiness and expectation, I think of the pain and bitter disillusion that scarred the rest of her life — and something inside me twists in pain for her, and tears stand in my eyes.
St. Paul and the Communists
When the state is recognized to be the enemy of society, then only will freedom come, and the citadel of power collapse.
The Inclination to Love Liberty
I got a chance to reconnect with former students and colleagues, and meet several people for the first time (even a few fans). I particularly enjoyed meeting Louis Carabini, the event’s sponsor.
On the Road to the Servile State
In 1912, Belloc published The Servile State. It prophesied that the world was moving to a reestablishment of slavery. This book made quite an impression on F.A. Hayek.
The Greatest Economic Charity
[From The Writings of F.A. Harper, Volume 2]
A certain Talmudical philosopher once offered us this apothegm:
The noblest charity is to prevent a man from accepting charity, and the best alms are to show and enable a man to dispense with alms.1
Leftist Attacks on the Google Book Settlement
I posted the following comment to Cory Doctorow’s BoingBoing post Competition and Google Book Search:
Economics vs. Politics
[This article is excerpted from chapter one of The Rise and Fall of Society.]
How to Conquer Poverty
One increases production by making investments in more efficient tools. The free-swinging enterpriser, using capitalist savings, is the true hero of the war on poverty.
Why Some People Are Poorer
Throughout history, until about the middle of the 18th century, mass poverty was nearly everywhere the normal condition of man. Then capital accumulation and a series of major inventions ushered in the Industrial Revolution. In spite of occasional setbacks, economic progress became accelerative. Today, in the United States, in Canada, in nearly all of Europe, in Australia, New Zealand, and Japan, mass poverty has been practically eliminated. It has either been conquered or is in process of being conquered by a progressive capitalism.
The Little House Books: A Pioneer Chronicle
Laura was born in 1867, and lived for 90 years. Her daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, who died in 1968, is well known to libertarians as the author of “The Discovery of Freedom”.
