What Was Wrong With the Old World
Veksler at work
Our friend David Veksler has created some interesting posters and has uploaded them to his flickr account. Here are two examples:

America: Freedom to Fascism
Since V for Vendetta garnered much interest on this site, I thought people would be interested in Aaron “Hollywood” Russo’s new documentary: America: Freedom to Fascism.
Liberty and the Warfare State
Robert Higgs has a well-deserved reputation as an eminent economic historian, but in this collection of essays and interviews, he shows himself an adept moral philosopher as well.
He subjects the “humanitarian” case for the Iraq War, unfortunately professed by some self-styled libertarians, to withering scrutiny.
Sellers of Scarce Goods
“All hail ticket scalpers.” No, that doesn’t come from a libertarian. It comes from a sportswriter. Jim Caple says:
Where Do They Get Those Numbers
Six million Americans go to sleep hungry, they tell us. Another three million are cold. Eight million more have sniffles and millions of us go to bed under-deodorized and consequently smelly. And don’t forget 30 million of our countrymen who suffer from allergies. There’s something about getting in bed and living in America that just begs for calamities.
As my Aunt Thelma said when she lost on the lottery, WHERE do they get these numbers.
Reisman, Mises on Costs of Production
When Professor Reisman reveals, in his latest blog entry, that Mises told him that the value of a (specific?) produced means of production is set by its costs, was this any more than a shorthand way of warning against a adopting an overly simple, one-stage act of discounting backwards when the calculation actually rests within a much more highly complex process?
What Happened To The Money?
The Gulf Coast received hundreds of millions in foreign aid last year after Hurricane Katrina devastated the area. But, what happened to all that money?
Who’s the American Taliban?
How does the left get away with describing right-wing thought as Talibanish, especially when compared to the left-wing agenda of speech codes, economic regulation, and authoritarian intervention in every aspect of American private life?