The Production of Security
Molinari’s article is the first presentation anywhere in human history of what is now called “anarchocapitalism.”
Visual Illustration of Tax Dollar Uses By The State
Ever wonder what federal programs get the various monies you donate each year to your indebted Uncle Sam? An enterprising individual put together an illustration which lays out the various military and non-military programs your annual tithe funds. It certainly makes you feel warm and fuzzy towards Article 1, Section 8.
Debunking a Reported Defiance of Economic Law in South Korea
Today’s [March 16, 2006] New York Times reports as news a story which, if true, would be an event in defiance of economic law and thus a literal miracle, comparable to the raising of the dead or a virgin birth. This alleged miracle is contained in the headline “In Korea, Bureaucrats Lead the Technology Charge.”
Wal-Marts of An Earlier Age
The attack on Wal-Mart, writes Clifford Thies, essentially comes down to this: opposition to economic progress.
Anarchy, State, and Public Choice
Ed Stringham presented his new edited book “Anarchy, State, and Public Choice” at today’s Austrian Scholar’s Conference. He introduced the work as a response to the Public Choice anarchist literature of the 60s and 70s which all seemed to share Buchanan’s pessimistic outlook for the potential for anarchy, the critical pieces of which are reprinted in the publication.
Henry George and the Tariff Question
Karen DeCoster writes that the problem identified by Henry George, in Protection or Free Trade, is that of poverty, and more specifically, wages and unemployment.
In the U.S. Senate the Guilty Interrogate the Innocent
In an article titled “A Senate Panel Interrogates Wary Oil Executives” today’s New York Times reports that “The nation’s top oil executives were called before Congress again yesterday to defend their industry’s recent mergers and record profits, in the face of public outrage over high oil and gasoline prices.”
Binary Economics: Paradigm Shift Or Cluster of Errors?
Binary economics is a theory of economic growth that places emphasis upon the distribution of capital, writes Timothy Terrell.
Devastation and Recovery: Reconciling Contrary Observations in Biloxi, Mississippi
A front-page story in today’s [March 14, 2006] New York Times, datelined Biloxi, Miss., reports,
The devastation of the coast here remains shocking to the uninitiated eye; towns where people have clearly worked night and day just to remove debris look as though they were hit by a hurricane six days ago, rather than six months.
However, just two paragraphs later we are told,
Ronald H. Nash, RIP
Professor Ronald H. Nash, theologian, philosopher, and advocate of Austrian economics, has died. A famed teacher, he was the author of 35 books, an adjunct scholar of the Mises Institute, and a gentle and effective advocate of the free market.
