(This obituary was sent to Mises.org by Sergio Noto, Dipartimento di economie, società  istituzioni, Verona, Italy)

Professor Gottfried Dietze, one of the most important scholars of liberal political thoughtm died at the age of 85 in Washington two weeks ago.

Here is a Washington Times piece about the Regnery series of books that includes my own Politically Incorrect Guide to American History. No discussion of its Austrian content.

Harvard’s Jeff Miron is a traditionally trained, neoclassical economist with surprisingly strong libertarian views. Here is his utilitarian case against antitrust enforcement. (He is best known among libertarians for his opposition to drug prohibition.)

Dr. DiLorenzo’s article “Should Wal-Mart be Broken Up?” is a good example of how government interventions in the economy are like bacteria: you only need to start with one, and before long, you have another, and another, and another, until there are more than you can count (though there are limits on how much bacteria can reproduce themselves. I see no such limits with government). In effect, antitrust is the intervention to fix the problem that intervention created.

This is an interesting article that rings true.

A new study suggests that private schools are not inherently better than public schools. Surprised? Enough people were such that the study, funded by the US Department of Education, has created a stir in the education arena, as well as in the national news. But I want to argue that the results are meaningless, and for reasons not having to do with the methodology employed in the study.

Good interview here. I liked his comments on “Net Neutrality“: When asked what he thought about it, he responded: