Best Libertarian/Classical Liberal Group Academic Blog
The Mises blog is a nominee in this contest at the Liberty & Power blog.
Martin van Creveld Speaks Out
The esteemed military historian Martin van Creveld has a trenchant article in the latest issue of The Forward where he suggests President Bush be impeached and put on trial “for misleading the American people, and launching the most foolish war since Emperor Augustus in 9 BC sent his legions into Germany and lost them”.
The Complete Libertarian Forum?
I have a question for blog readers. Is there any interest in a complete one-volume set of the Libertarian Forum (1969-1984), totaling some 1900 pages? The idea would be to make it hardbound, but it would be pricey ($100 or so). Is something that would be of interest?
Gasoline in California
Can Judges Save Us From Statism?
Randy Barnett is among the world’s leading libertarian academics and lawyers, writes J.H. Huebert, but his most recent book is dangerous.
The Myth of the “Holdout Problem”
Though not strictly Austrian in analysis, this new article from Bruce Benson in the Independent Review is worth reading for its strong attack on the fallacy put forth by Richard Epstein and others that we must have eminent domain, especially to build roads, because of the “holdout problem.” He also makes the case for private provision of roads.
Hate Crime—Intentional Action and Motivations
On a private list I posted the following:
A Sobering Email
Interesting that the most successful email virus in years plays off people’s fears of the government. This Sober variant announces that it is from the FBI.gov or the CIA.gov. (public affairs), and claims that the government has logged your IP surfing illegal websites. It then demands that you fill out the attached form, which is really the virus.
Some are signed with the following:
There Is No Such Thing as a Fair Tax
Writes Laurence Vance: the FairTax Plan—a proposal to replace the current system of federal taxes with a national sales tax is a disaster waiting to happen.
Was Spock an Austro-libertarian?
Are the Vulcan race, as popularized by Commander Spock of Star Trek fame, really future Austro-libertarians in disguise? Jack Maturin says the clues are there.
