The publication Green Anarchy was sent by the publisher to our offices, perhaps as a provocation and perhaps because its website gets precious little traffic (Alexa 2 million). On its masthead are these words: “An Anti-Civilization Journal of Theory and Action.” It may sound tongue-in-cheek but it’s not.
Here is another example of successful private enterprise compared to government efforts. Their mission statement mentions the historical examples of the airplane and personal computer.
Photographers characterized by dynamic and often times aggressive tactics used in efforts to get that “million-dollar-shot” or “cover-photo” of celebrities, have established, for themselves, their own division of the media profession. Labeled as “paparazzi,” in honor of Signor Paparazzo, a character in a film by Federico Fellini, these freelancers will go to virtually any lengths to catch that perfect photograph.
Bruce Bartlett on tariffs and trade deficits in the Washington Times:
During a recession, that is. The economic slump has so affected brothels in Berlin, they have been forced to provide “happy hours” where customers are greeted with half-price discounts. “Even the world’s oldest business is suffering under the ongoing recession. And prostitutes are continually having to make reductions even though their prices have considerably decreased over the last 15 years.”
The latest Harry Potter’s book, The Order of Phoenix, has just been released in Italian. My sister, 13 years old, who thinks at herself as a cocktail made mixing up a bit of Hermione Granger and a bit of Galadriel (indeed, she’s definitely an ambitious girl), bought the book on Saturday morning and rushed into the 800 pages for 48 hours. What did she learn?
The question comes to Mises.org:
