INDEX

Albert, H., 10

Andreski, St., 54

Apel, K. O., 38, 43, 57, 65, 70, 79

Aposteriori propositions, 17, 79, 80

A priori of argumentation, 65–67

A priori propositions, 17, 35

A priorism, 8, 9, 10, 11, 14–15, 24–26, 44, 60, 69–71, 81

A priori synthetic propositions, 19–25, 35,59

Analytic propositions, 17, 33

Austrian school, 7–8, 27

Axiom of action, 21–25, 61–63, 67

Ayer, Alfred J., 28

Barnes, J., 54

Blalock, H. B., 36

Blanshard, Brand, 33, 56, 70, 71, 72, 74

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Hans-Hermann Hoppe is an Austrian School economist and libertarian/anarcho-capitalist philosopher. He is professor of economics at the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, a distinguished fellow with the Ludwig von Mises Institute, founder and president of the Property and Freedom Society, and editor-at-large of the Journal of Libertarian Studies.

It’s a

Jetsons

  World

It’s a

Jetsons

  World:

Private Miracles & Public Crimes

Jeffrey Tucker

LVMI

MISES INSTITUTE

© 2011 by the Ludwig von Mises Institute and published under the

Creative Commons Attribution License 3.0.

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Preface

ONE MORNING I WAS reading about how in the past many thousands of people died from scurvy, and solely because travelers on the high seas had such limited access to fruit and vitamin C. Scurvy was documented in the ancient world, and, in the 300 years after 1500, may have killed as many as two million sailors. The fear of scurvy has been one of millions of terrifying fears that have consumed the human psyche for all of human history until very recently. Now we know and care nearly nothing about it.

Private Miracles

WHAT IS THE LAW of the land? Many Americans are under the impression that it is the U.S. Constitution, distorted by time perhaps and the plain meaning changed by bad (or good, depending on your point of view) amendment, court decision, or indifference. This is a complete myth. The actual law of the land is contained in the U.S. Code published every six years by the Government Printing Office.

LOTS OF PEOPLE GET interested in political ideas through political campaigns. Maybe this is because politics forces you to decide who you are and what you believe.

I can vaguely recall when I was very young, perhaps 7 years old, that I discovered that my best friend’s family considered themselves Democratic whereas I was pretty sure that my family was Republican.