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Could this be the reason why Austrian thinkers tend to live to very old age? The Scotsman reports that "New research from sociologist Dr William Cockerham and colleagues from the University of Alabama in the United States has found that differences in attitudes to looking after your body and your health are predicted by your political allegiances. It seems those who believe the state should take...
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Here is an extremely interesting book from 1937: Collectivism: A False Utopia (link takes you to full text).On the plus side, this book is an excellent demonstration of the commonality between Nazi German, Fascist Italy, and Soviet Russia. The governments he analyzes are all socialist in their practical essence. And notice the year: 1937. This is an impressive thesis given the times, not too long...
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Category: Audio/Video, Audio Mises Daily
Online Publish Date: July 29, 2010
When Jean-Baptiste Colbert died on September 6, 1683, there was celebration throughout France. In fact, only the soldiery prevented the populace from joyfully dragging Colbert's body through the streets, writes Murray N. Rothbard (1926–1995).This audio Mises Daily is narrated by Jeff Riggenbach.
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An individual kills someone—for money, out of jealousy, as an act of revenge, or because he doesn't like his victim's looks. A chorus of left-"liberals" rushes in to excuse his act, especially if he is poor. He is not responsible, they say. The real criminal is "Society," for having allowed him to live in the conditions that led him to kill.Another individual owns a refrigerator, an air...
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Online Publish Date: October 17, 2019
In addition to providing crucial insights into the cleavages between social organization based on freedom and social organization based on coercion, Friedrich Hayek’s The Road to Serfdom provided many other insights. Many of them dealt with the morality of collectivism. In honor of the books 75th anniversary this year, please consider Part 2 of our considerations— Collectivism and Morality. (See...
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Category: The Progressive Era, Audio/Video, Audio Books, Murray N. Rothbard Audiobooks
Online Publish Date: December 20, 2017
From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
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Category: The Progressive Era, Audio/Video, Audio Books, Murray N. Rothbard Audiobooks
Online Publish Date: December 20, 2017
From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
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Category: The Progressive Era, Audio/Video, Audio Books, Murray N. Rothbard Audiobooks
Online Publish Date: December 20, 2017
From Chapter 12, "War Collectivism in World War I".This audiobook is made available through the generosity of Mr. Tyler Folger. Narrated by Graham Wright.
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The concepts of socialism and capitalism have definite meanings. Socialism is defined as state ownership of the means of production. The definition has been accepted by the most consistent practitioners of collectivist creed in failed socialist countries. But certain left-libertarian theoreticians (“mutualist” Kevin Carson is prominent among them) deny that state ownership captures the essence of...
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Category: The Journal of Libertarian Studies, Institute Publications
In Europe, one of the most important contemporary debates concerns unification and the project to create a centralized state with a single currency, a democratic parliament, and a monopolistic government. In this context, the current crisis of the European Monetary Unit (EMU) becomes a good argument in favor of an even-more accelerated path toward the transfer of powers from the old nation states...
