Admirers of the work of Hans-Hermann Hoppe will be pleased by some news from our friend Youssif Almoayyed, an outstanding supporter of the Mises Institute who lives in Bahrain. Youssif informs us that books by Hans have been translated into Arabic and are selling very well. His A Short History of Man was brought out by a small Iraqi publisher
Today would have been the ninety-first birthday of Burt Blumert, one of the greatest personalities of the modern libertarian movement. Burt was the indispensable man behind the scenes and was a key figure in the Mises Institute, the Center for Libertarian Studies, and LewRockwell.com. He was one of Murray Rothbard’s closest friends, and when you
President Trump’s pardon of Michael Milken would have delighted Murray Rothbard. Milken, who was famous for his “junk-bond” takeovers of various companies, served twenty-two months in prison for federal crimes that involved market trading. Murray Rothbard thought that Milken was a hero. As he explained in an article written in 1989: During the
Today would have been Murray Rothbard’s ninety-fourth birthday. He was an unforgettable friend, whose immense knowledge of many different fields was unsurpassed in my experience. In a lecture on the Austrian theory of the business cycle, he mentioned the common objection that the expansion of bank credit might have no effect if investors
In an article published in Italian on April 13 and translated here into English, the Italian philosopher Giorgio Agamben raises some points that merit careful consideration. He says, “We then accepted without too many problems, solely in the name of a risk that it was not possible to specify, limiting, to an extent that had never happened
Today is Dr. Ron Paul’s eighty-fifth birthday. He has always been a voice of wisdom, from the End the Fed campaign to his fight against the Iraq War to being a voice of sanity in the current covid-19 hysteria. He is a great American and one one of the foremost people ever to serve in Congress. Happy
Los admiradores de la obra de Hans-Hermann Hoppe se alegrarán de algunas noticias de nuestro amigo Youssif Almoayyed, un destacado defensor del Instituto Mises que vive en Bahrein. Youssif nos informa que los libros de Hans han sido traducidos al árabe y se están vendiendo muy bien. Su A Short History of Man fue sacado a la luz por un pequeño
Hoy habría sido el cumpleaños 91 de Burt Blumert, una de las mayores personalidades del movimiento libertario moderno. Burt era el hombre indispensable entre bastidores y era una figura clave en el Instituto Mises, el Centro de Estudios Libertarios y LewRockwell.com. Era uno de los amigos más cercanos de Murray Rothbard, y cuando lo conocías, era
Hoy habría sido el 94º cumpleaños de Murray Rothbard. Era un amigo inolvidable, cuyo inmenso conocimiento de muchos campos diferentes era insuperable en mi experiencia. En una conferencia sobre la teoría austriaca del ciclo económico, mencionó la objeción común de que la expansión del crédito bancario podría no tener efecto si los inversionistas
En un artículo publicado en italiano el 13 de abril y traducido aquí al inglés, el filósofo italiano Giorgio Agamben plantea algunos puntos que merecen una cuidadosa consideración. Dice: «Aceptamos entonces sin demasiados problemas, únicamente en nombre de un riesgo que no era posible especificar, limitando, en una medida que nunca antes había
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