Whenever you see someone use the word “neoliberalism” you are probably dealing with someone who spends most of his or her time in a left-wing echochamber where people believe they are being oppressed by “free markets” and that things will be set right only when the kind, calming hand of government is able to tame the vile “free for all” that is
Lew Rockwell is “one of the leaders of the libertarian world” opines Robert Groezinger of Junge Freiheit. This title should of course not be confused with the sinister title ” leader of the free world. “ Says Groezinger: The American commentator and journalist Llewellyn Harrison Rockwell, Jr., who turns seventy on July 1, is one of the leaders
Historian Julian Zelizer writes that Watergate-style investigations are OK sometimes, but we shouldn’t go overboard in being mistrustful of the government. After all, “faith in government,” Zelizer writes, “is necessary for a healthy society.” As Rothbard notes below, the watergate scandal was an excellent event precisely because it undermined
I noticed a new press release from RateWatch in my in-box today, claiming that “First Change In CD Rates In Over Two Months Offers Hope For Savers.” It seems that interest paid on CDs has gone up some microscopic amount, so we can now all be generously rewarded by the banks for lending the banks some of our surplus cash. If you put ten grand in a
Without the State, who will defend us from the warlords? Bob Murphy discusses with Tom Woods how private defense is not the Hobbesian Nightmare. Murphy makes a great point at 9:30. He notes that anarcho-capitalists are not utopians: Proponents for private defense note that if we take into account the existing dominant social attitudes toward life
There’s the Skyscraper Index , and then there’s the Luxury Cupcakes and Breakfast Cereal Index. That is, a six-dollar bowl of cereal may be an indicator that easy money is a little too easy to come by. Karen De Coster spots the latest warning signs for high-end cupcakes: I called the cupcake bubble back in 2009 . Post-economic bust, what
On the occasion of the fifth centenary celebration of Diego Covarrubias y Leyva the economics professor Jesús Huerta de Soto, points out the importance of this Austrian Economics School´s forefather. During the conference celebrated on 8th of November of 2013 in Segovia, the professor Huerta de Soto refers to todays economics crisis that could
Not all secessionist movements are created equal, because some secessionist regions are more economically independent than others. In the case of Venice and its region , secession in the medium- to long-term appears rather plausible because of Venice’s long history of economic success, political independence, and its current status as a wealthier
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