Mises Daily
Author:
Walter Block
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[Excerpted from Defending the Undefendable . An MP3 audio file of this article, read by Jeff Riggenbach, is available for download .] “Excellent idea, Winslow. The rich too must eat in a famine. Along with staples we’ll store up ten thousand tons of gourmet foods.” “Kill the speculators!” is a cry made during every famine that has ever existed.