Austrian Scholars Conference 8
Pre-Conference Discussion on New Books
Pre-Conference Discussion on New Books
F.A. Hayek Memorial Lecture:
“Two Constructions of Libertarianism“
Chandran Kukathas (Australian National University)
The skyscraper curse continues to haunt us. Thanks to cheap money and malinvestment, new record-setting skyscrapers are being planned and built as the global fiat-money-induced boom continues toward its inevitable correction.
When governments spend, regulate, and tax, they decrease household take-home pay while diverting savings and investment to the government class.
Supreme Court justices are politicians, who behave in the manner Public Choice theory tells us they should, and they seek to preserve and expand th
War increases government spending, inhibits free trade, and lays the foundation for numerous future conflicts.
Interviewed by host Paul Molloy, Mark Thornton discusses gun control and freedom, and also the ongoing conflict in the Ukraine.
Jeff Deist explains why it is important to say what we mean when discussing the economy and the state.
Mark Thornton explains why the government's latest unemployment numbers are a sham, and the labor market is nowhere near recovered.
Recent research has shown that the United States government functions to benefit wealthy interests while ignoring the average citizen, writes Ryan