19. The Curmudgeon
From Part VI of Defending the Undefendable, “Business and Trade.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part VI of Defending the Undefendable, “Business and Trade.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part VIII of Defending the Undefendable, “Labor.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part III of Defending the Undefendable, “Free Speech.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part V of Defending the Undefendable, “Financial.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part VI of Defending the Undefendable, “Business and Trade.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
From Part VIII of Defending the Undefendable, “Labor.” Read by Jeff Riggenbach.
But what happens when government sanctions, and in effect legalizes, counterfeiting, either by itself or by other institutions? Counterfeiting then becomes a grave economic and social problem indeed. For then there is no one to guard our guardians against their depredations of private property.
Austrian economists are not fooled, because they reject the idea of empirical data in the validation of theory in the social sciences.
"The division of labour is limited by the extent of the market." The extent of the market, however, is best defined by entrepreneurs and consumers, not regulators.
The Social Security system has run its course. It's unfair and it's economically destructive. It's time for the program to be abolished.