Media and Culture

An Austrian take on network externalities, QWERTY effects, the economics of information, intellectual property, and the history of technology.

Recorded at Mises University 2010.

An open discussion of school and career options for Austrians in academia, journalism, policy analysis, and related fields.

It is through the interaction of many people in the marketplace of ideas and goods that street art, indeed any innovation, is able to reach millions.

American libertarians would be particularly interested in Peake's great novel, since the perspective on the individual and society that pervades it is very libertarian in the broadest sense of that word.

For the first time in the history of the world, I’m able to communicate with anyone in the world instantly, regardless of language.

Huebert correctly grounds his philosophy in Murray Rothbard's nonaggression principle, and even has the temerity to apply this vital insight to the state: "If one person cannot steal money from another, then the government (which is made up only of individual people) should not be allowed to forcibly take money from people, even if it is called taxation."

The job applications pour in by the buckets, all padded with degrees and made to look as impressive as possible. It’s all just paper.

One doesn't have to read far into the works of George Orwell to discover that he had no understanding of economics whatsoever and was not personally a libertarian in the sense we have in mind when we use that word today.