Mises Wire
Why Objectivists Hate Anarchy
Given the portrayal of an anarchist utopia (Galt’s Gulch) in Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged–given the unavoidable conclusion of anarchy given t
Marketers Beware
Marketers love to entice potential consumers to try their product by adding an endless string of qualifiers.
History Repeats Itself (We Can Hope)
Paul Starr, a senior adviser to the Clinton health care reform effort, wrote:
Germany “did nothing” and its economy recovers
“Last year, according to the IMF, the U.S. pumped an extra 1.1% of GDP into the economy.
Fractional-Reserve Banking, Contracts of Deposit, and the Title-Transfer Theory of Contract
Someone asked me the proper way to view deposit contracts, in the context of a discussion about fractional-reserve banking (FRB).
What the Bubble Did to Technology
An interesting piece of correspondence today from a person who observed how easy money dramatically transformed the technology industry, from ratio
Oh, How Liberally Minded Is Socialism! How Free Is the Collectivist Spirit!
NYT: After a brief tirade against the sport by the president
Why Airwaves (Electromagnetic Spectra) Are (Arguably) Property
The issue of private property rights in the EM spectrum (airwaves) arises occasionally.