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).
Oh, How Liberally Minded Is Socialism! How Free Is the Collectivist Spirit!
NYT: After a brief tirade against the sport by the president
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
Why Airwaves (Electromagnetic Spectra) Are (Arguably) Property
The issue of private property rights in the EM spectrum (airwaves) arises occasionally.