Philosophy and Methodology

Liberty is an end unto itself, with prosperity as its positive externality.

This is a comment on communism in general, on communists in the political establishment, and on Saul of Tarsus.

The scholars, writers, and philosophers of a society have to be good or there is really little hope.

Even some of the big unions, the steel union, for example, now doubt the effectiveness of wage increases that run beyond productivity.

"The 'two-party system' in the United States now consisted of two conservative parties and no liberal party."

How do you at once enforce intellectual property and uphold the ideal of a university, which is, after all, about teaching and spreading ideas to others?

Nock was opposed to the state system, whatever name it assumes, but he was not an anarchist.

Branden insisted that either JoAnn Rothbard change her views or the marriage be ended.

Each of us wants the ability to better our condition through substituting one bond with another that we believe to be of greater value (divorcing in order to marry a more considerate spouse, switching holdings in a securities portfolio, changing jobs, placing our children in a better school).

"A fall in normal credit (i.e., credit that has an original lender) doesn't alter the money supply and hence has nothing to do with deflation."