The Novels of Freedom

Tags: Austrian Economics Overview, Media and Culture

09/24/2008 Jeffrey A. Tucker

Markets find value the best. Government intervention destroys the price signals that markets require. Government cannot create money out of thin air. Time Will Run Back is a novel that begins in a socialist world where no one knows what the economy is doing because there are no prices. Socialism is unraveled.

The Cinder Buggy tells how the Age of Iron changes into the Age of Steel.

Presented to homeschool parents and students on 23 September 2008 at the Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

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