B.K. Marcus

Articles

The Spectrum Should be Private: The Economics, History, and Future of Wireless Technology

12/15/2004 Essays in Political Economy B.K. Marcus

Is the radio spectrum a unique resource that belongs to the public, or can it be privately owned like any other good or service? Most people assume that public ownership is axiomatic—a starting point...

Mises.org on iTunes U

02/01/2010 Free Market B.K. Marcus

The Free Market 28, no. 2 (February 2010) The Mises Institute is pleased to announce the multimedia content on Mises.org— thousands of hours of audio and video—is now available through iTunes U, a...

Radio Free Rothbard

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies B.K. Marcus

In almost every discussion of the FCC specifically, or American spectrum policy in general, someone will assert that radio spectrum is a unique resource that belongs to the public. This will be said...

Media

The Evolution of an Anti-Anti-Communist

04/01/2008 B.K. Marcus

While his claim of ideological steadfastness on his “basic political views” may have been correct, Rothbard did change his mind on questions of strategy and alliance, most significantly on the question of “McCarthyism” and the broader anti-Communist

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