Louis E. Carabini

Louis Carabini received a B.A. in Pre-Medical Studies at UCLA in 1952, founded Monex Precious Metals, a precious metals trading company, in 1967, and currently resides in southern California.

Articles

Why I Favor Limited Government: A Rebuttal

03/08/2017 Articles of Interest Louis E. Carabini

Dear Jacob, Your article “Why I Favor Limited Government” has given me an opportunity to think about and respond to several of your arguments. My comments are indented and address your abbreviated...

Bastiat’s “The Broken Window”: A Critique

07/30/2014 Journal of Libertarian Studies Louis E. Carabini

“The Broken Window,” An essay written by Frédéric Bastiat (1801–1850), was the first of a dozen short essays compiled under the heading, What is Seen and What is Not Seen (1964). In these essays...

Bastiat Does Not Go Far Enough

12/25/2009 Mises Daily Louis E. Carabini

In his twelve essays, Bastiat methodically reveals the fallacies in the established political doctrine of his day by identifying what proponents failed to consider (the unseen) in the policies they advocated.

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Publications

Liberty, Dicta & Force

09/18/2018 Louis E. Carabini

From the introduction: Advancing social ideas that do not demand obedience or compliance requires far more personal patience than simply forcing others to comply via the political ballot box. The widely held idea that dicta and force can serve a

Inclined To Liberty: The Futile Attempt to Suppress the Human Spirit

11/14/2008 Louis E. Carabini

“No one should be allowed to own a yacht.” “The salaries of company executives are too high” “No one should be allowed to inherit wealth.” We are surrounded every day by anti-capitalist clichés. We encounter them in casual conversation constantly

Media

Chapter 10. A Better Life — A Better World

12/06/2018 Louis E. Carabini

Finding purpose in life while trying to make the world a better place.

Chapter 9. Political Democracy

12/06/2018 Louis E. Carabini

Carabini explores the inherent inhumanity of political democracy as a social scheme.

Chapter 8. Complexity, Adaption, and Order: Visualing the Invisible Hand

12/06/2018 Louis E. Carabini

Carabini shows why the political top-down ordering of society is disruptive to social order.

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