Despite Democrats claiming to be against Republican corporate shills and to be for the working people, fighting monopoly power, and not being beholden to the special interests, Nancy Pelosi has said that she wants every American to have access to broadband internet by 2010 . With the police power making sure this happens, of
A few weeks ago, Big Brother wanted to make sure my friend and I were good citizens. My friend, Colin and I, had just finished eating dinner and were going to see Clint Eastwood’s Flags of Our Fathers (which, by the way, lets you draw your own conclusions, but for me was evidence of how contemptible the state and its wars are) when we got in his
While even the dimmest observer could see the violence that broke out among the crowds of people who waited hours or even days for the Playstation 3 to launch, a deceptively mundane, yet highly complex, phenomena was at work outside a Chicago Best Buy that would make Hans-Hermann proud. In “ Playstation 3 release: Chicago gamers create utopia on a
From the Free New York and Lew Rockwell Blogs: “Ron Paul has accepted an invitation to participate in the first national presidential debate in New Hampshire on Wednesday, April 4. It will be hosted by Wolf Blitzer and will be carried on CNN TV, radio, and cnn.com from 7-9 p.m. EST. (Thanks to Johnny Kramer.)” I wouldn’t vote for Paul or any other
From The Boston Channel : Feds To Court: Seize Tax Evader’s Property Jury Says Couple Must Forfeit Property “Federal prosecutors are asking a court to seize the property of two convicted tax evaders. Prosecutors filed papers last week to begin taking the property. A jury last month told Elaine and Ed Brown they must forfeit at least $215,000 in
Once again, Penn and Teller hilariously explode the myths and superstitions about capitalism with a healthy contempt and a plethora of curse words, so use discretion. Here’s Wal-Mart Hatred is B arbara S treisand . By the way, one of the anti-Wal-Mart subjects of the show is Joe Moore, who’s on Chicago’s city council. He claims that Wal-Mart pays
I had a enlightening exchange with an international economics professor recently about Marxist dogmas inserted into neoclassical economics. At least, her brand of them. We had debated several times before in class to no effect. This professor has apparently never familiarized herself with or conceived of a praxeological notion of economics, absent
A very nice pro-market commentary by Richard W. Rahn came out in today’s Washington Times praising The Science of Success , a book covering “Charles Koch, who, along with his brother, David, built this massive and very successful enterprise -- which includes petroleum refining, chemicals, fibers and carpets, fertilizers, building materials, paper
From Caroline Baum’s excellent opinion piece: Here was Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, one of the outstanding monetary economists of his time, talking about inflation as if it were the result of some pesky exogenous forces. For example, anyone reading the Feb. 7 New York Times article on the ravages of Zimbabwe’s hyperinflation (1,594
Ed Brown has received multiple felony convictions for income tax evasion. After trying to take up his case in court, he and his wife believe that federal agents will storm their 110 acre home, which is like a fortress complete with watch towers and its own supply of electricity should the government try to cut off the Browns’ power. According to
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The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.
