It is difficult to know where to begin this “letter”. For the past several days, most of us have harshly criticized the disgusting display of political correctness and spinelessness at the UNLV. However, I would like to take an opportunity to thank you for everything that you mean to the Austrian and libertarian community, and for everything that
Regarding the student who felt “insulted” by Hoppe’s lecture, it is most unfortunate that this nonsense has been allowed to go on. The student should be told to grow up. The UNLV should allow professor’s to expose students to new, provocative, and even controversial ideas. Hoppe was simply stating an accurate generalization: a person who does not
On the Financial Sense news hour, Jim Puplava and others talk about the disaster that our social security system is in. Of particular interest is an exchange they replay between Allan Greenspan and a completely aloof Congresswoman, Carolyn Maloni. Here’s a transcript: Rep. Maloni: My question was the statement by 2042, the entire system will be
Now that the State has finished the fascist imprisonment of Martha Stewart for engaging in non-crimes, they’ve committed her to house-arrest, as if she’s some kind of dangerous criminal. This is clearly a ludicrous attempt by the State to embarrass, humble, and humiliate Ms. Stewart. However, she is of such high dignity that she apparently has not
Apparently, the anonymous comment in my blog is true: President Harter has removed the “non-disciplinary” letter from Prof. Hoppe’s file. Las Vegas Review columnist K.C. Howard wrote about it in Controversy generates online war of words and REMARKS ABOUT GAYS: Professor rejects gestures . Prof. Hoppe would still like an apology and compensation (a
Thanks to Kevin Johnson for the link. Apparently, the French are very worried about the oncoming attack of American ideas. Google is planning on uploading libraries to the internet. Jeanneney, head of France’s national library, is worried that Google will favor books written in English, and tend to be Americanized. So, he thus proposes the the
PrudentBear.com has an essentially Austrian analysis of the business cycle by Jeff Ferguson: Is a Secular Bear Market Inevitable? What determines the extent of the damage caused by price controls? The answer depends in part on the size of the market in question. If, for example, a small market such as the market for hand turned fruit bowls was
Two interesting articles caught my attention: What I Like About Scrooge by Steven E. Landsburg and In Defense of Markets and Misers . Landsburg’s basic argument is that the reason’s philanthropists and politics have such a good reputation is that the benefits of such are concentrated, while the costs are disbursed, despite the costs exceeding the
After reading Michael Crichton’s latest book, State of Fear , I bought a copy of it as a Christmas present for a family member. This isn’t the “normal” Michael Crichton book. For one thing, unlike many of his books, there isn’t an over-aggressive company engaging in reckless behaviour. Rather, the target of scorn is rightfully the environmentalist
I was particularly moved by this passage from Thomas DiLorenzo’s The Real Lincoln (also available from Amazon.com), reviewed here by David Gordon. DiLorenzo is one of the few people to take an honest look at Lincoln, instead of treating him like a saint and making excuses for his atrocities. This passage is from the chapter, Was Lincoln a
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