Michael Barnett, son of William Barnett II , is sticking it out in New Orleans. He’s keeping a livejournal blog about what’s going on, and Mises.org is running a live feed of his webcam . As someone who’s friends with Michael, I know him to be a great person, and a hard-core Austrian, a supporter of the free market and libertarianism. Right now,
The May 2005 issue of the National Geographic has an interesting article on the Nobel committee and Albert Einstein. Apparently, the Nobel committee was really determined to deny Albert Einstein a Nobel Prize, even if the entire world demanded it. So much for the honesty and integrity of the Nobel committee. Quoting from the article: In 11
Unfortunately, it doesn’t look like the CFA Level I Program Curriculum actually has much of Hayek’s economics in it, but it does pay a tribute to him in a highlight box: Outstanding Economist Friedrich A. von Hayek (1899 - 1992) Remarkably, the writings of this 1974 Nobel Prize recipient spanned seven decades. His work on knowledge and markets
The claim by libertarians that to taxation is equivalent to ensalvement strikes many people as being extreme and fanatical. However, I hope to show that this claim is entirely correct by a rather brief argument that I hope clarifies the situation. When someone is enslaved*, they are in a situation of involuntary servitude. They have no choice
These notes are from the lecture Trade Barriers, Outsourcing, and Economic Development , given at the Mises University. Any errors are mine, feel free to point them out so that I can correct them. This lecture was given by Prof. DiLorenzo. Introduction Outsourcing is a big issue, although less than 1% of the job-force is outsourced. Tarriffs
These notes are from the lecture The Case Against All Antitrust Legislation , given at the Mises University. Any errors are mine, feel free to point them out so that I can correct them. This lecture was given by Prof. DiLorenzo. History Railroads coming together in 1800s. Centralized meat packing in Chicago. Shipped dressed beef long
The CRN has an interesting section on the Top 25 IT Executives of 2004 . Some names won’t be surprising: Steve Balmer (CEO of Microsoft) and Michael Dell (Chairman of Dell). However, one name may be somewhat surprising, especially to those not well acquainted with the field: Linus Torvalds (fellow of the Open Source Development Labs) comes in as
I asked the following question on a discussion list: In one of Tom Palmer’s flames of Stephan Kinsella, Palmer accused Hoppe of being an “embarassment to Austrian economists” because he believed that in the unhampered free market, all unemployment would be voluntary (Hoppe’s statement here ). Kinsella cited a passage from Mises showing that this
From The LP.org webpage : Over 100 people attended the ceremony at which Franklin Avenue was designated as John W. Perry Avenue in honor of the officer, a member of the Libertarian Party who grew up on the street, who attended local schools — and who gave his life to help preserve the lives of others in the WTC. According to police reports, Perry
I just ran across this, rather old, article . According to the author, “ [Michael Jordan] represents the worst of America today: rampant individualism, profit without conscience, and a numbing culture of sanitized corporate homogeneity. “ The charges have been placed, and the verdict is in: Michael Jordan is an evil greedy capitalist pig, who is
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