Ignorant politicians who create no wealth can only impede great visionaries like Henry M. Galt from creating wealth with monetary chicanery, antitrust litigation, labor laws, and other regulatory measures. Original Article: “ The Great Capitalist Novel” This Audio Mises Wire is generously sponsored by Christopher
VH-1’s “Save the Music” campaign is one of the latest in the series of pointless celebrity causes. The idea seems to be that celebrities should raise money and convince individuals to donate old band instruments to defunct or financially troubled public school music programs in order to save them in spite of the ignorance and shortsightedness of
Taking for granted the fact that the hippie was part of a diverse group we called “hippies” who, in his varied states of mind, could not be counted upon to think or act like other hippies, there was, and still is, a certain type of hippie, a “hippie with a philosophy,” who actually lived the communal life. The philosophy of the communal hippie was
I first heard of Garet Garrett when Murray Rothbard mentioned him in What Has Government Done to Our Money? James Grant said he was one of his heroes (James Grant is one of my heroes). When I finally got the chance to read Garrett’s People’s Pottage , I too became a fan. Next I anxiously read his fascinating story of Henry Ford and laissez-faire,
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