It appears that Garet Garrett’s main economic influence in his early education is Simon Newcomb (1835-1909), who is described here is an early marginalist, an advocate of laissez-faire, and an opponent of institutionalism. His book on economics is on google books . A brief look shows him to be a gold standard guy. Anyone else know anything about
Can someone let ABC News know that Mises didn’t write a book called America ? The book in question is called Liberalism . Still, it’s nice to see him quoted.
Every libertarian should support full freedom in money production and use, and a great step toward sound money would be to scrap all laws against alternative currencies. I find it interesting how insistent the government is that we use its currency and no other: what is it that these people fear? So there is no libertarian grounds for prosecuting
At least, according to law professor John Tehranian. He has detailed how he alone rings up approximately $12.5 million each day in copyright violations. And due to how copyright law is written and enforced, you may too. See also: everything by Stephan
Here I finally finished Mises: The Last Knight of Liberalism , by Jorg Guido Hulsmann. Reading the reports on Mises.org, I understand that with any work, there are criticisms to be had. I suppose I must joint he choir in saying that the greatest criticism was that it wasn’t long enough. There are so many questions that appear to my mind. While
Under Literature, new issues of American Affairs are being added, in particular this one from 1946 , which runs a letter from Keynes to FDR. I find it very bizarre really. I had never seen this before: The United States is ready to roll toward prosperity, if a good hard shove can be given in the next six months. Could not the energy and enthusiasm
One of the few memorable quotes from last nights GOP debate came from Mike Huckabee. In describing the “earthly benefits” devolped by NASA : “Whether it’s the medical technologies that saved many of our lives and the lives of our families, it’s the direct result from the space program,” he said. “We need to put more money into space and technology
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