Rothbard on Reagan’s economics : “Amidst the intellectual confusion, however, a few dominant tendencies, legacies from their glory days, remain among Keynesians: (1) a penchant for continuing deficits, (2) a devotion to fiat paper money and at least moderate inflation, (3) adherence to increased government spending, and (4) an eternal fondness for
Noam Chomsky says : “I doubt very much that you met a capitalist who believes in free trade. To my knowledge, that is close to a non-existent category.” What “free trade” was he talking about? Certainly not WTO, NAFTA, etc. They are remote from any notion of free trade. “ It is unfortunate that Chomsky dismisses the laissez-faire position so
A WSJ editorial celebrating the life and times of W.F. Buckley sums up the pre-Buckley right as follows: “a loose assortment of isolationists, protectionists, traditionalists, anti-Semites, Southern Agrarians and just plain cranks.” It’s a standard cliche but still: it’s a remarkable way to describe Mencken, Nock, Garet, Chodorov, Flynn, and
We didn’t announce the new header yesterday because, well, it is rather obvious. We are still tweaking things here and there, of course, but we have been so very pleased at how smoothly it has gone. Meanwhile, Wayback, the website museum, collects: Mises.org from 1996 (the wheel invented), 1997 (more than just an ad), 1998 (frames, remember
Albuquerque’s aviation director says he might seek federal permission to use private security screeners at the Sunport instead of ones hired by a federal agency. [ Story ] (thanks to a
All magic aside, a striking aspect of the Harry Potter books is just how completely normal and bourgeois are all the settings and experiences of the characters, how they live in a world very much like our own and confront all the usual scarcities of time and resources, which is another way of saying that economics is one lens through which to
Just as Clinton and Gore did, John Kerry has started to make his peace with the market economy, in rhetoric in any case. From a Wall Street Journal interview comes the following (thanks P&S ): I have historically always been what I would call a responsible, thoughtful Democrat who respects the laws of economics, and how money works, the psychology
Krispy Kreme hit by Atkins Crazy (BBC). Maybe they could fry them in lard? Here is Callahan on economists who define away the significance of changing tastes: De Gustibus Non Est
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