Francis Fukuyama, whose recent book is fatally flawed by his presumption that political orders build society, reviews Hayek’s Constitution of Liberty in the New York Times without giving the reader much evidence that he actually read the book. For one thing, he critiques Hayek as if Hayek was a consistent Rothbardian. Moreover, the whole burden of
This mini-treatise by Jonathan Rosenberg of Google is worth some close attention. The text echos so much of what we’ve been writing, and it certainly expresses the theory and practice of Mises.org. Again, I say to all detractors, read Kinsella and B/L and let it all sink in. Thank you Paul
The first class meeting, the maiden voyage, of the live classroom of the Mises Academy was a thrilling, daring, revealing experience. It had a feeling that I only know as a “Jetson’s Moment” as Robert Murphy energetically lectured to 200 students gathered from all over the world in one digital spot, with Bob at his desk teaching like an Oxford
Great to see The Economist discussing not only the Austrian business cycle theory but also drawing attention to its Misesian roots. JOHN MAYNARD KEYNES is back. The British economist has modern intellectual champions in Paul Krugman and Robert Skidelsky. For all today’s talk of austerity, a policy of Keynesian fiscal stimulus was adopted by most
This alarmist headline (“ Internet Use Affects Memory, Study Finds “) nicely plays into every technophobe’s worst fear: The internet is destroying our brains. But when you look at the details, it is absolutely rational. Two groups were told some stupid trivia and then one group was told that the information was saved and another group was told
From an obit for Paul Samuelson . Thanks to his work No student would ever again rest comfortably with the 19th-century nostrum that private markets would cure unemployment without need of government intervention.
It is thrilling to see Sheldon Richman’s post about Destutt de Tracy here . Sheldon zeroes in on all the key points. This was Jefferson’s favorite economist. Tracy figured out exchange long before the Austrians. He was a true liberal in the old sense, a lover of commerce who understood the critical points about freedom. We have a wonderful edition
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