Private and Public Services
From Chapter IX of The Bastiat Collection: Volume II: “Harmonies of Political Economy (Book Two)”. Pages 481-505 in the text.
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Politically Incorrect Guide to the Great Depression and the New Deal
Robert Murphy puts together in one easy package the research of hundreds of scholars, showing that it was not capitalism that failed in 1929 but the boom times created by Fed credit expansion. Murphy takes aim at the Chicago School economists...
Panderer to Power
Alan Greenspan, the man who as Fed chairman gave the U.S. its largest bubble ever, along with the most serious financial calamity in recent memory, is an enigma. Greenspan’s career is summed up in the title, Panderer to Power. This has been his...
Meltdown
Tom Woods covers the problem of housing subsidies, of low interest loans, of the absurdities of the boom times, and how it was inevitable that they would come to an end. He puts the fault right where it belongs: with the government and the...
Study Guide to Human Action: A Treatise on Economics
This is the first-ever Human Action Study Guide, and congratulations to Robert Murphy for being the only person in 60 years to complete this much-needed task that has been attempted many times before. This Guide is 380 pages, complete with...
Hamilton’s Curse
Court historians have long praised the glories of Alexander Hamilton as the greatest of the founding fathers. This view is back in vogue as U.S. economic policy becomes ever more statist. In this work, Professor Thomas DiLorenzo provides the...
Inclined To Liberty: The Futile Attempt to Suppress the Human Spirit
“No one should be allowed to own a yacht.” “The salaries of company executives are too high” “No one should be allowed to inherit wealth.” We are surrounded every day by anti-capitalist clichés. We encounter them in casual conversation...
Bagels, Barry Bonds, and Rotten Politicians
Burton Blumert was an entrepreneur who knew not only all that there is to know about precious metals but also about politics and economics. He offers his wide-ranging insights in this funny, charming, and also learned collection of essays from...
Who Killed the Constitution?
The Constitution spelled out that the federal government is limited to certain powers. Is it allowed? should be the first question about any proposed legislation. Today there are no recognized limits. The Supreme Court declared in the late 1930s that everything the federal government does will be assumed to be constitutional.
