Media and Culture

Recorded at Mises University 2010.

An open discussion of school and career options for Austrians in academia, journalism, policy analysis, and related fields.

It is through the interaction of many people in the marketplace of ideas and goods that street art, indeed any innovation, is able to reach millions.

American libertarians would be particularly interested in Peake's great novel, since the perspective on the individual and society that pervades it is very libertarian in the broadest sense of that word.

Huebert correctly grounds his philosophy in Murray Rothbard's nonaggression principle, and even has the temerity to apply this vital insight to the state: "If one person cannot steal money from another, then the government (which is made up only of individual people) should not be allowed to forcibly take money from people, even if it is called taxation."

For the first time in the history of the world, I’m able to communicate with anyone in the world instantly, regardless of language.

The job applications pour in by the buckets, all padded with degrees and made to look as impressive as possible. It’s all just paper.

One doesn't have to read far into the works of George Orwell to discover that he had no understanding of economics whatsoever and was not personally a libertarian in the sense we have in mind when we use that word today.

"All the portions served out are of the same size. One insatiable fellow today who asked for more was rightly served by being heartily laughed at. For what more deadly blow could be leveled at one of the fundamental principles of equality?"