Higher Cause, Installment #16
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Read More CommentMy IP Journey
My recent LFT article, “Intellectual Property is Childish” generated a great deal of discussion. I’ve written on a lot of topics in a lot of outlets, but with the notable exception of an immigration piece I did for a conservative Canadian blog, this short post on IP produced the most heat. I was quite surprised… read more
Read More CommentBig Box to the Rescue
In past natural disasters, it made for interesting reading to see how Home Depot, WalMart, Lowes, and others, swung into action to deliver water, generators, wood, batteries, and so much more, even as FEMA bureaucrats ordered people around and otherwise did very little by way of helping actual people. With Sandy, I’ve seen far fewer… read more
Read More CommentMore on that GDP Increase
Mercatus took a close look at the 3Q GDP numbers to find that the biggest part of the increase can be accounted for by government spending, and that private sector production is actually falling. Note here.… read more
Read More CommentStefan Molyneux’s Introduction to Our Enemy the State
A beautiful presentation by a member of our board of directors:… read more
Read More Comment“Make money, not war”
In his talk delivered at the Mises Institute’s 30th Anniversary Celebration, Walter Block took Harvard psychology professor and best selling author Steven Pinker to task for his book ‘The Better Angles of Our Nature: Why Violence Has Declined.’ Pinker’s book attempts to convince the reader that today’s world is much less violent than ancient times.… read more
Read More CommentInterview with Mises Canada
Thank you Redmond for a fun interview!… read more
Read More CommentThe Enemy is the State, Not Other Libertarians
This week’s e-book could make a mess of your weekend. Once you start to read, you will think seriously about canceling whatever else you have planned. But that’s a good thing. It is one of the most engaging, entertaining, and informative books on political sociology I’ve ever read. It is a firsthand account of the… read more
Read More CommentThe Single Most Hypocritical Statement by Obama in the Final Debate
“And what we’ve also done is engaged these governments in the kind of reforms that are actually going to make a difference in people’s lives day to day, to make sure that their governments aren’t corrupt, to make sure that they’re treating women with the kind of respect and dignity that every nation that succeeds… read more
Read More CommentEconomic Growth or Massive Debt?
WSJ reports: “Consumer spending accounted for most of the increase in GDP—real personal-consumption expenditures climbed 2.0%, compared with 1.5% in the second quarter… Government spending contributed to economic growth for the first time in more than two years, led by federal outlays on national defense. Overall federal government spending jumped 9.6%, versus a 0.2% fall… read more
Read More CommentIllustrious Writers in Laissez Faire Club books
I’ve been reflecting on the remarkable list of writers who have added introductions and commentary to Laissez Faire Club book releases. If you are an expert in libertarian literature and are interested in writing new matter for future releases, please drop me a note. Toby Baxendale Peter J. Boettke Joel Bowman Bill Bonner Daniel D’Amico… read more
Read More CommentHigher Cause, Installment #15
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Read More CommentThe Unasked and Unanswered Question
My suggestion for a question to the presidential candidates re: foreign policy. Why should anyone accept the presumption that you possess the requisite knowledge and comprehension of all relevant information to entitle and enable you politically to manage something so gigantic and constantly changing as the whole world and all its people and governments, and… read more
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The Marshmallow Test
It might seem odd to talk about the revival of dynastic, family-based wealth in these days. Americans are living longer, but saving for their own lifetimes even less. More than half of all workers say they have less than $25,000 in total savings and investments, and almost one-third report less than $1,000. Meanwhile, median income… read more
Read More CommentThe Radicalization of Steve Forbes
There was once a sector of the monetary reform debate generally associated with supply siders that favored a restoration of Bretton Woods. Under this system, the dollar would be loosely tied to gold but not domestically convertible. Gold would operate more as a signalling device and an anchor of sorts, like an inspiration to governments… read more
Read More CommentComments on Atlas Shrugged II
Atlas Shrugged II is wonderful: just the right themes for our times. The central action here concerns the imposition of martial law over the economy and the emergence of the producer strike. The stark contrast between the private-sector producers, barely holding on to their property and profitability, and the government parasites, maliciously regulating and looting,… read more
Read More CommentMy Take on Ayn Rand’s Anthem
Here is a video usually reserved for members of the Club. Tucker’s Take — Anthem (Non-Members Version) from Agora Financial on Vimeo. Join Today… read more
Read More CommentBig site upgrades
Members of the Laissez Faire Club can see some dramatic site upgrades, and you can see where this is going. We are moving away from a site with a member’s area to a full site experience just for members. The development of the full-blown city of learning takes place within this context. It is quite… read more
Read More CommentLife Without Capitalism
This is a wonderful video but it doesn’t go far enough. Without markets at all, there would be no homes, cabinets, or indoor plumbing either. What is pictured in this film is the reality under really existing socialism, which itself depended heavily on world market pricing approximations and black markets.… read more
Read More CommentResentment Against the Rich
Elections bring out the worst in everyone. What is the worst? I cast my vote for this ubiquitous impulse in the social order: resentment against intelligence and wealth and the success they bring. It is always just beneath the surface, waiting to be unearthed and stirred by demagogues to destructive purposes. Freedom has many enemies,… read more
Read More CommentJoel Bowman on the Sheer Silliness of the Presidential Race
Read More CommentHigher Cause, Installment #14
Join the Laissez Faire Club and be among the first to grab a FREE copy of the complete e-book of Higher Cause, a serialized novel with timely sweeping themes, active free-thinking characters, conflicts affecting the world, spies, guns, explosions, new forms of energy, sinister conspiracies, government plots, nationalization, destruction, and hope. Installments will be posted… read more
Read More CommentInterview on BookTV, CSPAN
CSPAN interviewed me on its BookTV program.… read more
Read More CommentNominee for next year’s Nobel Peace Prize: Markets
Today the Nobel Peace Prize was awarded to an interesting entity: the European Union. I congratulate each of my European friends for winning this prestigious prize. But for next year I know of a much more important entity for promoting peace: markets. Commerce enables people from all over the world to trade with each other… read more
Read More CommentInterview with Steve Hanke on Iranian Inflation
Steve Hanke teaches economics at Johns Hopkins, and is one of the world’s leading experts on hyperinflation.… read more
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Rand’s Dystopian Novel
“The author does not understand socialism,” read the letter from MacMillan in reply to the submission of Ayn Rand’s novella. They turned it down. Actually, the publisher didn’t understand socialism. Hardly anyone did in 1937, when Anthem was written. Rand, however, did understand socialism. She understood it so well that she knew it would result… read more
Read More CommentNew Energy? Regulate It Out of Existence
The federal government is freaking out about the shale energy boom. It lacks the proper jurisdiction that would enable federal bureaucrats to wreck the industry.… read more
Read More CommentTo Hell with Voting
Campaign season is in its last breaths, thank goodness. Who can stand much more of this? National news is all about the presidential race. There are heated races going on around the country. To believe the talking heads on TV, this is the most important election in a generation. But face it, we hear that… read more
Read More CommentWhiskey Bar with Steve Hanke
That’s today at 3pm EDT. Join us at http://lfb.org/whiskeybar. We going to talk about Iranian inflation. He is the world expert.… read more
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