By Anthony Gregory | Friday March 26, 2010 at 3:20 PM PDT | 1 Comment
Robert Higgs is interviewed here by Scott Horton of Antiwar Radio. They discuss the economic baloney of mainstream economists, the failure of most to understand the potential for mass inflation given the money supply currently sitting around in bank reserves, the reality of the business cycle and the politicians’ and media’s failure to grasp...
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Tags: Economics, Inflation, Money and Banking
By Jonathan Bean | at 1:56 PM PDT | 2 Comments
Over at my academic freedom blog, I posted news of a Communist Theme Park in Lithuania. On college campuses, there is a “tunnel of oppression” movement to teach young people how awful this country has been to just about everyone. Here is a link to my blog: Communist Theme Park @ Yahoo! Video Link...
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Tags: Education, Liberty, Personal Liberty, Socialism, The State
By Anthony Gregory | at 9:56 AM PDT | 4 Comments
In the 1980s, left-liberals talked about homelessness as a plague and human rights issue. It has been over a decade since I’ve even heard about homeless people as a political issue. Now the victim class is the middle class. The Democrats and Republicans both talk about shoring up the middle class with targeted tax...
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Tags: Bailouts, Budget and Tax Policy, Civil Society, Economics, Family, Government subsidies, Housing, Money and Banking, Politics, Poverty, Privatization, Property Rights, Regulation, Taxation, Urban Issues, Welfare
By Art Carden | at 7:47 AM PDT | 2 Comments
You might have read the story about the Socialist Alarm Clock. Here’s one version. A friend who wishes to remain anonymous sent his libertarian version and asked me to post it: This morning I was awoken by my alarm clock built by the ingenuity of millions of individuals all working for their own gain,...
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Tags: Bailouts, Business, Civil Society, Corruption, Drugs, Economics, Education, Employment, Energy, Food, Free Market, Healthcare, Housing, Insurance, Labor, Money and Banking, Personal Liberty, Politics, Property Rights, Regulation, The State, Trade
By Mary Theroux | at 6:58 AM PDT | 2 Comments
In an interview with the Wall Street Journal, Google co-founder Sergey Brin elaborated on what was apparently primarily his decision for Google to withdraw from mainland China. Mr. Brin immigrated with his family to the U.S. at the age of 6: The 36-year-old co-founder said he was moved by growing evidence in China of...
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Tags: Business, China, Civil Liberties, Corporatism, Free Market, Government subsidies, Immigration, Integrity, Liberty, Personal Liberty, Politics, Russia, Surveillance, Technology, Trade