Confessions of a central planner
Awesome post by Snowflake over at the Mises boards that I think needs wider spreading: So, I started playing this oldschool city building game. You start from scratch. No civilization, building up to a...
View ArticleVideo of the day: Monopoly and Competition – Thomas J. DiLorenzo
Fascinating lecture that helps shed light on many of the myths that statists spread about “monopolies forming” on the free-market.
View ArticleWe Who Dared to Say No to War
My respect for Tom Woods just goes up and up the more I hear him speak; one of the most articulate and passionate speakers the movement has. In the following video he talks about his book We who dared...
View ArticleHow Intellectual Property Hampers Capitalism
Very interesting speech from Stephan Kinsella arguing against IP:
View ArticleThe Praxeology and Ethics of Traffic Lights
Further to the videos posted a few days ago I came across this great Mises article that goes into the issue in a lot more depth, citing other sources I was not aware of: What these examples of...
View ArticleDonate to charity & help libertarian economics in one swoop!
I read this over at lewrockwell.com and it seems like a fantastic idea so I’m reprinting it here. I strongly recommend pledging something if you can afford it. If you don’t fancy reading then skip...
View ArticleI, Pencil
Probably the greatest short piece of writing on the subject of free-market capitalism I’ve ever read. I know a lot of you will have already seen Leonard Read’s short story, but for those who haven’t I...
View ArticleWhy Does Economics Matter? – Mark Thornton
Good lecture from the Mises institute. Below are the Hayek vs Keynes rap & the recent Quantitative Easing videos which Thornton mentions at the start of the video. The two videos combined how have...
View ArticleThe Case for Legalizing Capitalism
Just watched this 45 minute interview with Kel Kelly, author of the new book The Case for Legalising Capitalism. Happily I’ve just discovered that the full book is available in .pdf format for free...
View ArticleIt is Smart to Get a PhD in Economics
Awesome “inside the family” (as Block puts it) debate at the Mises institute between Gary North and Walter Block on the topic of whether future austrians should attempt to get a PhD. Some pretty tense...
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