February 27, 2009 – 12:17 am
Check out the relationship between GDP Density and satellite pictures of the earth at night. Pretty cool stuff. You can check out the interesting article here. (GDP density is calculated by “multiplying GDP per capita by the number of people per square kilometer. Basically GDP density is a measure of the total amount of economic [...]
February 25, 2009 – 11:03 am
I received great feedback in some emails on my article from Mises.org yesterday–”The Water Wizards of OZ.” (If you haven’t visited mises.org, do it now.) Regarding the emails…
There were two in particular–one with concerns about overpopulation, and the other about those who hold public office with the interests of “the public” at heart, versus those darned [...]
February 23, 2009 – 5:51 am
In my many years I have come to a conclusion that one useless man is a shame, two is a law firm, and three or more is a congress. — John Adams
Suppose you were an idiot. And suppose you were a member of Congress. But then I repeat myself. — Mark Twain
No man’s [...]
February 22, 2009 – 11:02 pm
This is a long quote, but a great one to understand charitable and nonprofit organizations and their role in the market. In short, the donors to these organizations are the consumers, as compared to a “business” firm where the consumers are separate from the producers. Rothbard explains (read the whole article here):
The second type of [...]
February 22, 2009 – 8:40 pm
If you haven’t heard this 16-minute talk by Joann Rothbard about her husband, Murray, from 1996, I highly recommend it. She talks about the split with Ayn Rand, and she actually sounds like Rothbard, and is just as funny. It is excellent.
The Good Life of Murray N. Rothbard
February 21, 2009 – 2:02 am
If you have listened to Hans Hoppe’s lectures before this may not be anything new. But because of the length of the lecture (1:30) all of his ideas are explained more fully and linked together with historical examples. Here is an article on the topic, “The Idea of a Private Law Society,” by Prof. Hoppe [...]
February 19, 2009 – 7:25 am
Also check out “Printing Like Made” by Frank Shostak.
February 18, 2009 – 11:46 pm
Just got this article up from Rothbard–”The New Libertarian Creed”
The conservative holds as one of his highest goals the preservation of “law and order,” but his “order” and his “law” is the coercive dictation of the state. Throughout the ages, and in the present day as well, the state has lived through the profound disorder [...]
February 11, 2009 – 2:03 pm
I first heard Tom Woods speak at the ASC in 2006. I was immediately impressed with his oratory skills and humor. And now here he is on Glenn Beck, as articulate as ever. At the Rothbard Graduate Seminar he invited us all to his beautiful home. A genuinely nice guy.
By the way, I just found [...]
