Google’s new tool makes inroads into areas that belong to others for now, and raises the question: how long before Google supplants Windows? And the inevitable next question: how long before the Justice Department goes after Google for violation of anti-trust? Will Microsoft claim to be Google’s victim? Will Bill Gates have completed his
I had had a discussion with my daughter about what constitutes trade , but then a friend pointed out that the English word “trade” derives from a word meaning “habit”. Etymonline.com comes to the rescue , showing me that lingusitic concepts of trade in the English language most likely emerged from Roman or Etruscan roots. The link above shows that
The following question was posted to the Hernando de Soto thread. I’m moving it here to keep the discussions separate. I have a question and wanted to post it on the main venue but I don’t know how or if I can so I’ll try here. At the site http://www.infoshop.org/faq/index.html there is a long Anarchist Individualist FAQ, Under section ; G.2.1
French libertarian, François-René Rideau (who apparently runs Bastiat.org ) offers advice on his blog for communicating monetary economics to cute young actresses: In a bus to NYC early in January 2005, I meet this gorgeous girl who is reading a course in Economics. The textbook is open on a praise of the Fed and its role in regulating the
Dear President Harter, I should like to include myself among those who have come to the defense of Professor Hans-Hermann Hoppe. If the freedom to teach is not as important as the freedom to learn, then there is little hope for the university as a place of dialogue and debate, where serious issues may be considered and scholarship pursued. These
I recently stumbled on an old article in The Village Voice called ‘The Goldbug Variations’ by Julian Dibbell . Written in early 2002, it is a review of sorts, both of the book Cra$hmaker and of the sound-money movement in general. Dibbell describes Cra$hmaker as ‘a book for sound-money cranks.’ He continues: An ultra-wonky libertarian
6. Price Gouging Price gouging -- charging higher prices under emergency conditions -- evokes strong emotional responses that are understandable but terribly wrong-headed. In the words of economist Walter Williams, “passionate issues require dispassionate analysis.” The passion generated by price increases for necessities in an emergency is just
Batman is no stranger to Mises.org. ( 1 , 2 , 3 ) How does the Caped Crusader feel about peace, freedom, and prosperity? Ambivalent, at best. Some of us thought Batman Begins was not only the best big-screen appearance for the Dark Knight, but also a sign that the scales were tipping in favor of free markets (and maybe even Austrian insights), but
Ludwig von Mises was born on September 29th, 1881. One hundred years later, The Libertarian Review put out a Mises Centennial Celebration issue, which included tributes from those who had known him personally. (Ralph Raico presented a version of his centennial tribute at the opening of the recent Mises University : audio , video .) Bettina Bien
This 10-minute video made in 1947 is designed to convince us all that the survival of the federal government (in the form of Congress) is critical to our well being. With its supposed nightmare of state currencies and militias, and a country without a post office, it is hilarious and, well,
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