In 1884, Herbert Spencer wrote what quickly became a celebrated book, The Man versus the State . The book is seldom referred to now, and gathers dust on library shelves—if, in fact, it is still stocked by many libraries. Spencer’s political views are regarded by most present-day writers, who bother to mention him at all, as “extreme laissez
Keynes’s “greatest achievement,” according to his admirers, was his famous “refutation” of Say’s law of markets. All that it is necessary to say about this “refutation” has already been said by Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr., and Ludwig von Mises. Keynes himself takes the matter so cavalierly that all he requires to “refute” Say’s law to his own
[This article is a selection from What You Should Know about Inflation , first published in 1960.] The cure for inflation, like most cures, consists chiefly in removal of the cause. The cause of inflation is the increase of money and credit. The cure is to stop increasing money and credit. The cure for inflation, in brief, is to stop inflating. It
The Longines Chronoscope television series ran from 1951–55 and was hosted by William Bradford Huie, Larry LeSueur, and Henry Hazlitt. The series consisted of fifteen-minute episodes featuring interviews with many notable people of the time, such as Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Earl Warren, Clare Booth Luce, Henry Steele
En 1884, Herbert Spencer escribió lo que rápidamente se convirtió en un célebre libro, El hombre contra el Estado . El libro es raramente mencionado ahora, y acumula polvo en los estantes de las bibliotecas, si es que, de hecho, todavía está almacenado por muchas bibliotecas. Las opiniones políticas de Spencer son consideradas por la mayoría de
El «mayor logro» de Keynes, según sus admiradores, fue su famosa «refutación» de la ley de los mercados de Say. Todo lo que hay que decir sobre esta «refutación» ya lo han dicho Benjamin M. Anderson, Jr., y Ludwig von Mises. El propio Keynes toma el asunto tan arrogantemente que todo lo que necesita para «refutar» la ley de Say para su propia
[Este artículo es una selección de What You Should Know About Inflation , publicado por primera vez en 1960.] La cura de la inflación, como la mayoría de las curas, consiste principalmente en la eliminación de la causa. La causa de la inflación es el aumento del dinero y el crédito. La cura es dejar de aumentar el dinero y el crédito. La cura para
La serie televisiva Longines Chronoscope se emitió entre 1951 y 1955 y fue presentada por William Bradford Huie, Larry LeSueur y Henry Hazlitt. La serie consistió en episodios de quince minutos con entrevistas a muchas personas notables de la época, como Eleanor Roosevelt, John F. Kennedy, Joseph McCarthy, Earl Warren, Clare Booth Luce, Henry
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