Whether Trump or not-Trump is finally declared the winner of the 2020 US presidential election, we’re in for the battle of our lives. A constellation of state and state-extended apparatuses has openly declared war on liberty—on us. We’re all thought criminals now. Presented at the Symposium with Ron Paul on Saturday, 7 November 2020, in Angleton,
Dr. Michael Rectenwald was a professor of liberal studies at NYU from 2008 to 2019. Although at one point he was a committed Marxist, he gradually lost faith, and is now an outspoken critic of campus activists. Bob asks Rectenwald about apparent contradictions in the current cultural Marxist / postmodern movement, and they discuss several themes
[This is the transcript of the eponymous talk presented at the Mises Institute’s Ron Paul Symposium on November 7, 2020, in Angleton, Texas.] “Don’t be evil” may no longer be Google’s official company motto, but it remains the last sentence of its Code of Conduct . As part of not being evil, Google maintains that “everything [it does] in
[Michael Rectenwald was a professor of liberal studies and global liberal studies at NYU from 2008 to 2019. He holds a PhD in literary and cultural studies from Carnegie Mellon University, a master’s in English literature from Case Western Reserve University, and a BA in English literature from the University of Pittsburgh. Professor Rectenwald is
The Great Reset is on everyone’s mind, whether everyone knows it or not. It is presaged by the measures undertaken by states across the world in response to the covid-19 crisis. (I mean by “crisis” not the so-called pandemic itself, but the responses to a novel virus called SARS-2 and the impact of the responses on social and economic conditions.)
Listen to the Audio Mises Wire version of this article. As I noted in the previous installment , the Great Reset, if its architects have their way, would involve transformations of nearly every aspect of life. Here, I will limit my discussion to the economics of the Great Reset as promoted by the World Economic Forum (WEF), as well as to
[Esta es la transcripción de la charla homónima presentada en el Simposio Ron Paul del Instituto Mises el 7 de noviembre de 2020, en Angleton, Texas]. «No seas malo» puede que ya no sea el lema oficial de la compañía de Google, pero sigue siendo la última frase de su Código de Conducta . Como parte de no ser malvado, Google sostiene que «todo lo
El Gran Reinicio está en la mente de todos, lo sepan o no. Es presagiado por las medidas tomadas por los estados en todo el mundo en respuesta a la crisis de Covid-19. (Con «crisis» no me refiero a la llamada pandemia en sí, sino a las respuestas a un nuevo virus llamado SARS-2 y el impacto de las respuestas en las condiciones sociales y
Como señalé en la entrega anterior , el Gran Reinicio, si sus arquitectos se salen con la suya, implicaría transformaciones de casi todos los aspectos de la vida. Aquí, limitaré mi discusión a la economía del Gran Reinicio como fue promovida por el Foro Económico Mundial (FEM), así como a los recientes desarrollos que han hecho avanzar estos
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