Much is often made of allowing “consenting adults” to exercise their freedoms unhindered by government regulation. Unfortunately, this presumption is often limited to the realm of activities like gambling and prostitution. But should not consenting adults also be allowed freedom in larger economic matters such as real estate? In this 1981 lecture,
At Freedom Fest, Walter Block was interviewed by CSPAN’s Book TV to discuss his new book Space Capitalism: How Humans Will Colonize Planets, Moons, and Asteroids. Click here to watch Dr. Block make the case for privatizing the final
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Pundits are accustomed to utilizing the language of war and strife to depict economic relationships. This is confusing, irrational and misleading. For the dismal science addresses mutual benefit, or positive-sum games. All participants gain whenever a trade, a purchase, sale, rental agreement, job, etc., gets consummated; necessarily so in the ex
Gentrification gets bad press. It would appear that the gentrifier (he who engages in gentrification) is a malign exploiter, a bully, someone who takes advantage of the weak and the poor. And these are the nice things said about him. What is the case against this practice? First and foremost, it pushes previous residents out of their homes. These
Quarterly Journal of Austrian Economics 18, no. 3 (Fall 2015) ABSTRACT : A recent controversy has brewed over whether or not the emergence of bitcoin, as a new medium of exchange, is in accordance with Mises’s regression theorem. The main question in the debate seems to be, is bitcoin valued in direct use? The present paper contends that with
Recientemente di clases en la Universidad Mises. Esta experiencia semanal es lo más destacado de todo mi año profesional, como lo ha sido durante estas décadas. (Cuando empecé, era un niño terrible... ¡Si estás leyendo esto, deberías apoyar al Instituto Mises todos los meses! Recientemente di clases en la Universidad Mises. Esta experiencia
Los expertos están acostumbrados a utilizar el lenguaje de la guerra y la lucha para describir las relaciones económicas. Esto es confuso, irracional y engañoso. Porque la lúgubre ciencia aborda el beneficio mutuo o los juegos de suma positiva. Todos los participantes ganan cada vez que se consuma una operación, compra, venta, contrato de
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