Articles related to privatized roads etc. recently posted on WalterBlock.com : “Road Socialism,” International Journal of Value-Based Management , 9 (1996): 195-207 “Compromising the Uncompromisable: Speed Limits, Parades, Cigarettes,” Asian Economic Review , Vol. 40, No. 1 (April 1998): pp. 15-29 “Theories of Highway Safety,” Transportation
Concerning Mises and the opera , I once said, perhaps even at a formal Mises event, as a joke, that I oppose all government intervention, except that the govt should force everyone to read Man, Economy and State . I was trying to show what a moderate I was. I’ll bet that if it turns out that Mises said what is claimed he said about opera, it was
Dear Colleagues: We owe it to our students to give them the most full and accurate information we have about phd programs. Don’t get angry with me if I’ve been unjust to your school, or ignored it altogether. My info is only as good as what I’ve been given; please correct any errors and omissions in what appears below. I’m limiting this to phd
Here is an email I received from Scott Flaherty . It includes a range of interesting objections to the idea of getting rid of the state monopoly on law. Maybe Rothbardian-Misesians of the world would like to have a crack at them. “During our advocacy for the privatization of law, we have come across several objections which I would like to share
My memo on graduate schools and Austrian economics has been update, and I’ve also worked on another memo that concerns other social sciences: Economics in Graduate School Social Sciences in Graduate School. Both are permanent links from the fellowship page
I have taught at several institutions of higher learning in my life. My main motivation for doing so, apart from earning a living of course, is an attempt to “pass on the baton.” When I was a young pup, there were quite a few people who went out of their way to instill in me something very precious: an appreciation for free market economics and
John Gilmore on inflight activism, spam and sarongs : Q: You are not a great fan of copy protection. But how shall intellectual property holders commercially survive in an environment where perfect copies are a part of everyday life? A: I thought I knew that answer in 1989, but I wasn’t sure, so I started a business to see if I was right. Cygnus
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.