AP : “Housing construction cooled last month as the number of housing projects builders started plunged 13 percent. The decline is the biggest in nearly 11 years and it takes housing starts to a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1.77 million units, the lowest level since May 2003. The Commerce Department also reports that a sign of future
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From my Mises lecture at the 2004 Austrian Scholars Conference : It is no wonder that so many of freedom’s friends have been influenced by the Austrian economists. In the last 100 years, they have been the true political economists of liberty. The Austrian school of economics has enriched our understanding of the market economy and advanced the
Here are just a few of the articles on Mises.org that offer a pro-liberty response to the events of 9-11-01: Times Change, Principles Don’t by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. Forgotten Victims of 9-11 by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. A Tribute to Trade by Llewellyn H. Rockwell, Jr. A Modest Craft by Sean Corrigan Who is to Blame for 9-11? by William
Google News alerts drew my attention to news story mentioning the existence of Mises Road in Beaufort, South Carolina. Sure enough, according to Mapquest , the Mises Road intersects witih Prescient Ave, while Hayek Street and Merchant Lane are just to the East.
I found this site fun (but not useful) when building my lake. Thanks for subsidizing my entertainment budget. After all you paid for the photos shown here via your taxes. Looks like they have a boat dock in the development where Mises Rd is located.
Writes Brendan O’Neill in the Christian Science Monitor : “ What is the lesson of the terrible earthquake that struck southern Iran last week, which leveled much of the city of Bam and left tens of thousands dead? “For many, it is that man should more closely observe the ‘rule of nature.’ “Reporting from the wreckage of Bam, The Sun, Britain’s
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
A nice summary of the long-term trend on public trust in government, in the NYT : Trust in government peaked after the New Deal and World War II. It has declined since the war in Vietnam and Watergate. A New York Times/CBS News Poll has been asking Americans for a generation whether they think they can trust the government in Washington to do
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