We’ve lived through another election season, and this year, as with every years, the candidates competed to tell us about all the ways they were going to use the power of government to make our lives better. Unfortunately, many voters appeared quite sympathetic to the idea that government action can improve living standards and generally make
[ The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, and the Freemasons to Facebook by Niall Ferguson, Penguin Press, 2018.] Niall Ferguson has impeccable credentials as a member of the “Establishment” (a word that comes, he tells us, from the historian A.J.P. Taylor). He has taught history at Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard, and NYU and is also a
FedEx and UPS recently announced they will not ship the “Ghost Gunner,” a specific digital mill (like a 3D printer, but for metals) marketed as capable of fashioning parts without serial numbers. The present situation is: (1) buying, selling, owning, and using guns without serial numbers is legal, even supposed “assault” rifles; (2) both FedEx and
[This interview with Jeff Deist and Hans Hoppe will appear in the upcoming issue of The Austrian (March–April 2020).] JEFF DEIST: Your recent talk in Vienna mentioned growing up happy but poor, the son of East German parents who had been driven west during the Cold War by the Soviets. Can you elaborate on the lasting impact their experience had on
[ The Square and the Tower: Networks and Power, and the Freemasons to Facebook · Niall Ferguson · Penguin Press, 2018] Niall Ferguson tiene credenciales impecables como miembro del “establishment” (una palabra que proviene, nos dice, del historiador A.J.P. Taylor). Ha enseñado historia en Oxford, Cambridge, Harvard y la NYU y es también consultor
FedEx y UPS anunciaron recientemente que no enviarán el Ghost Gunner, un molino digital específico (como una impresora 3D, pero para metales) comercializado como capaz de fabricar piezas sin números de serie. La situación actual es: (1) comprar, vender, poseer y usar armas sin número de serie es legal, incluso los supuestos rifles de asalto; (2)
[Esta entrevista con Jeff Deist y Hans Hoppe aparecerá en el próximo número de The Austrian (Marzo-Abril 2020)] JEFF DEIST: Su reciente charla en Viena mencionó que creció feliz pero pobre, el hijo de padres de la Alemania Oriental que fueron llevados al oeste durante la Guerra Fría por los soviéticos. ¿Puedes explicar el impacto duradero que su
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