David Holcberg, of the Ayn Rand Institute , published U.S. Should Not Help Tsunami Victims [Our money is not the government’s to give] . In response, James Taranto, of the Wall Street Journal ‘s slandered the ARI . The Ayn Rand Institute’s Holcberg argued that: Every cent the government spends comes from taxation. Every dollar the government hands
In response to my blog defending the Ayn Rand Institute against slander , one Objectivist curiously asked me (and others) about how anarcho-capitalism would work. It is refreshing when someone new to the concept of anarcho-capitalism (or propertarianism, or plum-line libertarianism) approaches it with an open mind, as you are doing. Let me try to
The latest legislative insanity comes from HR 1677 , sponsored by Delegate John Cosgrove (R-78) . The latest judicial insanity comes from Bastine: Apparently, pregnant women can’t get divorced in Washington. Shawnna Hughes had hoped to divorce her abuse husband by Christmas of 2004, but when the Judge Bastine found out she was pregnant, he gave
It is difficult to know where to begin this “letter”. For the past several days, most of us have harshly criticized the disgusting display of political correctness and spinelessness at the UNLV. However, I would like to take an opportunity to thank you for everything that you mean to the Austrian and libertarian community, and for everything that
Regarding the student who felt “insulted” by Hoppe’s lecture, it is most unfortunate that this nonsense has been allowed to go on. The student should be told to grow up. The UNLV should allow professor’s to expose students to new, provocative, and even controversial ideas. Hoppe was simply stating an accurate generalization: a person who does not
On the Financial Sense news hour, Jim Puplava and others talk about the disaster that our social security system is in. Of particular interest is an exchange they replay between Allan Greenspan and a completely aloof Congresswoman, Carolyn Maloni. Here’s a transcript: Rep. Maloni: My question was the statement by 2042, the entire system will be
Now that the State has finished the fascist imprisonment of Martha Stewart for engaging in non-crimes, they’ve committed her to house-arrest, as if she’s some kind of dangerous criminal. This is clearly a ludicrous attempt by the State to embarrass, humble, and humiliate Ms. Stewart. However, she is of such high dignity that she apparently has not
Apparently, the anonymous comment in my blog is true: President Harter has removed the “non-disciplinary” letter from Prof. Hoppe’s file. Las Vegas Review columnist K.C. Howard wrote about it in Controversy generates online war of words and REMARKS ABOUT GAYS: Professor rejects gestures . Prof. Hoppe would still like an apology and compensation (a
Thanks to Kevin Johnson for the link. Apparently, the French are very worried about the oncoming attack of American ideas. Google is planning on uploading libraries to the internet. Jeanneney, head of France’s national library, is worried that Google will favor books written in English, and tend to be Americanized. So, he thus proposes the the
PrudentBear.com has an essentially Austrian analysis of the business cycle by Jeff Ferguson: Is a Secular Bear Market Inevitable? What determines the extent of the damage caused by price controls? The answer depends in part on the size of the market in question. If, for example, a small market such as the market for hand turned fruit bowls was
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