I wondered what was up when the neighbor kids came by doing a government school fund raiser but couldn’t explain what the money was for. In this funny NYTimes op-ed Karen Karbo makes it all clear: ...in these belt-tightening times, selling stuff doesn’t just raise money for new uniforms for the marching band — it also keeps the computer lab up and
In Margaret Sanger’s Eugenic Legacy: The Control of Female Fertility feminist scholar Angela Franks presents the evidence that should revolutionize our view of the founder of Planned Parenthood. Far from being motivated by the liberation of women she was in fact a lifelong devotee of that dark 20th century phenomenon: eugenics. A review in
I’ve been waiting for an Austrian who actually understands the accounting legalities to explain all this but no one has, so consider this an invitation. Tech companies have been buffeted by a round of stock options scandals . The media coverage has been a bit confusing but the irregularities have something to do with backdating stock options to a
“Neither a borrower or a lender be.” This economic counsel comes from the Bard — known primarily as a dramatist — but also as a pretty shred businessman. Jim Wright, ex Speaker of the House, agrees. “Don’t borrow, don’t lend”, he says. And all you borrowers can heave a big sigh of relief. The former Speaker has joined your team, your debt is his
The US Mint is protecting you from the criminals who want to buy things with gold and silver, instead of the feds’ own handsome cupro-nickel and paper compositions.
Economic geologist Eric Cheney says : “The most common question I get is, ‘When are we going to run out of oil.’ The correct response is, ‘Never.’ It might be a heck of a lot more expensive than it is now, but there will always be some oil available at a price, perhaps $10 to $100 a gallon.” The article also notes that Cheney says “Changing
As hard as it has been to find films about entrepreurship , it has been easy to find films about war. The film page is well stocked with anti-war films since war seems to be of perennial interest whether in the triumphalist films that followed World War II or in the darker modern war films like Apocalypse Now , Platoon , and A Midnight Clear .
The Milton Friedman Choir sings about the only obligation of corporations, school choice, privatization and freedom a la Friedman (3 minute video). Very funny. let markets rule us states should not school us now we’re free to
The Man in the White Suit (1951) In this hilarious film Alec Guinness plays Sidney Stratton, a brilliant scientist who is struggling to complete his research on a new kind of fabric that will not only be nearly indestructible but even repel dirt. He is booted out of one industrial lab after another each time his personal project is discovered
The Terminal (2004) Though I can’t quite bring myself to add this to the film page (due primarily to quality issues) this Spielberg film deserves at least a mention. Left and Right are in agreement on the virtues of being a citizen, whether forking over our money for redistribution or sending our children off to glorious wars all right-thinking
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.