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Presented by David Gordon at the Mises Circle in New Orleans, 5 November 2011.
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Critics of Austrian economics often condemn Mises as dogmatic, but in fact he advocated a very commonsense method of procedure for economics. He developed his views in reaction to criticisms of economics by the German Historical School, on the one hand, and the logical positivists, on the other. Both of these movements sought to undermine economic
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Ayn Rand polarizes people. To her enemies, she was a vicious person who taught a gospel of unconcern for others. One of her critics says that she was “eerily ignorant of all the interesting problems of ontology, epistemology, or logic.” Her followers, by contrast, rank her as one of the foremost philosophers of all time. Her system of Objectivism
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Those of us who are libertarians often cannot understand why everyone else is not a libertarian too. Isn’t the case for freedom easy to make and, once grasped, utterly convincing? Most contemporary moral and political philosophers think otherwise, though; they reject libertarianism and demand a more egalitarian system. This course will
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Many people would like to learn economics but are discouraged when they look at difficult textbooks filled with mathematics. Fortunately, the basic principles of Austrian economics are easy to learn. Austrian economics uses a common-sense method of reasoning, and once you see it in action, you will be able to understand why popular policy measures
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[ Neoconservatism: An Obituary for an Idea • By C. Bradley Thompson with Yaron Brook • Paradigm Publishers, 2010 • Xii + 305 pages] C. Bradley Thompson argues that neoconservatism stands in fundamental opposition to individual rights and a free economy. To most of us, neoconservatism is inevitably associated with the Iraq War. A group of
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[ The Conscience of an Anarchist: Why It’s Time to Say Good-Bye to the State and Build a Free Society • By Gary Chartier • Cobden Press, 2011 • X + 118 pages] “Chartier’s book is vital reading for libertarians.” Gary Chartier is a difficult author to review. In this excellent book , he displays a remarkable ability to discuss a profusion of