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Murphy vs. Schiff

Back in September 2007 Robert Murphy posted an article concerning one of the analogies that Peter Schiff makes in his book Crash Proof . Schiff's argument is essentially that persistent trade deficits are unsustainable and Murphy's article attempts...

Posted to Money Memes by jimmy on Sat, Dec 13 2008

The Myth of "The Rule of Law"

The theory of a republic is essentially that, in contrast to democracy in which there is tyranny of the majority and in contrast to monarchy in which there is the rule of a single man or oligarchy, the law itself is what rules rather than men. In essence...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Mon, Apr 28 2008

Filed under: Determinism, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Constitution, Social Contract, Human Nature, Prohibition, Crime and Punishment

Almost levelled, West Virginia: Crooked justice allows mountain-top removal practices to freely injure homes and health

... with the federal government, state and union all firmly in the pocket of coal firms. This seems to be a classic case, on a huge scale, of the difficulties individual property owners and communities face when confronting clearly wrongful acts by large...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Mar 3 2008

Filed under: state, Coal, mining, mountaintop removal, Appalachia, statism, power

What do we know about banks? PART I

Banking system has not always been like it is now. This is perhaps no surprise. However the fact that it seems now to be more sophisticated does not necessarily signifies progress. In fact it’s something else. What do we really know about banks? This...

Posted to RECONOMICS by SSLK on Mon, Oct 1 2007

Filed under: money, banks, inflation, bysiness cycle

Sources for e-Texts in social sciences and philosophy

We all know that Mises.org offers many e-texts for free and even some audio is offered for those that prefer listening over reading. I would like to list any other sources for downloading literature on the internet as well. So I start with some sources...

Posted to Torsten by Torsten on Fri, Sep 28 2007

Filed under: etext, downloads, literature

Atheist Inanity

What do Richard Dawkins, Christopher Hitchens, and Gore Vidal all have in common? They're all atheists and I've never never seen anything by them in print where they say a nice thing about anyone. Bizarely enough, all the atheists I've ever...

Posted to The Spirit of Liberty by TigerofRobare on Sun, Oct 7 2007

Filed under: freedom, science, religion, Catholicism

Antarctic cooling? Or WHY "The Antarctic Ain't Cooperating" [Updated]

[Significant update at bottom] I've decided to put up this little post in connection with Walter Block's recent post, http://blog.mises.org/archives/007828.asp , in order to avoid having my comment stuck in a spam filter (I've found that comments...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Sun, Mar 2 2008

Filed under: James Hansen, Block, ozone, Antarctica, climate change, Pat Michaels, British Antactic Survey, fossil fuels

PaleoConservaNationalistTarians

There has been a lot of hooting and hollering lately in libertarian circles, particularly as it relates to the Ron Paul campaign. This seems to be representative of a broader conflict between "culturally left" and "culturally conservative"...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Tue, Jan 29 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Decentralization, Centralization, Racism, Collectivism, Separatism, Constitution, Religion, Libertarianism, conservatism, isolationism

Minarchism.

This is a reply to the brain police's article "Minarchis: Ethically Self-contradictory" It just wouldn't be fair to leave a 3 page comment. so here it is. I'm pretty new to a real debate about anarchist so if I mis represent any...

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Fri, Nov 30 2007

Stupid Arguments - RE: Immigration

Here's the first installment in my list of stupid arguments I've heard regarding government, law, economics, etc. I've talked to a number of people who say they have no problem with people immigrating to the U.S. in order to build a better...

Posted to Ronorama by Ronorama on Tue, Nov 6 2007

Judeo-Christian Morality vs. The Free Society

I'd like to explain why I think that traditional judeo-christian morality does not synch up very well with the principles of liberty and does not provide a beneficial cultural framework for a free society. In many ways, I'm not going to be saying...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sat, Jun 21 2008

Filed under: Objectivism, Ethics, Self-interest, Rational Egoism, Altruism, Religion, Atheism, Libertarianism, Philosophy

On the legacy of Dr. Armand Hammer / Sobre el legado del Dr. Armand Hammer

On the legacy of Dr. Armand Hammer I have a strong personal reason to be indebted to Dr. Armand Hammer, as he made possible the creation of the United World College in Montezuma, New Mexico, where I had the privilege of completing high school aided by...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Wed, Oct 22 2008

Explorations in teleocentric forms of ethics

Recently, I’ve taken up reading again in my free time. Currently, I am half-way through the excellent Norms of Liberty by Douglas Rasmussen and Douglas den Uyl. I’m not going to review the book here or engage in a full summary of their views...

Posted to Veritas Veritatum. by Jon Irenicus on Sat, Aug 2 2008

Filed under: Aristotle Den Uyl Rasmussen Virtue Ethics Property Liberalism

A Left-Rothbardian Approach To "Privatization"

What exactly does it mean to "privatize" a service or industry? As I have argued before , there is a lot of confusion over the precise meaning of the terms "public" and "private" to begin with. The fact that state-controled...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Fri, Apr 4 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Taxation, Patronage, Libertarianism, Corporatism, Labor

Towards a productive libertarian approach on climate, energy and environmental issues

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Feb 10 2010

Filed under: property, rent-seeking, energy, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, power, climate change