Hello everyone,
I was hoping for you to contribute with every fallacy and myth that you know of as to laissez-faire capitalism. And after this, I was hoping that you could provide a refutation of this fallacy/myth; either via books, essays, videos, podcasts, etc.
It would be valuable to all; not only me.
I feel as if I have been scouting the whole Internet. If a thread or page of these already exists, please feel free to post the link and end this thread.
Well, given that this whole forum is devoted to just that... I think your best option is to simply stick around long enough and check out new threads. I am planning on doing something of an Austrian/AnCap FAQ sometime in the future...
Some great short videos here: http://www.youtube.com/user/LearnLiberty (price controls, "we are running out of resources," Broken Window Fallacy, "the poor are getting poorer," etc.)
Why anarchy fails
Keep in mind also that praxeology is basically one big system of myth-busting by forcing people to keep their eye on the ball (the acting agent). Each chapter in Economics in One Lesson (PDF link) is also a myth exploding exercise:
There's quite a bit at the Mises Wiki in the form of "argumentation" pages for specific subjects. Those listed might help, but you also might consider starting a new one yourself!
Thomas Sowell: Economic Facts and Fallacies
Here's a list of falsities and fallacies I recently made in another thread:
Some other big ones include:
I can't think of any others off the top of my head. If you want specific reasons for why any particular fallacies are incorrect, just ask.
Clayton -
Thanks a lot for your contributions! I appreciate it, and I am glad that so many were willing to help. The reason as to why I wanted these was due to a new project of mine; making some sort of FAQ/guide to laissez-faire in my native language. I see no one is around and so I wanted to debunk some of these. Once again, many thanks!