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allixpeeke Posted: Sat, Dec 8 2007 11:18 AM

Okay, one can access all of The Ethics of Liberty here in .asp format.

That page also contains a link to the .pdf format.

However, that page contains no link whatsoever to the .mp3 format.  It ought to.  (My page does.)

The first link above has The Ethics of Liberty divided up by chapter, so that if you click the link to the last chapter, it takes you here:
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/thirty.asp

Why then did Mises.org also release the same exact chapter here instead of just linking it to the above URL?  It seems, well, pointless to have the same chapter written twice on the same website.

I wish to add that I'm not necessarily complaining, but rather I'm simply posting the thoughts going through my head.  "Why are they doing this?" I think to myself.  Just thought I'd like to share.

I see you're also releasing The Betrayal of the Right chapter by chapter.  And you've already released the entire book in .pdf format.  Think you'll create an .asp formatted page with all of the chapters in order?

Again, just thinking out loud.  Nobody actually has to answer any of this.

Rothbard Books in .asp Format

The Ethics of Liberty
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/ethics/ethics.asp

Man, Economy, and State with Power and Markets
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/mes.asp

For a New Liberty: The Libertarian Manifesto
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/newliberty.asp

What Has Government Done to Our Money?
http://www.mises.org/money.asp

America's Great Depression
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/agd/contents.asp

Making Economic Sense
http://www.mises.org/econsense/econsense.asp

Ludwig von Mises: Scholar, Creator, Hero
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/scholarcreator.asp

Rothbard Books in .pdf Format but Not .asp Format

Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy
http://www.mises.org/rothbard/WSBanks.pdf

History of Money and Banking in the United States: The Colonial Era to World War II
http://www.mises.org/books/historyofmoney.pdf

The Panic of 1819: Reactions and Policies
http://www.mises.org/books/panic1819.pdf

The Mystery of Banking
http://www.mises.org/Books/mysteryofbanking.pdf

Conceived in Liberty
http://www.mises.org/books/conceived1.pdf
http://www.mises.org/books/conceived2.pdf
http://www.mises.org/books/conceived3.pdf
http://www.mises.org/books/conceived4.pdf

Egalitarianism as a Revolt Against Nature, and Other Essays
http://www.mises.org/books/egalitarianism.pdf

A New History of Leviathan
http://www.mises.org/books/newhistoryleviathan.pdf

The Betrayal of the American Right
http://www.mises.org/books/betrayal.pdf

Doesn't seem like it would be hard convert each of these to HTML for .asp files, or to add the .mp3 links to the existing .asp files.  In fact, if someone were to pay me, I'd be happy to do it. Smile

Again, just thinking out loud.

Yours, Alex Peak “I’m very optimistic about the future of free-market capitalism. I’m not optimistic about the future of stat[ist] capitalism—or rather, I am optimistic, because I think it will eventually come to an end.” – Murray N. Rothbard, “A Future of Peace and Capitalism,” 1973
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jtucker replied on Sat, Dec 8 2007 9:53 PM

Seems rather wacky doesn't it? Let's just say that Mises.org, in terms of its layout, is more like Boston, MA, rather than Lubbock, TX. In other words, we put up what we can when we can't and I know it is rather crazy in places. Another anology: an old growth tree. If we started over today, we would do it completely differently but we have a tiny staff (still no actually full-time web person) and just sort of make available what we can when we can, always looking forward rather than back. So that explains a lot of the odd things.

Slowly we get there though! a bit of work every day. 

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