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I'd be interested in reading material from the mises forums people.
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I just discovered this post and think of Liberte's philosophy to be very interesting. However, there are important questions that have not been addressed: 1. We live in a world wherein the a lot of the most powerful are war profiteers, democratic demagogues, and killers. Knowing this, how is this aristocracy of knowledge supposed to come about.
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Anyone?
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBI1fv8YrzU That's the 'How is Fiat Money Possible' lecture by Hoppe In the last 10 minutes he says something about money market securities and futures contracts not being possible under a gold standard. I don't know if he agreed or disagreed with it. Please explain why it is or is not possible.
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The wiki page on 'Demographics of India' state that India has the most arable land and the most water area. I guess this could also be a reason for it being highly populated in comparison to countries or should I say regions with the same land area.
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"I don't know if human sacrifices are still done in modern Hindu cultures, do Christians still do sacrifices?" This is taken out of context. The lecture examined how Hindu culture affected material prosperity of India from the outset. "How does vegetarianism limit capacity for entrepreneuship? I've been a vegetarian for 3 1/2
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So says Hans Hermann Hoppe in lecture five of "Economy, History and Society". Here are the reasons Hinduism is detrimental to prosperity. - human sacrifices mean human life is not valued as much - strict vegetarianism limits capacity for entrepreneuship - caste system undermines division of labor (you can't choose your job) - belief in
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International organizations I am referring to are primarily the World Bank, IMF, WTO, UN My basic argument is that these institutions ruin poor people of the world through debt enslavement, prop up dictatorships, and contribute to world inflation by making governments conform to international currency agreements that force central banks to debase along
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What is ethical and what is not in financial markets? (Excluding government involvment except for fractional reserve banking) Short selling for example means you borrow a stock from a broker and then sell it. But the stock is not yours nor the broker's, yet both of you are risking the property of the third person who is the real owner of the stock