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A View from the Trenches, August 17th, 2009: Back to March levels?

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: http:www.sibileau.com/martin I thought it would be worthwhile to start the week describing how the last one ended. Today’s letter will be merely descriptive (vs. the typical analytical format...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Sun, Aug 16 2009

Oro y libertad económica

Artículo elaborado por Alan Greenspan en 1966 (tomado de Tribuna Libre en Libertad Digital ) El abandono del patrón oro hizo posible que los estatistas utilizaran el sistema bancario como instrumento para una expansión ilimitada del...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sun, Aug 16 2009

Autogolpe en Honduras

Por Jaime Raul Molina en la Página de la Fundación Libertad ( http://www.fundacionlibertad.org.pa/ ) En Honduras, el Presidente Manuel Zelaya intentaba subvertir el orden constitucional, pero la institucionalidad fue preservada por valientes...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sun, Aug 16 2009

Democrats' Tax and spend vs. Republicans' tax less and spend just as much (enhanced on Aug. 18, 2009)

Partisan Democrats have not got yet that tax and spend isn't a viable fiscal policy. Partisan Republicans have not realized that "tax less and spend just as much while blaming 'socialist Democrats' for their profligacy" makes even...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Sun, Aug 16 2009

Filed under: Dale Wettlaufer, tax, spend, military, Republican, Democrat, moderate, fiscal, electorate, Pelosi

Action, Goals, and Goods

(This post is an attempt to formulate praxeological fundamentals according to how they make sense to me.) An action is an embarkation of a behavior for the achievement of a goal 1 which executes a deliberate choice 2 among potential behaviors. A goal...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Aug 15 2009

Filed under: Economics, Praxeology, Murray Rothbard

Ben Bernanke Was Wrong: YouTube Mashup

Somebody did a cool "mashup" ( defined in Wikipedia as "a digital media file containing any or all of text, graphics, audio, video and animation drawn from pre-existing sources, to create a new derivative work") of my Mises.org article...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Fri, Aug 14 2009

Filed under: General, Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke

How To Pay For Healthcare - The Wrong Question

I suppose that in a perfect world everyone would have access to healthcare. Well, then I guess the United States is as close to perfect as anywhere because everyone here has access to healthcare. Just like anyone can buy a car, buy a home, or buy clothes...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Thu, Aug 13 2009

Filed under: mortage crisis, Obama, Healthcare, welfare, health care

A View from the Trenches, August 13th, 2009: A Visible Inconsistency

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com/martin Normal 0 false false false Let me begin with the obvious: the 3-mo Libor - Overnight Index Swap spread. It made a new low. 3-mo Libor was 44.97bps, driving this spread to 26...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Wed, Aug 12 2009

Pete asked about Seasteading.

And my response : I don't think secession type movements can sustain on ideology alone. So I'll ignore it momentarily. My first impression is that Tiebout competition would drive "good" results. Regardless of whether the heads of such...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Tue, Aug 11 2009

Filed under: sea steading

A View from the Trenches, August 12th, 2009: More questions than answers

Please, click here to read this article in pdf format: www.sibileau.com/martin Back from a brief vacation, I have more questions than answers. Since last week, it is obvious the general outlook is more uncertain. I’ve been endlessly trying to figure...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Tue, Aug 11 2009

An Austro-Libertarian Review of Glenn Beck's "Common Sense"

In recent months I have become involved in the local Tea Party group. It’s a rather odd experience - I’m approximately 30-50 years younger than everyone else in the group. I tend to lean towards anarcho-capitalism/agorism while everyone else...

Posted to Musings from an Economics Student by champthom on Tue, Aug 11 2009

Filed under: books, teaparty, review, beck, 912, glennbeck

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Posted to romantivist by Romantivist on Mon, Aug 10 2009

Obama: Only Capping Health Care Costs?

Don't be a lemming. When some flashy guy in a funny hat starts waving his arms and yelling, "Danger! Danger! Run, run, run! As fast as you can!" take a moment to look around and see where you're going. You might just find there's...

Posted to Not-a-Lemming by FutbolGuru on Mon, Aug 10 2009

The 19th Century Bernanke

There is something disarming about a technocrat. While it is easy to dismiss elected officials as blustering panderers, there is something comforting in the image of the specialist civil servant toiling away with industry and equanimity. Poring over statistics...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Sat, Aug 8 2009

Filed under: Federal Reserve, Ben Bernanke, American History

My first interview: Art is commitment and support for life

"Each new technology ends up converting interesting plastic proposals into obsolete" An approximation to the plastic legacy of Rubén Rivero Capriles, by Alvaro Pérez Capiello A cloudy afternoon, when the mountain seemed to avoid...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Sat, Aug 8 2009

Filed under: El Greco, Reverón, Dalí, Matisse, Odalys, Golding, legacy, authenticity, pastel, charcoal, plastic