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When a historian reads a historical document, he needs to be able to interpret it in order to understand the thoughts of the author. He has to be able to imagine how the structure of the ideas and paragraphs fit together in the mind of the author. If...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Fri, Jun 5 2009

10 things mainstream and Keynesian economics cannot explain

1. interest rates 2. utility 3. monopolistic and oligopoly competition 4. competition 5. the business cycle 6. labor 7. capital formation 8. prices 9. trade 10. the economy

Posted to Ethics and Economics by fezwhatley on Fri, Jun 5 2009

Filed under: 10 things i hate about you

El papel de la Sociedad "Propiedad y Libertad" en un Mundo Loco

por Hans-Hermann Hoppe* Vivimos en la era del Imperio Americano. Este Imperio se puede estar desmoronando, pero va a mantenerse en el futuro próximo, no sólo por su poderío militar, sino, y es más importante aún, a causa...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Thu, Jun 4 2009

Prices, and Production: Lecture II, Part III

It is now time to add the flow of money into Hayek's theoretical apparatus. While the Hayekian triangle is used to illustrate the movement of goods through the economy's structure of production, it is just as legitimately utilized as a schematic...

Posted to The Critiques: An Analysis by laminustacitus on Thu, Jun 4 2009

Filed under: F.A. Hayek, Prices and Production, Hayek, economics, theory of capital, monetary theory, assumptions, prices, markets

Bringing Weber Back into Economics: Introduction

Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE In their attempt at aping the physical sciences, the neoclassical economists have reduced man to an automaton. His actions are entirely dependent on variables in a set of simultaneous equations. Actually...

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Thu, Jun 4 2009

"A view from the Trenches": Time to fly low: Hunters don't have enough ammo = They will aim better

(This blog is also posted on my personal website: www.sibileau.com/martin , where the article can be read in pdf format) Yesterday, the markets found the excuses they were looking for to retreat into the so-called safety of Treasuries. I find it ironic...

Posted to A View from the Trenches by Martin Sibileau on Thu, Jun 4 2009

Insurrection vs. Pacifism: A False Dillema

There is a general traditional strategic split among anarchists between insurrectionary anarchism and pacifist anarchism. Insurrection is generally associated with either individual or public violent revolution, although if one wants to be specific it...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Wed, Jun 3 2009

Filed under: Anarchism, Ethics, Means and Ends, Self-interest, Philosophy, Frederich Neitzsche, Egoism, Insurrection, Pacifism, Strategy

Introduction

I started this blog as a new location for my old blog of the same name at blogspot. I'll be transfering posts from there to here. I'm currently live-blogging "The Legacy of Max Weber."

Posted to Kaleidic Society by ziragt on Wed, Jun 3 2009

Statist myth, the 40 hr work week

Next time an interventionist rambles about the benefits of government making labor laws (our labor history, gilded age! yada yada yada)- Particularly the maximum 40 hr work week per job qua wage labor, then overtime. Keep in mind this is nonsense. Think...

Posted to Ethics and Economics by fezwhatley on Wed, Jun 3 2009

Filed under: overtime labor movement

Hi guise!

Just got my new blog, and plan on posting in the near future. Keep up if you are interested

Posted to Ethics and Economics by fezwhatley on Tue, Jun 2 2009

Understanding Poverty: Social Networks at the Bottom

Caplan's got an interesting post summarizing Portfolio - a book I haven't read. Bryan's most interesting comment about the book: Yes, the world's poor are striving to better their lot. But what they really need isn't small-scale entrepreneurship...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Mon, Jun 1 2009

Filed under: development, microfinance

Prices and Production: Lecture II, Part II

The most essential feature of the capitalist system of production, as stated in the prior entry, is the fact that at any moment a larger quantity of the original means of production is being employed for the satisfaction of a future time. The raison d'...

Posted to The Critiques: An Analysis by laminustacitus on Sun, May 31 2009

Caplan on culture

A great post on modernity: The total volume is so massive we couldn't consume that top 10% if we tried with all our might... Friedman's problem is that he ignores the countervailing effects of population and wealth. Lots of creative people serving...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Daniel J. D'Amico on Sun, May 31 2009

Filed under: caplan, remix

Los Austríacos y la Sociedad de la Propiedad Privada

Una Entrevista con Hans-Hermann Hoppe* Artículo publicado por la Fundación F. A. Hayek en la Revista Digital No 9, Año 2008 - La Escuela Austríaca en el Siglo XXI Hans-Hermann Hoppe es senior fellow en el Ludwig von Mises Institute...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sun, May 31 2009

A la Espera de la Muerte

El pasado nos condena, sólo el futuro nos puede salvar. por Darryl Robert Schoon, 21 de mayo de 2009. Vivimos en tiempos extraordinarios. Colgado en un punto entre el pasado y el futuro, el presente nunca había sido tan incierto. Pero, cuando...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Fri, May 29 2009