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Hey World Government Leaders, Here is the SECRET to fix the Economy:

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/hey-world-government-leaders-here-is.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Fri, Oct 10 2008

Filed under: economy, fix, government leaders

Poverty, Crime and Recessions

Back in September Phillip Johnson commented on the UK's economic position and the likely criminal trends in the near future: Most violence is caused by young men against young men, usually at night, when they are drunk. At a time of economic slowdown...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Fri, Oct 10 2008

Filed under: crime, recession

Spirit..

"And by anarchist spirit I mean that deeply human sentiment, which aims at the good of all, freedom and justice for all, solidarity and love among the people; which is not an exclusive characteristic only of self-declared anarchists, but inspires...

Posted to M. of Bedlam by idi0m on Thu, Oct 9 2008

Filed under: art

A Few Questions ... Some Answers

Freedom is intimately associated with discipline. Freedom without discipline portends doom oftener than not. In Economic sphere, this discipline will have to be derivable from, or will lead to ethical behaviour. It is important to understand the intimate...

Posted to Ethiconomics by Arthashastri on Thu, Oct 9 2008

Filed under: Ethics, Economics

Avoiding The Argument From History and Normality

Often times in political debates, market anarchists may find themselves pressured to produce historical examples of stateless market-based societies. Typically, the market anarchist responds to this by refering to particular periods of medieval iceland...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Thu, Oct 9 2008

Filed under: Anarchism, Libertarianism, History, Primitivism

If A Person Comes Along - You Must Whip It!

What does one mean by state? I'll try and play devil's advocate. Let's say I'm a fan of the state. Let’s say I’m a Statesman. This bears down to a few key points in ideology. To spare people from having to grind their gears...

Posted to M. of Bedlam by idi0m on Wed, Oct 8 2008

Filed under: anarchism, philosophy, ethics

Today's Reading: Benjamin Tucker

I was inspired to pull a book from my shelf at random. It was quite possibly prophetic that I pull, Benjamin R. Tucker: Because I hardly say it better. Why am I an Anarchist? That is the question which the editor of the Twentieth Century has requested...

Posted to M. of Bedlam by idi0m on Wed, Oct 8 2008

Filed under: anarchism, individualism

The Boom was the Financial Crisis

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/boom-was-financial-crisis.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Wed, Oct 8 2008

Filed under: financial crisis, boom, bust

Social capital and the financial crisis?

Before the bailout I was skeptical that the bailout would 1) work as it said it would and 2) that it would carry its own unintended consequences. Looks like we're coming to those hard truths day by day as markets continue to resist being "stabilized...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Wed, Oct 8 2008

Filed under: financial crisis, social capital

La Fábula de la Bolsa de Valores

Una vez llegó al pueblo un señor, bien vestido, se instaló en el único hotel que había, y puso un aviso en el único periódico local que decía que estaba dispuesto a comprar cada mono que le trajeran...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Wed, Oct 8 2008

The Free Market Isn't "Dead"

Over and over I keep reading about how the free market has died...how our current crisis is the result of free market forces. Of course, nothing could be further from the truth. The crisis that we are experiencing is one of interventionism . It always...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Tue, Oct 7 2008

Filed under: free market

Socialism and central banking

As Mises demonstrated in his brilliant essay " Die Wirtshaftsrechnung im sozialistischen Gemeimwesen " ( Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth ), the crucial failing of socialism is the absence of any pricing mechanism with regard...

Posted to Money Memes by jimmy on Tue, Oct 7 2008

Filed under: Socialism, central banking, economic calculation

A Call for Lower Taxes & Higher Taxes

Larry Kudlow put together some debate tips for John McCain. After reading the recommendations, I noticed a significant contradiction. Mr. Kudlow states : "...McCain needs to stress that tax hikes of any kind would be a total disaster during this...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Tue, Oct 7 2008

Filed under: taxation

The Newly Created Office of Socialism and Fascism

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/10/newly-created-position-ofs-office-of.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Mon, Oct 6 2008

Filed under: fascism, bailouts, socialism, financial crisis

Peter Schiff on the bailout

I remember reading one of Gary North 's older articles where he was discussing shortages. Mr. North wrote that whenever you hear of a shortage, the first question that should come to mind is: "At what price?" Well, Peter Schiff uses the...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Mon, Oct 6 2008

Filed under: supply and demand