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Do People "Naturally" Desire Gold?

This writer seems to think so. He states: Gold's 'value' is embedded in human history and collective psychology. Gold derives its economic value from the basic human urge to possess it. It is this natural ability of drawing human possessiveness...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Wed, Aug 20 2008

Filed under: gold

A Mini-Manifesto of Liberty

In the following I outline, as succinctly as possible, my principles of libertarianism. Natural Morality I feel assault, plunder, and enslavement are wrong. Implicit in this feeling is a belief in property rights. I don't derive this feeling from...

Posted to Lilburne @ Mises by Daniel James Sanchez on Wed, Aug 26 2009

Filed under: Libertarianism

Cultural Relativism, Ethical Positivism, and Human Reason

The challenge of ethical relativism leaves mankind in doubt about the standards with which it can critique the ethics of a different society on account of the fact that the theory states that societies develop ethics in order to cope with both their physical...

Posted to The Critiques: An Analysis by laminustacitus on Wed, Sep 9 2009

Giovanni Botero: El primer maltusiano

Por Murray N. Rothbard. (Publicado el 15 de abril de 2010) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/4214 . [Este artículo está extraído de Historia del pensamiento económico...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Thu, Apr 15 2010

Filed under: historia, Murray Rothbard, Giovanni Botero, maltusianismo

¿Están los Estados Unidos pasando hambre?

Por Jeremie T.A. Rostan (Publicado el 28 de octubre de 2009) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/story/3776 . “Uno de cada ocho estadounidenses pasa hambre”. Si no ha escuchado...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Thu, Oct 29 2009

Filed under: hambre, Estados Unidos, Jeremie T.A. Rostan

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

[Update] Rot at the Core: Rob Bradley at "free market" MasterResource blog shows his true colors as a rent-seeker for fossil fuels

[Update: I`ve added more background on Exxon, "Malthusians" and productive engagement.] How has Rob Bradley showed his hand? By shutting down reasoned (if challenging) debate at his blog, in the face of comments that were certainly more "free...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Mar 11 2009

Filed under: corporations, climate change, Knappenberger, Rob Bradley, Exxon, Tom Tanton

ClimateGate (My Climate Confession; or the war with deceivers and with self-deception)

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Dec 4 2009

Filed under: Enviro Derangement Syndrome, climate change, fossil fuels, climate hack

¿Qué es la democracia?

Jude Blanchette En nuestro sistema, las garantías de la libertad y del funcionamiento del autogobierno provienen de la constitución de la república; y el principal problema: de la democracia. —William Graham Sumner, 1877—...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sat, Apr 19 2008

Op-ed by nuclear physicist on climate change: questions for "skeptics"

John P. Holdren , an MIT and Stanford -trained nuclear physicist who is professor at Harvard's Kennedy School of Government and the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences and director of Harvard's Woods Hole Research Center , former President...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Aug 5 2008

Filed under: yandle, AGW, adler, Dolan, Richman, Callahan, climate change, skeptic, Holdren, crutzen

Las guerras de divisas

Por Doug French. (Publicado el 31 de enero de 2012) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/5897 . [ Currency Wars: The Making of the Next Global Crisis • James Rickards • Portfolio...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Mon, Feb 6 2012

Filed under: crítica de libros, Doug French, moneda, James Rickards

La Ilustración económica por Ballvé

Por John Chamberlain. (Publicado el 5 de enero de 2010) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/3901 . [ The Freeman , 1969] Si quiere un conocimiento inmediato La economía en una...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Tue, Jan 5 2010

Filed under: crítica de libros, The Freeman, John Chamberlain, Faustino Ballvé

The State, the Intellectuals, and the Role of Anti-Intellectual-Intellectuals

My first public appearance as a speaker in the United States took place more than two decades ago here in New York City, in 1986, at the first major Mises Institute conference, held to celebrate Murray Rothbard's sixtieth birthday. And so I am particularly...

Posted to ayrnieu by ayrnieu on Mon, Jul 14 2008

Filed under: transcripts, 25thNYC, hoppe

[Update re: Truthiness] Property rights? Why George Will WON'T be consistent on climate change when bashing climate "Malthusians"

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Feb 18 2009

Filed under: markets, property rights, George Will, climate change, truthiness, Malthusians

La mitología del salario mínimo

Por D.W. MacKenzie. (Publicado el 3 de mayo de 2006) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí http://mises.org/daily/2130 . De nuevo políticos y expertos están pidiendo aumentos en el salario mínimo...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Sun, Feb 20 2011

Filed under: D. W. MacKenzie, salario mínimo