Blogs

How I converted Mises.org to Web 2.0 (Part 1)

During the period of late August - mid September 2007, I redesigned the architecture of Mises.org from the ground up from a largely-static "web 1.0" era site to a future-oriented database and user driven " web 2.0 enabled" site. In...

Posted to The Mises Tech Update by David V on Mon, Oct 1 2007

Filed under: Web Technology

What do we know about banks? PART I

Banking system has not always been like it is now. This is perhaps no surprise. However the fact that it seems now to be more sophisticated does not necessarily signifies progress. In fact it’s something else. What do we really know about banks? This...

Posted to RECONOMICS by SSLK on Mon, Oct 1 2007

Filed under: money, banks, inflation, bysiness cycle

Anarchists Oppose the State

Opposition Requires Action...

Posted to Brush Fires of Freedom by Bostwick on Sat, Sep 29 2007

Filed under: Anarchy, politics, Ron Paul, voting

Introductions

Welcome to my blog here on mises.com, I'm Thomas James and I'm hoping to discuss the merger of Austrian Economics with Personal Finance; sharing both services and hints I find useful and, hopefully, to fuel discussion on how to best deal with...

Posted to ThomasJames by ThomasJames on Sat, Sep 29 2007

The State Is Not a Hive

It is a cliche to compare political collectivism to insect behavior or a "hive mentality." The imagery is efficively simple; that people are nothing but expendable indentityless drones slaving away for the lazy Queen. But the analogy is amazingly...

Posted to Brush Fires of Freedom by Bostwick on Fri, Sep 28 2007

Filed under: hive, markets, collectivism

Antares 8, Astronaut Farmer news

Good news, everybody. Antares 8, my shop at www.cafepress.com/antares8, now has T-shirts that read "Old Socialists Never Die, They Just 'Disappear.'" Get them now! Also, thanks to the good offices of Amazon.com and the free market, I...

Posted to The Spirit of Liberty by TigerofRobare on Fri, Sep 28 2007

Filed under: t-shirts, Antares 8, police, private-sector

Sources for e-Texts in social sciences and philosophy

We all know that Mises.org offers many e-texts for free and even some audio is offered for those that prefer listening over reading. I would like to list any other sources for downloading literature on the internet as well. So I start with some sources...

Posted to Torsten by Torsten on Fri, Sep 28 2007

Filed under: etext, downloads, literature

Why are Republicans unhinged on energy policy?

In a post of the same title at at NRO , Jerry Taylor and Peter Van Doren of Cato do a great job of demonstrating there is absolutely no relationship between energy policy and national security. However, they forgot to provide the answer to their own question...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Sep 28 2007

Filed under: rent-seeking, republicans, security, energy, Jerry Taylor

In Defense of Ron Paul

Strike-The-Root blogger Robert Kaercher charged Ron Paul with "converting people to statism" in response to him attracting people to political activision for the first time. His assertation lies on a several assumptions that I don't believe...

Posted to Brush Fires of Freedom by Bostwick on Thu, Sep 27 2007

Filed under: politics, Ron Paul, voting

Too Many or Too Few People? Does the market provide an answer?

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Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Sep 27 2007

Filed under: tragedy of commons, environment, Malthus, mises, property, markets, ostrom, yandle, fisheries

Democratic voters misinformed on candidates Iraq Positions

Chris Bowers at OpenLeft.com demonstrates in his article " Democrats Grossly Misinformed On Candidate Plans For Iraq " that most Democratic voters misunderstand the top tier candidates positions on the Iraq war. 48% think Hillary will have all...

Posted to The Cochran Column by joecochran on Thu, Sep 27 2007

Filed under: Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama, Iraq War

Legitimate Violence?

Classic liberals, today often called minarchists, often talk about the legitimate functions of governments. Being libertarians, these people understand the nature of government is violence and coercion. Their various versions boil down to claiming the...

Posted to Brush Fires of Freedom by Bostwick on Wed, Sep 26 2007

Filed under: Minarchy, Violence, Anarchy

Why We Need a Theory to Interpret History

Was reading a summary of "Democracy - The God That Failed" by Hans-Hermann Hoppe and liked this list of axioms that make it possible to correctly interpret history and the possibility of future events. …a larger quantity of a good is preferred...

Posted to Man Vs. Bee by jonrobinson on Wed, Sep 26 2007

Mises.com Google Services

Here are the new URL's for the Google services offered at Mises.com: Start Page: http://start.mises.com Email http://mail.mises.com Calendar: http://calendar.mises.com Docs and Spreadsheets: http://docs.mises.com

Posted to The Mises Tech Update by David V on Wed, Sep 26 2007

Filed under: Mises Site Update, new features

Somalia story of the day--Worst in Corruption

From this AP story : Somalia has been ravaged by violence and anarchy since warlords overthrew dictator Mohamed Siad Barre in 1991 and then turned on one another. The current, U.N.-backed government was formed in 2004, but has struggled to assert any...

Posted to My Two Cents... by csullivan on Wed, Sep 26 2007