Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner?
Posted in From the Archives on 9 February 2010
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Ludwig Von Mises and Ayn Rand were two of the Twentieth Centuries most important advocates of the free market. Mises treatise on economics, Human Action, has been, and is a source of inspiration for many economists. And as for Rand there is even a saying “It usually begins with Ayn ...
Posted in From the Archives on 9 February 2010
Stats: 59 views and No Comments Ludwig Von Mises and Ayn Rand were two of the Twentieth Centuries most important advocates of the free market. Mises treatise on economics, Human Action, has been, and is a source of inspiration for many economists. And as for Rand there is even a saying “It usually begins with Ayn ...
Hazlitt to Buckley on Mises and Rand Dinner
Posted in Document on 8 February 2010
Stats: 357 views and 2 Comments Letter from Henry Hazlitt to William F. Buckley Jr. telling the story of the first meeting of Ludwig Von Mises and Ayn Rand.
Posted in Document on 8 February 2010
Stats: 357 views and 2 Comments Letter from Henry Hazlitt to William F. Buckley Jr. telling the story of the first meeting of Ludwig Von Mises and Ayn Rand.
Lenin (and Hazlitt) Was Right
Posted in From the Archives on 1 February 2010
Stats: 102 views and 4 Comments On September 22, 1947 Newsweek published a short article by Henry Hazlitt entitled “Lenin Was Right”. I searched in vain to find a copy of this online. Fortunately FEE’s archives contain a rough draft of this article, which can be found here. I personally found the title very intriguing. Where ...
Posted in From the Archives on 1 February 2010
Stats: 102 views and 4 Comments On September 22, 1947 Newsweek published a short article by Henry Hazlitt entitled “Lenin Was Right”. I searched in vain to find a copy of this online. Fortunately FEE’s archives contain a rough draft of this article, which can be found here. I personally found the title very intriguing. Where ...
Lenin Was Right
Posted in Document on 29 January 2010
Stats: 189 views and 1 Comment In this essay Henry Hazlitt wanted to show the hidden costs of monetary interventions into the market system and how they are particularly destructive.
Posted in Document on 29 January 2010
Stats: 189 views and 1 Comment In this essay Henry Hazlitt wanted to show the hidden costs of monetary interventions into the market system and how they are particularly destructive.
Son of “Stimulus”
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 10 July 2009
Stats: 2 views and 30 Comments Bad economic policy proposals usually have a superficial logic that fools the economically illiterate into thinking the policies really make sense. For example, anti-price-gouging laws seem to keep goods affordable during emergencies. The government says no one may raise prices "excessively" on generators, batteries, and bottled water. Hurray for wise ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 10 July 2009
Stats: 2 views and 30 Comments Bad economic policy proposals usually have a superficial logic that fools the economically illiterate into thinking the policies really make sense. For example, anti-price-gouging laws seem to keep goods affordable during emergencies. The government says no one may raise prices "excessively" on generators, batteries, and bottled water. Hurray for wise ...
Budget Secretary Forecasts Lasting Deficits
Posted in In brief on 14 January 2009
Stats: 2 views and No Comments "Massive budget deficits will continue even after the economy recovers from its deep recession unless budget policies are radically changed, the incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget told a Senate committee Tuesday. Current budget policies would likely generate annual deficits between $750 billion and $1.2 trillion for ...
Posted in In brief on 14 January 2009
Stats: 2 views and No Comments "Massive budget deficits will continue even after the economy recovers from its deep recession unless budget policies are radically changed, the incoming director of the Office of Management and Budget told a Senate committee Tuesday. Current budget policies would likely generate annual deficits between $750 billion and $1.2 trillion for ...
