Statistics: Friend of the Interventionist, Enemy of Liberty
Posted in From the Archives on 3 March 2010
Stats: 133 views and No Comments In the Clichés of Socialism number 57 Murray Rothbard makes the case against government statistics. Of course not all statistics are bad, but Rothbard argues that without government collected data significantly fewer statistics would be collected in a free society. For advocates of liberty, the problem, beyond the wasted costs of ...
Posted in From the Archives on 3 March 2010
Stats: 133 views and No Comments In the Clichés of Socialism number 57 Murray Rothbard makes the case against government statistics. Of course not all statistics are bad, but Rothbard argues that without government collected data significantly fewer statistics would be collected in a free society. For advocates of liberty, the problem, beyond the wasted costs of ...
Intellectuals and Socialism
Posted in Audio, Media, Timeless Truth on 19 January 2010
Stats: 181 views and 1 Comment This lecture, in which Hayek discusses "Intellectuals and Socialism" was recorded March 23, 1962. Part 1 Part 2
Posted in Audio, Media, Timeless Truth on 19 January 2010
Stats: 181 views and 1 Comment This lecture, in which Hayek discusses "Intellectuals and Socialism" was recorded March 23, 1962. Part 1 Part 2
FEE Alum Sets ACS Straight on Health Care
Posted in News on 9 December 2009
Stats: 17 views and 3 Comments FEE seminar alum Douglas Mackenzie is speaking up to his fellow surgeons in a letter to the chairman of the board of regents of the American College of Surgeons. "The debate over health care in this country has brought in many players with skin in the game. Your coalition of surgical organizations is ...
Posted in News on 9 December 2009
Stats: 17 views and 3 Comments FEE seminar alum Douglas Mackenzie is speaking up to his fellow surgeons in a letter to the chairman of the board of regents of the American College of Surgeons. "The debate over health care in this country has brought in many players with skin in the game. Your coalition of surgical organizations is ...
Frustrating Michael Moore
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 16 October 2009
Stats: 137 views and 25 Comments If Michael Moore would study a little political economy he might turn into a potent champion of individual liberty. As we see in Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore is offended by some truly offensive things: banks engaging in wild speculation without concern for the risk, taxpayer bailouts ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 16 October 2009
Stats: 137 views and 25 Comments If Michael Moore would study a little political economy he might turn into a potent champion of individual liberty. As we see in Moore's new movie, Capitalism: A Love Story, Moore is offended by some truly offensive things: banks engaging in wild speculation without concern for the risk, taxpayer bailouts ...
From 1944 to Nineteen Eighty-Four
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 4 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and 9 Comments I'm inclined to think of George Orwell and F. A. Hayek at the same time. Both showed great courage in writing the truth, undaunted by the consequences awaiting them. Both valued freedom, though they understood it differently. Orwell, a man of the "left," could not remain silent in the face ...
Posted in The Goal Is Freedom on 4 September 2009
Stats: 20 views and 9 Comments I'm inclined to think of George Orwell and F. A. Hayek at the same time. Both showed great courage in writing the truth, undaunted by the consequences awaiting them. Both valued freedom, though they understood it differently. Orwell, a man of the "left," could not remain silent in the face ...
The Legacy of Progressivism
Posted in Not So Fast! on 2 September 2009
Stats: 211 views and 10 Comments The national debt runs out of control. The Federal Reserve System has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of private assets by creating new money out of thin air. The number of prisoners in the nation’s jails continues to grow to new records every year. Government at all levels systematically ...
Posted in Not So Fast! on 2 September 2009
Stats: 211 views and 10 Comments The national debt runs out of control. The Federal Reserve System has purchased hundreds of billions of dollars of private assets by creating new money out of thin air. The number of prisoners in the nation’s jails continues to grow to new records every year. Government at all levels systematically ...
Competition and Human Prosperity
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 16 June 2009
Stats: 170 views and No Comments "There must be a reason why protection or the Welfare State is so popular and has made such headway in our country and throughout the world. Undoubtedly it is because many people believe it is the best way to relieve poverty and promote more general prosperity." --R. C. Hoiles [download id="74"]
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 16 June 2009
Stats: 170 views and No Comments "There must be a reason why protection or the Welfare State is so popular and has made such headway in our country and throughout the world. Undoubtedly it is because many people believe it is the best way to relieve poverty and promote more general prosperity." --R. C. Hoiles [download id="74"]
The Cliche of Capitalist ‘Exploitation’
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 10 June 2009
Stats: 438 views and 1 Comment "It is frequently argued that an employee is at a bargaining disadvantage when he seeks a favorable employment contract because he has less of a reserve to draw upon than does an employer. It is said that the employee needs bread for his family's supper, whereas the employer needs nothing ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism, From the Archives on 10 June 2009
Stats: 438 views and 1 Comment "It is frequently argued that an employee is at a bargaining disadvantage when he seeks a favorable employment contract because he has less of a reserve to draw upon than does an employer. It is said that the employee needs bread for his family's supper, whereas the employer needs nothing ...
Socialism and the Boom/Bust Cycle
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 28 May 2009
Stats: 391 views and No Comments "A persistent complaint against the capitalist system of competitive private enterprise is that it leads to periodic booms and busts. The implication is that businessmen either want to promote depression or that they are powerless to prevent it. Further implied is that some other system--invariably a form of socialist intervention--would ...
Posted in Cliches of Socialism on 28 May 2009
Stats: 391 views and No Comments "A persistent complaint against the capitalist system of competitive private enterprise is that it leads to periodic booms and busts. The implication is that businessmen either want to promote depression or that they are powerless to prevent it. Further implied is that some other system--invariably a form of socialist intervention--would ...
Are We Headed for Soviet-Style Show Trials?
Posted in Articles on 9 February 2009
Stats: 115 views and No Comments New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has written a column (January 28, 2009) full of withering hatred and contempt for many of today's most prominent businessmen, first and foremost the heads of the Wall Street Banks. She singles out Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in particular, denouncing the first for ...
Posted in Articles on 9 February 2009
Stats: 115 views and No Comments New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd has written a column (January 28, 2009) full of withering hatred and contempt for many of today's most prominent businessmen, first and foremost the heads of the Wall Street Banks. She singles out Citigroup and Merrill Lynch in particular, denouncing the first for ...
