The Quiz
Ludwig von Mises was born in Lviv, but the specific place of his birth remained unknown.
David Graeber’s new book allegedly destroys the standard account of the origin of money. If correct, Graeber’s views would prove embarrassing to the Austrian School, because it was Carl Menger who developed the first systematic explanation for how peop…
An old Polish soldier who had settled in London after World War II exposed me to the teachings of Hayek when I was sixteen years old.
Unemployment, stagnant growth, and financial market convulsions can all be traced to a single decision.
With both an earthquake and a hurricane in the same week, it’s not just natural disaster season, it’s also economics disaster season. Both natural disasters have led to an awful lot of bad economics from various media commentators and even some sup…
I have already reported how “lawfare,” which was defined by Air Force Deputy Judge Advocate General Maj. Gen. Charles Dunlap following 9/11, is becoming the new hot button for defenders of Washington’s and Tel Aviv’s foreign policies. U…
In focusing entirely on the alleged links between four Hezbollah activists and the 2005 bombing that killed Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, the indictment issued by the Special Tribunal for Lebanon earlier this month has continued the practice of the U.N….
Israel’s Jerusalem Post newspaper recently published an article calling Israel “The New Golden Country” for young people from around the world. It reports that Israel boasts an ever-increasing GDP, a strong currency, and “a lower unemployment r…
As more data trickle in, it is becoming pretty obvious that bad weather and a royal wedding are not enough to explain the UK’s poor growth record. The problems are more profound. Specifically, the UK economy is highly dependent on consumption – g…
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Suppose you hired a landscape architect, and asked him to submit a plan to beautify your yard. He would ask you what you had in mind. “Well, how about some vegetation?” He might smile at th…
Pixadilly
Photography portfolio.
WikiLeaks: Iraqi Children in U.S. Raid Shot in Head, U.N. Says
Ex-PA House Speaker Pleads Guilty to Corruption
Would you expect anything different from a politician?
Omitted Facts from the 9/11 Commemoration
"Victims of American violence over the last two decades have easily outweighed, and continue to outweigh, those of the Dictators and Terrorists wh…
German City Taxes Prostitutes with Meter
The greedy hand of government is never satisfied.
Paul Krugman and Military Keynesianism
"Krugman’s proposal for a space-alien invasion-prevention make-work stimulus project is really nothing more than continuation of America’…
Federal Court Rules Videotaping Is a First Amendment Right
A victory for the freedom movement!
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