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Visible Projects, Hidden Destruction

On October 31, 2011, by Daily articles from The Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism

Today’s crop of central planners and big-spending politicians could learn a thing or two about economics from Henry Hazlitt.

Are Government Jobs Productive?

On October 31, 2011, by Daily articles from The Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism

The government creates a demand for these services out of thin air: the existence of ambassadors is what leads to the work done by ambassadors. They do not take their services to market to sell them to anyone who happens to be a willing buyer.

Rockefeller, Morgan, and War

On October 31, 2011, by Daily articles from The Mises Institute on Austrian Economics and Libertarianism

During the 1930s, the Rockefellers pushed hard for war against Japan.

Libya’s Other Victims Pick Up the Pieces

On October 31, 2011, by Karlos Zurutuza

BANI WALID, Libya — Suleyman and Rasool have come to the University of Bani Walid, in western Libya. If they are lucky, they might find some chemistry notes and, perhaps, a computer that works. Unfortunately, it is not likely, since NATO reduced the …

America’s Elites Look Out for Each Other

On October 31, 2011, by Glenn Greenwald

Excerpted from With Liberty and Justice for Some: How the Law is Used to Destroy Equality and Protect the Powerful by Glenn Greenwald, published October 25th by Metropolitan Books, an imprint of Henry Holt and Company, LLC. Copyright © 2011 by Gle…

Libya: Military Success Doesn’t Erase Moral Questions

On October 31, 2011, by Nicholas Kramer

Shortly after the first U.S. cruise missiles fell in Libya on March 19, 2011, signaling the start of the seven-month NATO campaign to “protect civilians” by dropping bombs on that country, I wrote that even if we reduced our moral standards to thos…

Don’t Know What Makes Donald Fagen Cool

On October 31, 2011, by Tom Woods

But there’s no denying it.

Slouching towards stimulus

On October 31, 2011, by Sam Bowman

Peter Boettke has a short post on political parties, where he quotes Luigi Zingales from the start of the Great Recession:
If Keynesian principles and education are the cause of the current depression, it is hard to imagine they can be the solution. Ke…

Don’t Tread On Others

On October 31, 2011, by The Freeman | Ideas On Liberty

I realize there’s an historical reason for “Don’t Tread On Me.” But many today, both defenders and detractors of libertarianism, believe it captures the essence of the philosophy.