I talk 1930s and 1940s U.S. history in this appearance with Ed and Ethan .
Archives for February 2013
Gun Manufacturers Refuse to Do Business With Hostile Governments
Gun manufacturers strike back .
What About All That Non-State Violence?
We occasionally hear about how much worse things were before we got the modern state and the cool 20th century. Author Steven Pinker writes, “If the wars of the twentieth century had killed the same proportion of the population that die in the wars of… Read More
Our Enemy is ‘Pessimism’! So Cheer Up, Citizen — Right Now
Too many fallacies to list in this article from the Washington Post, so let’s focus on this: “Pessimism produces a sluggish economy; a sluggish economy produces pessimism. That’s the main explanation of poor job creation. As I’ve written before, this psychological shift stemmed from the fact that… Read More
Reality Reality
Music Post #11
By no means their best work, but a life-affirming instrumental all the same. Warm Sporran, by Jethro Tull.
New York Times in 1987: Correct Minimum Wage Is $0
Amazing, but true. Here’s the op-ed . (Thanks to Michael Maresco.) It’s not totally sound, but at least they understood the problems with the minimum wage. They wonder why liberals still support the minimum wage. For one thing, because they don’t fix it to the cost of living,… Read More
Some Good News
Check out the paper presentations at this year’s Austrian Student Scholars Conference, going on this weekend at Grove City College, and remember — these papers are being delivered by students.
Suggest a Meme, Win a Prize
I’m giving away signed books and free subscriptions to LibertyClassroom.com to people who come up with neat meme ideas I can use on my Facebook page . I need only the ideas, not the actual designs. Here’s the page with the details, which is also the page where you should submit your… Read More
Jeb Bush: I’d Govern Like Lyndon Johnson
You’d think this would disqualify him in the eyes of Republican voters, but then again these were people who thought Herman Cain and Newt Gingrich would make good presidents. (Thanks to Travis Holte.)