Michael Makovi writes: There is a strong current in the Israeli right wing for Israel to stop accepting American money. The (decidedly statist) late Rabbi Meir Kahane advocated this, the presently living (and libertarian) Moshe Feiglin of the Manhighut Yehudit (“Jewish Leadership”) faction of the… Read More
Archives for July 2011
Economic Cycles Before the Fed
Yesterday at Mises University I spoke on “Economic Cycles Before the Fed,” and prepared a page with some useful links for students who were interested. If this is something that interests you, here is that page .
The Scam of the Budget Talks
Writes Jeff Deist: Federal revenues…were about $2.1T in FY10, and they appear on track to be about the same for FY11. So assuming fedgov collects the same $2.1T in FY12, Congress simply needs to adopt the 2003 budget. That’s it. That’s all it takes to… Read More
Keep Digging That Hole
The Real James Madison
Coming February 14, 2012, a non-hagiographical biography of James Madison, by the great Kevin Gutzman .
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It’s OK to Like the Industrial Revolution
Here’s my weekly update on what Tony Flood has been up to in his dismantling of the Chris Ferrara book on the Church and libertarianism. (In recent days I am told Ferrara has denounced the author of an article on McDonald’s — there evidently being, as… Read More
Woods Segment on Stossel
Here’s the video from my recent appearance on Stossel.
Watch Mises University From Home!
Today begins what to my mind is the most exciting week of the year: the Ludwig von Mises Institute ‘s week-long Mises University summer program. We have students from 37 states, more than 30 countries, and over 160 universities in attendance. They’ll get a crash course in the Austrian… Read More
Want to Buy Gold and Silver?
But don’t know where to start? I recommend this podcast with the late Burt Blumert, a coin dealer for five decades. Burt owned Camino Coins , which is where I buy my own gold and silver coins.