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.)
How Would Secession Work?
How Rand Paul Thinks
Over at The American Conservative, editor Dan McCarthy — who opposes the Hagel filibuster — explains (without necessarily defending) the thinking behind Senator Paul’s decision to support that filibuster. Rand, he says, has positioned himself from the start as the opposite of the RINO, the guy… Read More
Earth-Like Planets Right Next Door
Well, 13 light-years away, but that’s closer than researchers thought. From a Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics press release : Using publicly available data from NASA’s Kepler space telescope, astronomers at the Harvard-Smithsonian Center for Astrophysics (CfA) have found that six percent of red dwarf stars have habitable, Earth-sized planets. Since red… Read More
Would Hayek Have Supported Obamacare?
Yes, says Erik Angner , a professor at George Mason University. In The Road to Serfdom and The Constitution of Liberty , Angner correctly notes, Hayek indicated that there was no need to take a dogmatic position in opposition to government-furnished safety nets. On the other hand, Hayek probably was opposed to government takeovers of entire… Read More
Conservatives Congratulate Themselves
For delaying the Hagel confirmation . The latest outrage is that Hagel once indicated that decisionmaking in Washington might in some way be influenced by Israel. How preposterous! Crush him! No dissent allowed! Give us another rubber stamp! There’s the “conservative movement,” 2013 edition.
I Knew Dudley Moore Played the Piano, But…
…I just discovered this.
Beware a ‘Deflationary Spiral’!
Or so we’re told. The idea is that if prices fall, people will expect them to continue to fall and will therefore postpone purchases, awaiting still better deals. The postponement makes prices fall still further, which makes people postpone their purchases still longer, and so… Read More