The Ubuntu Edge , described below, raises interesting possibilities for how all sorts of large-scale projects, assumed to require government funding, might instead be paid for. In the car industry, Formula 1 provides a commercial testbed for cutting-edge technologies. The Ubuntu Edge project aims to do the… Read More
Today Is My Birthday
I turn 41 today. Boo.
Mises University 2013
Mises University, the Mises Institute ’s week-long summer program, ended last Saturday night. I attended this program as a student 20 years ago. It got me started in Austrian economics . There would very likely not have been a Meltdown had I not attended. I’ve already linked to my opening remarks at… Read More
Surgery Center Defies Insane Health Market, Keeps Prices Down
You may have heard about the Surgery Center of Oklahoma, which posts its prices online. One of the two founders was a guest at our wedding, so I’ve known about them for a while, but over the past couple years their story has begun to… Read More
Police: Because of ‘Free Staters,’ We Need an Armored Vehicle
The Free Staters in New Hampshire are among the express reasons given for why the Concord police department is applying to purchase an armored vehicle. The Free Staters, who are nonviolent, are lumped into the category of “domestic terrorism.” For not wanting anyone to use violence. The relevant portion of the application reads: The… Read More
Karaoke
You can’t really hear us, and it sounds as if the whole bar is singing, but here I am doing karaoke with (among others) the great Bob Murphy and FEE’s Steve Patterson, after day two of Mises University last week.
I Am Getting Crushed, But It’s OK
This year at Mises U., the week-long instructional seminar in Austrian economics that has diverted me from blogging this week, we have Pobo Efekoro, a 17-year-old high school student from Brooklyn whose super-successful chess team got him featured on the Daily Show, and is the… Read More
Woods-Block Chess Match 2013
Walter Block and I had each won one game going into Mises University 2013. It’s now 2-1 in my favor. Here’s the notation of the game, and even a video shot on a smartphone (thanks to Tabor Barranti). Walter is playing white, and I am playing black,… Read More
Judgment Day Is Coming
Writes Kevin Gutzman : A year ago, I spoke at the annual Hannah Arendt Conference at Bard College. The conference’s subject was presidential leadership. I expressed skepticism at the idea that I should be “led” by a politician. Most other panel participants — politicians, political scientists, museum… Read More
What Makes Austrian Economics Interesting and Exciting?
My opening remarks to Mises University 2013: And check out my Learn Austrian Economics resource page.
