Socialist Theater 101
Posted in From the Archives on 8 December 2011
Stats: 498 views and 4 Comments The consensus of economists today is that socialism generally doesn’t work. Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek are seen as the victors of the socialist calculation debate, which took place in the first half of the twentieth century. For the most part this consensus is new. Originally the market socialists were ...
Posted in From the Archives on 8 December 2011
Stats: 498 views and 4 Comments The consensus of economists today is that socialism generally doesn’t work. Ludwig von Mises and F.A. Hayek are seen as the victors of the socialist calculation debate, which took place in the first half of the twentieth century. For the most part this consensus is new. Originally the market socialists were ...
The Best of the Free Man’s Library
Posted in From the Archives on 21 November 2011
Stats: 473 views and 1 Comment Henry Hazlitt was not an economist by trade. He was, however, a very learned man who absorbed more economic knowledge than many professional economists do. And Hazlitt didn’t gain this knowledge by simply hanging around the likes of such brilliant individuals such as Ludwig von Mises (which he did). He ...
Posted in From the Archives on 21 November 2011
Stats: 473 views and 1 Comment Henry Hazlitt was not an economist by trade. He was, however, a very learned man who absorbed more economic knowledge than many professional economists do. And Hazlitt didn’t gain this knowledge by simply hanging around the likes of such brilliant individuals such as Ludwig von Mises (which he did). He ...
Against the Zeitgeist
Posted in From the Archives on 31 October 2011
Stats: 291 views and No Comments Today’s document is Albert Hunold’s address to the ninth meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Princeton, N.J., on September 8, 1958. It is titled “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society.” Hunold, who cofounded MPS with F. A. Hayek, suggests that the roots of MPS stem from Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom. It is no surprise ...
Posted in From the Archives on 31 October 2011
Stats: 291 views and No Comments Today’s document is Albert Hunold’s address to the ninth meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society in Princeton, N.J., on September 8, 1958. It is titled “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society.” Hunold, who cofounded MPS with F. A. Hayek, suggests that the roots of MPS stem from Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom. It is no surprise ...
Albert Hunold’s “The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society”
Posted in Document on 17 October 2011
Stats: 187 views and 1 Comment Albert Hunold's "The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society" is an address to the 9th meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society on September 8, 1958 in Princeton, New jersey. Hunold was the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society along with economist F.A. Hayek.
Posted in Document on 17 October 2011
Stats: 187 views and 1 Comment Albert Hunold's "The Story of the Mont Pelerin Society" is an address to the 9th meeting of the Mont Pelerin Society on September 8, 1958 in Princeton, New jersey. Hunold was the co-founder of the Mont Pelerin Society along with economist F.A. Hayek.
Is There A “Middle Way”?
Posted in From the Archives on 11 July 2011
Stats: 491 views and 3 Comments In the late 1940s the Harvard Free Enterprise Society was formed in order to deal with issues that directly influence the economy. In particular, the society promoted equality of opportunity, provided by the free market. The Foundation for Economic Education aided the society with pamphlets and other materials, though it ...
Posted in From the Archives on 11 July 2011
Stats: 491 views and 3 Comments In the late 1940s the Harvard Free Enterprise Society was formed in order to deal with issues that directly influence the economy. In particular, the society promoted equality of opportunity, provided by the free market. The Foundation for Economic Education aided the society with pamphlets and other materials, though it ...
The Popularity of a Warning (Yet To Be Fully Heeded)
Posted in From the Archives on 27 June 2011
Stats: 487 views and No Comments The success of F. A. Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom is in itself a fascinating story. Its origins date back to a memo written in the early 1930s by Hayek to Sir William Beveridge, then the director of the London School of Economics, disputing the fashionable claim of the ...
Posted in From the Archives on 27 June 2011
Stats: 487 views and No Comments The success of F. A. Hayek’s book The Road to Serfdom is in itself a fascinating story. Its origins date back to a memo written in the early 1930s by Hayek to Sir William Beveridge, then the director of the London School of Economics, disputing the fashionable claim of the ...
Letter from Henry Hazlitt to Henry Regnery January 30, 1975
Posted in Document on 22 June 2011
Stats: 161 views and No Comments Letter from Henry Hazlitt to Henry Regnery January 30, 1975 where Hazlitt explains how he helped make Hayek's the Road to Serfdom a hit in the US.
Posted in Document on 22 June 2011
Stats: 161 views and No Comments Letter from Henry Hazlitt to Henry Regnery January 30, 1975 where Hazlitt explains how he helped make Hayek's the Road to Serfdom a hit in the US.
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love, and a Free Market in Money?
Posted in From the Archives on 1 June 2011
Stats: 609 views and 3 Comments Ask any economist about whether he believes free trade is a good thing and the answer is almost always yes. No really, economists universally view exchange as mutually beneficial. Yes, sometimes we regret our purchases after the fact but universally, no matter what their positions are on other things, we ...
Posted in From the Archives on 1 June 2011
Stats: 609 views and 3 Comments Ask any economist about whether he believes free trade is a good thing and the answer is almost always yes. No really, economists universally view exchange as mutually beneficial. Yes, sometimes we regret our purchases after the fact but universally, no matter what their positions are on other things, we ...
Toward Free Market Money by F.A. Hayek
Posted in Document on 30 May 2011
Stats: 526 views and No Comments Wall Street Journal Article from August 19th, 1977 by F.A. Hayek called Toward Free Market Money. The article is about ending the government monopoly of money and having it be supplied solely by the market.
Posted in Document on 30 May 2011
Stats: 526 views and No Comments Wall Street Journal Article from August 19th, 1977 by F.A. Hayek called Toward Free Market Money. The article is about ending the government monopoly of money and having it be supplied solely by the market.
RIP, Richard C. Cornuelle (1927-2011)
Posted in From the Archives on 2 May 2011
Stats: 171 views and No Comments One of the liberty movement’s most significant individuals, Richard C. Cornuelle, has passed away at age of 84. Cornuelle may not be as well known as individuals like Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, or Henry Hazlitt but his importance in the liberty movement during the 20th ...
Posted in From the Archives on 2 May 2011
Stats: 171 views and No Comments One of the liberty movement’s most significant individuals, Richard C. Cornuelle, has passed away at age of 84. Cornuelle may not be as well known as individuals like Ludwig von Mises, Friedrich Hayek, Milton Friedman, Murray Rothbard, or Henry Hazlitt but his importance in the liberty movement during the 20th ...
