“Protectionism” by Henry Hazlitt
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Posted in Document on 13 September 2011
Stats: 419 views and No Comments "Protectionism" by Henry Hazlitt. A March 13, 1961 Newsweek Business Tide Column about the fallacy of protectionism.
Hazlitt Reviews Rothbard
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Posted in From the Archives on 6 September 2011
Stats: 453 views and 4 Comments Murray N. Rothbard’s treatise on economics, Man, Economy, and State, is one of the most important books to come out of the Austrian economics tradition. In today’s document, a review of Man, Economy of State in National Review, Henry Hazlitt states, “He [Rothbard] has given us a work in the tradition ...
Worth the Price? Should We Even Need to Ask?
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Posted in From the Archives on 22 August 2011
Stats: 400 views and No Comments The Space Race in the 1960s was an epic battle for supremacy in space exploration between the United States and the Soviet Union. National pride and prestige seemed to be a driving force as the Cold War waged on. The Soviets were the first to send the world's first artificial ...
“The Economics of Freedom” by Henry Hazlitt
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Posted in Document on 19 August 2011
Stats: 725 views and No Comments "The Economics of Freedom" by Henry Hazlitt. A review of Murray N. Rothbard's principles of economics treatise Man, Economy, and State in National Review.
“Is it Worth the Price?” By Henry Hazlitt
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Posted in Document on 15 August 2011
Stats: 348 views and No Comments "Is it Worth the Price?" By Henry Hazlitt. October 8, 1962 Business Tide column article in Newsweek about whether the space race is worth the price we pay for it.
If I Were Dictator: Lord Keynes Edition
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Posted in From the Archives on 26 July 2011
Stats: 357 views and 3 Comments A student once asked economist Gordon Tullock, “if you don’t like democracy what do you want?” to which he responded “Tullock as dictator!” When Ludwig von Mises was asked what he would do if he were king he responded, “abdicate!” Haven’t we all thought about what it was like if ...
Letter from J.M. Keynes to Henry Hazlitt September 17, 1931
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Posted in Document on 21 July 2011
Stats: 488 views and No Comments Letter from J.M. Keynes to Henry Hazlitt September 17, 1931, were Keynes turns down Hazlitt's offer to participate in a series of articles entited, "If I were dictator."
The Magical Delusion
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Posted in From the Archives on 19 July 2011
Stats: 525 views and 4 Comments The call for government action continues to grow. More and more we hear, “We need more jobs,” “we need better highways,” “we need affordable health care,” etc. And it is the government who needs to provide these “needs.” But just who is supposed to pay for these needs? In short, ...
“The Fourth Dimension” by Henry Hazlitt
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Posted in Document on 17 July 2011
Stats: 413 views and 2 Comments "The Fourth Dimension" by Henry Hazlitt. November 28, 1955 Business Tides column Article about government provision of goods and services.
The Popularity of a Warning (Yet To Be Fully Heeded)
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Posted in From the Archives on 27 June 2011
Stats: 519 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 ...


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