Podcast Episodes

You Created Jobs for Robots?

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/you-created-jobs-robots

Published on 4 months ago

The Meaning of Coercion in Hayekian Philosophy

How do we define liberty? Hayek saw it as the absence of most (but not all) coercion, but that depends upon how one defines “coercion.” Murray Rothbard believed that Hayek was too willing to accept f…

Published on 4 months ago

Can Econometric Models Fulfill the Role of an Economic Laboratory?

Mainstream economists claim that they can use econometric models to emulate human action and, thus, create an economic laboratory. These models, however, cannot tell us about cause-and-effect, which …

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Jamaica’s Beaches and Property Rights

Original article: https://mises.org/power-market/jamaicas-beaches-and-property-rights

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Will Jamaica Become a Republic?

Long a constitutional monarchy with ties to Great Britain, many in Jamaica are looking to end the old relationship and become a republic. But is this movement simply a reaction to anti-colonialism, a…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

US Travel Restrictions for Cuba Violate the Freedoms of Americans and Cubans

A relic of the Cold War, the US embargo and travel restrictions to Cuba violate American freedoms and they accomplish nothing to end Cuba's communist regime or win freedom for Cubans. Yet, this faile…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Equality under the Hayekian Rule of Law

What do we mean by equality? F.A. Hayek believed that equality under law and the socialist belief of material equality were opposed to each other. Furthermore, he held liberty to be necessary for civ…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

Reintroducing the Levellers

Before the American Revolution, there were the Levellers, who sought liberty during the English Civil War. While their influence on the American colonists would be indirect, nonetheless, many of thei…

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Inflation by Design: How Keynesian Dogma Undermines Capitalism

In most of the world, inflation is no longer an exception, it is the rule. Official inflation targets of 4 percent, 5 percent, or even 6 percent per year have become normalized.

Original article: http…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago

We Should Not Apologize for Businesses Being Profitable

In this week's Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon reviews Profit Without Apology: The Need to Stand Up For Business by Onkar Ghate and Dan Watkins. While praising the effort, he also shares some con…

Published on 4 months, 1 week ago