Technology to the Rescue (Combined with Good Judgement)
From the Wall Street Journal: “Backup System Helped Pilot Control Jet” Another example of the growth of wealth that most people don’t notice, or don’t consider a part of being…
Month: January 2009
Inaugural Hopes, Promises, and Red Ink
I’m in DC, so it’s a bit hard to escape the throngs of people here for the inauguration. What’s remarkable is that everyone seems so, well…friendly and nice. No exultant…
Hyperinflation Tourism
From my friend Rejoice Ngwenya in Zimbabwe: Greetings, my friends! What is it like to live [and hopefully NOT die!] in an economy whose currency denominations are calibrated in trillions?…
Freiheit Wohl Verstanden
See below for German version (and English, French, and Portuguese).
The Rarely Seen Cost of War
It is very hard to watch the clip through to the end. The television journalists are in tears. Would that the political leaders of Palestine and Israel would have to…
Businesspeople for Free Markets…
Alas, support for freedom of production and trade is far less common among the business community than some people think. The Mercurius Society is helping to bring together people involved…
Freedom Rightly Understood..Freiheit Wohl Verstanden
I received the printed version the other day of the German edition of my essay “Freedom Rightly Understood,” the address I gave before the 60th meeting of the Liberal International…
While Zimbabwe Is Dying
Mrs Mugabe assaults our photographer outside her luxury Hong Kong hotel Kleptocracy in Action. Grace Mugabe, 43, known as the First Shopper of Zimbabwe, flew into a rage when she…