The Morality of Capitalism, explained by an entrepreneur

August 23, 2011

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Egyptian and Mesopotamian Civilization

August 20, 2011

I just finished Henri Francfort’s quite interesting book The Birth of Civilization in the Near East, from which I picked up some very interesting information and ideas. The discusion of Mesopotamia was quite interesting (including the short description of Urukagina’s attack on predatory behavior by the rulers of Lagash, probably the first libertarian reform movement [...]

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Has the cost of living been rising, or falling?

August 17, 2011

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Libertarianism from Africa to Kosovo and Beyond

August 17, 2011

I’m in Prishtina, Kosovo, for the Liberal Weekend. Before that I was in Nigeria for the Students and Young Professionals African Liberty Academy (sponsored by AfricanLiberty.org, with IMANI and the Atlas Network) and held at Ahmadu Bello University in Zaria before that. (I also gave a lecture/seminar with my friend and colleague Adedayo Thomas at [...]

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Welcome to new libertarian institutes!

August 17, 2011

Welcome the Libera Foundation of Finland, founded by Petri Kajander and Gustav Herzen, and the Liberal Institute for Policy Research of Kosovo, founded by Petrit Kelmendi and Dafina Mulaj.

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The Morality of Capitalism

August 11, 2011

More information on the book and the associated project here.

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Bloodlands: A Difficult, but Important, Book to Read

August 6, 2011

It’s taken a while to get through Timothy Snyder’s very important book, Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin, not because it was dense, but because it is relentless in its account of the killings that took place in what Snyder calls the “Bloodlands,” meaning the “territories subject to both German and Soviet police power and [...]

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The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat…Worth Buying or Downloading (or Both)!

July 29, 2011

The Liberty Fund has done us all a great service. The Collected Works of Frédéric Bastiat. Vol. 1: The Man and the Statesman: The Correspondence and Articles on Politics is now available and it’s instructive and delightful. You can buy the book very inexpensively here, or download the E-Book or PDF at zero price here. [...]

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Norwegian Horror

July 23, 2011

Words alone cannot express the horror at the cold blooded murders in Norway. So many were quick to point the fingers as news was coming out before waiting for information. Now, it seems, we know that it was a deranged and evil Norwegian, not immigrants, not Muslims, not Arabs, etc. As we mourn the victims [...]

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Hume and Rousseau, an Astonishing and Mesmerizing Tale

July 19, 2011

In the course of reading to understand better the differences and the dispute between Voltaire and Rousseau, I read a truly wonderful book, The Philosophers’ Quarrel: Rousseau, Hume, and the Limits of Human Understanding. I cannot recommend this book too highly to those who are interested in intellectual history, not merely as the history of [...]

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THE LATEST HI-TECH WONDER!!

July 11, 2011

(In Spanish, with French subtitles, but the visuals are compelling and clear.)

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Would You Give Up the Internet for One Million Dollars?

July 8, 2011

This is a really smart video. (And it complements rather nicely the messages in The Morality of Capitalism, forthcoming in late August.)

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Economic Freedom

July 3, 2011

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Korean Libertarian Hip Hop

June 6, 2011

Featuring Kim Chung Ho of the Korean Center for Free Enterprise:

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Our modest peculiarities and our right to them….

June 4, 2011

“Human groupings have one main purpose: to assert everyone’s right to be different, to be special, to think, feel and live in his or her own way. People join together in order to win or defend this right. But this is where a terrible, fateful error is born: the belief that these groupings in the [...]

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The Morality of Entitlements and Profits

May 25, 2011

A somewhat oddly disjointed “debate” on the morality of profits and state entitlements…..The Morality of Entitlements

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Are Profits Immoral?

May 17, 2011

Pass it on, friends!

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The Structure of Libertarian Thought

May 16, 2011

“The Structure of the Libertarian Argument and Liberty as a Worldwide Phenomenon” with Tom Palmer, 05/04/2011 from Students For Liberty on Vimeo.

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A very good book on how to live well and justly

May 1, 2011

I took my time to read this book, but it was worth it. Gurcharan Das‘s The Difficulty of Being Good: On the Subtle Art of Dharma is a worthy companion to a long journey, or something to be read like one sips a cup of hot tea on a very cold day. It’s a meditation [...]

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Internet on Siberian Internet TV

April 19, 2011

From the offices of the Center for the Philosophy of Freedom: Директор Cato University Том Палмер рассуждает о взаимоотношениях России и США,военном конфликте между Россией и Грузией и причинах международного финансового кризиса. (It’s dubbed in Russian.)

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