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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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April 18, 2011

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Democracy and the Rule of Law

April 16, 2011

The first short introduction of the speaker, Gurcharan Das from India, is in Arabic, but the rest is in English, with Arabic translation. Gurcharan Das is the former CEO of Procter and Gamble India, chairman of the libertarian Centre for Civil Society, and author of the outstanding books India Unbound and The Difficulty of Being [...]

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Polish TV interview

April 14, 2011

You can find the link (helpful if you know Polish [I do not; my remarks were dubbed over]) at: http://www.tvncnbc.pl/, search through the archives (see the bottom) for “Dylematy globalnej gospodarki”.

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Arabic Libertarianism

April 14, 2011

A GREAT speech given April 8 at Tahrir Square by Dr. Nouh El Harmouzi, Director of Minbaralhurriyya.org. Rough translation: “My name is Nouh El Harmouzi from Moroccco, and I come to you with a message of respect, a message of dignity, a message of love, a letter of encouragement. I want to tell you that [...]

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Tajik Libertarianism

April 8, 2011

I’m in Cairo at a conference right now (in a country in great turmoil at the moment; there are huge numbers gathering in Tahrir Square to demonstrate against the military’s consolidation of power) listening to Dr Nouh El Harmouzi criticizing “social justice” as a foundation for economic development, in contrast to simple “justice.” In the [...]

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