If the Mises Institute Did Not Exist, We Would Have to Invent It
Arnold Kling is frustrated with the prospects for libertarians. He writes:
One idea, promoted at Cato by Brink Lindsey and Will Wilkinson, is liberaltarianism [sic]. The idea is to approach liberals and say, “we’re with you on social issues and we’re also dovish on foreign policy. Let us persuade you that markets are good for the economy.”
The problem is that liberals tend to affiliate themselves with Harvard types, and Harvard types believe that they are smarter than markets.
But Kling has a solution, libertarians should court the rank of file Tea Party protesters: “I think it might be good to have some TeaPartarians, meaning intellectual supporters of free markets who are comfortable working with the Tea Party folks.”
In the comments I left the following enigmatic declaration:
Arnold Kling wrote:
I think it might be good to have some TeaPartarians, meaning intellectual supporters of free markets who are comfortable working with the Tea Party folks.
Recalculation Argument : Austrian business cycle theory :: TeaPartarians : Ludwig von Mises Institute
