Pacifism

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==> If you’re interested in the economics of climate change, I throw out some factoids in this blog post that may surprise you. ==> Somebody asked me to find this (I had cited it in my Rothbard study guide), so I thought I’d relay it to y’all: It’s a wonderful essay by Bohm-Bawerk that includes […]

MLK on Loving Your Enemy

The commentary always gets so political on the official Martin Luther King Jr. holiday itself, but I had been reminded of this 1957 sermon on forgiveness and loving your enemy, and thought I’d quote from it now: He who is devoid of the power to forgive is devoid of the power to love. It is […]

A Request For the Free-Riding Single Gun-Toters Who Sometimes Sleep

In light of our recent discussion on pacifism, familiar points arose. I have a simple request: If you live by yourself and own a gun, I want you to please put a big sign on your front lawn that says: I LIVE ALONE. I GO TO BED BY 11PM EVERY NIGHT. MY BEDROOM IS ON […]

Shooting Down Russ Roberts

[UPDATE below.] Suppose someone says, “You know, rather than waiting for the politicians in Washington DC to solve the nation’s drug problem, maybe parents ought to focus on keeping their own kids from using pot.” Or, suppose a short guy said, “Be the change you to want to see in the world.” Not only do […]

Potpourri

==> Here’s my American Conservative article from a week or two ago, talking about the myth of British austerity. If I do say so myself, my second chart (the third in the article) is a really good rebuttal to Krugman on this topic. I think it deals well with the “they have austerity relative to […]

The Market for Security (Mises 2012)

This is one of the talks I gave in Auburn in late July. I run through an economic case for complete privatization of judicial, police, and military services.

Aggression Is Counterproductive

This story was making the rounds in my circle of odd associates on Facebook: When FBI and Joint Terrorism Task Force agents raided multiple activist homes in the Northwest last week, they were in search of “anti-government or anarchist literature.” The raids were part of a multi-state operationthat targeted activists in Portland, Olympia, and Seattle. At […]

Ron Paul the Only Antiwar Candidate

I realize I make jokes a lot here, but this stuff is really serious. It is horrifying that every Republican candidate except Ron Paul is talking about “getting tough” with Iran. Can you imagine on September 10, 2001, if you’d told a group of 100 Americans: “Guess what? In a few years we will have […]