2 great essays about ABCT I recently read::
DOES AUSTRIAN BUSINESS CYCLE THEORY HELP EXPLAIN THE DOT-COM BOOM AND BUST?
by GENE CALLAHAN and ROGER W. GARRISON
The Role of Ideal Types in Austrian Business Cycle Theory
by Gene Callahan and Steve Horwitz
These might not be new to many of you, but I think they are some of the most interesting videos I’ve ever seen.
The Myth of Science as a Public Good
The Decline and Triumph of Classical Liberalism Part 1, Part 2
This has been mentioned before, but now that I look at it, this seems like too big a coincidence:
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http://krugman.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/04/20/plutocrats-and-printing-presses/
This man is really an unbelievable fraud. He’s right that the fed hurts banks insofar as it hurts banks that it doesn’t give money to. Most would call that cartelization.
Just came back from a great rally in Philadelphia. A few thousand people showed up and withstood driving rains. We had an End the Fed rally beforehand, not quite as large but still huge. While marching the crowd pretty much wrapped around all of City Hall in Philly.
Pretty great feeling, although I was soaked and freezing.
“4,300 people at a political rally in downpouring rain? Unelectable.”
Iran says it recovered data from captured US drone
1 in 2 new graduates are jobless or underemployed
As killer gloats in court, Norway shows no anger
@Gero: Awesome links, keep 'em coming!
Oh my God, I thought this was satire at first but then I realized… they’re completely serious!
This confirms my suspicions about Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, etc. TPTB are desperately trying to seize the high ground on the internet and use these supposedly innocuous “social media” services to trumpet their propaganda and push their initiatives, like the psychopathic nightmare of a global democracy. The President of the World says to 7 billion people, “Leave your comments on my Facebook page and I’ll respond to them”?? WTF?
Also, notice the not-so-subtle programming in there, they show a clip of a drop-down box selecting “Taxation” as the issue and then voting “Yes” in the subsequent clip. “Yes, please impose a global tax in order to save the world from the plastic bottles.”
Oh, and someone (ahem, SMBC!) really needs to satirize this.
Clayton -
Someone literally wrote the book on Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman…
Congratulations to antiwar, non-interventionist foreign policy expert, Jeremy Hammond, for his new book, Ron Paul vs. Paul Krugman: Austrian vs. Keynesian Economics in the Financial Crisis. And it’s just $8.99 in paperback, and $4.99 on Kindle.
This guy just keeps on winning delegates and packing arenas…
Writes Whit Thiessen:
It was a stunning victory for the Ron Paul camp in the 4th district of Iowa, of which I was a delegate to. As well as all across the state. of the 16 republican central committee members who were elected, 8 of them were on the right side. Which was unimaginable just 2 years ago. And in the 4th district, every other position was filled by the Paulians running. And I must applaud the organization of the Paul campaign in its ability to inform those delegates who share our way of thinking as to who we should vote for.
I was also very pleased with how the voting on party planks went. A list of items that we were able to add yesterday: The repeal of the 16th and 17th amendment, the IRS, and the Patriot Act. But my personal favorite was the striking of a plank that supported bio-engineered crops. After a much heated debate in which the cancer risks of consuming genetically modified produce, the buddy-buddy relationship between the feds and Monsanto, and Obama’s food czar Michael Taylor’s past; it was removed. And it must be emphasized that in NW Iowa this is no small feat.
But the day did have its downsides. All of the major representatives giving speeches were lauded as royalty there. Our congressman Steve King, a bloodthirsty neocon if ever there was one, is especially loved in this district. He, along with bumbling senator Chuck Grassley and governor Terry Brandstad , spoke of the debt and bailouts as if it were only brought upon us by the blue team, not our beloved red team. The only mention of the bush regime throughout the entire day was actually given by my mother in her campaign speech for central committee, of which I am very proud to say she won.
The philosophy is spreading.
“Paul is sweeping entire districts at the Minnesota GOP Conventions. These are unbound delegates who will vote at the National Convention in Tampa.” (Thanks to Travis Holte)
Ron Paul packed the house again tonight at Cornell University. The Revolution continues…
Even on a nice day 4,300 would be an impressive turnout. Simply amazing. Weather be damned, thousands of people showed up to hear Paul’s message of liberty and hope for a better future. Let’s see Mitt Romney inspire this kind of passion and devotion. Even on a sunny day.
Here’s Ron Paul speaking to the massive crowd just a few hours ago at Philadelphia’s Independence Mall.
Interesting discussion on British politics and democracy. Galloway is a total wacko though in my opinion.
+1 TOG, I love that video but totally forgot about it - thanks for posting it. I think that simple observation “there’s always going to be fighting” is so crucial. The goal is not to achieve a social order without fighting. The goal is for that fighting to be ultimately constructive to each of us as individuals. It’s kind of like those married couples who never fight. Their relationships are in the biggest trouble of all - they never air anything out, the conflicts just pile up and get shelved and - one day - it will simply come down to open war.
The constant brushing of elbows, bickering, haggling, heckling and even occasional shouting are all necessary for a healthy social order. The absence of these things is a symptom of social stasis, that is, the death of culture. Compare the boisterous markets in the back alleys of Kolkata or Beijing - for all the supposed socialism of the countries in which these markets exist, ask yourself whether the sterile, big box, Vegas-strip-style “markets” that characterize US urban centers are really more free. Where’s the bickering, the haggling? Where is the price arbitrage? Where are the independent vendors? Fifty or a hundred years ago, our markets didn’t look much different than thriving, bustling, chaotic markets. But those elements have been scoured away and all that is left is the mausoleum of supermarkets and shopping malls with their big-box brands.
Clayton -
Any news on your police brutality vid?
