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Writing on "A Monetary System for the Free Society" could get you free money
The Atlas Economic Research Foundation is proud to sponsor an essay contest for students, young faculty, and policy writers, who are concerned about the cause of Sound Money.The essay topics are: “Money and the Free Society: Can Money Exist Outside of the State?” “The Ethical Implications of Monetary Manipulation” “Monetary Policy and the Rule of [...]
27Oct2009 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedThe Family Tree of a Pencil
Many of you may be familiar with Leonard Read’s classic essay, “I, Pencil“.A friend of mine recently drew a graphical representation of the I, Pencil story. He says, I did not try to discount the essay by making this poster, but rather enhance it by conveying the point and theme in a different way with [...]
27Oct2009 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedEmergency Stimulus?
Last week congressional Democrats unveiled their $825 Billion dollar ‘stimulus’ package. Some big ticket items in this “emergency” bill are:$600 million for the federal government to buy new cars* $650 million for DTV conversion coupons $50 million for the National Endowment of Arts $200 million to go toward planting grass on the National Mall*I wonder [...]
19Jan2009 | Ben Stafford | 6 comments | ContinuedWill the rest of TARPs $350 Billion pass?
Chris Edwards at Cato says no…
19Jan2009 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedPolitics and the Art of the Possible
Thomas Sowell explains they’re not one and the same. People can get the possible on their own. Politicians have to be able to offer the voters something that they cannot get on their own. The impossible fills that bill perfectly. The law of scarcity, and supply & demand can’t be repealed. Sowell points out that [...]
1Jan2009 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedNew, from Congress Motors…
This little video is hilarious (and frightening!). With the New Year here let’s resolve to continue working for liberty so we can laugh at videos like this, not live them.”We’ve subsidized the features you want and taxed away the rest””Made right here in the USA by fully card-checked unionized workers and Detroit’s famous visionary jet [...]
1Jan2009 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedHappy Birthday "I, Pencil"!
For those of you who haven’t noticed the birthday announcement on our homepage, “I, Pencil” by Leonard Read, turns 50 this week. “Eloquent. Extraordinary. Timeless. Paradigm-shifting. Classic. Half a century after it first appeared, Leonard Read’s “I, Pencil” still evokes such adjectives of praise. Rightfully so, for this little essay opens eyes and minds among [...]
22Dec2008 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedLemon Socialism
Lemon Socialism – socializing the companies that are “lemons” or losers. This video of David Boaz is well worth viewing.
22Dec2008 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedHumility and the Free Market
It Shouldn’t Be Hard To Be Humble (Editor’s note: Below is an edited version of the text from Lawrence W. Reed’s commencement speech delivered Dec. 13, 2008, at Northwood University.)Thank you, Dr. Pretty; members of the Northwood administration, faculty and staff; graduates, and all parents, relatives and friends of the graduates, no matter in which [...]
16Dec2008 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedA La Carte (11/20)
“This week Congress is weighing the cost of the bailout. Let us hope that lawmakers realize that the true cost of such a bailout is far larger than any check the U.S. Treasury will have to write in the coming months.” That’s from an opinion piece in the WSJ by Matthew Slaughter entitled “An Auto [...]
20Nov2008 | Ben Stafford | 0 comments | ContinuedDuck Tales Inflation Lesson
Here is a short clip from Duck Tales dealing with the negative consequenses of inflation.Best line: “You can never get something for nothing.”HT: Reason
14Nov2008 | Ben Stafford | 16 comments | ContinuedA La Carte (11/13)
Megan McCardle points out the small cars produced by U.S. companies that have done very well in Europe.Stephan Kinsella, at Mises, points out the Hypocrisy of Government Collusion. “…the state outlaws private “collusion” while engaging in global collusion itself, when, as Rothbard shows, only states are able to form genuine monopolies in the first place.”Kevin [...]
13Nov2008 | Ben Stafford | 1 comment | Continued-
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