Excerpted from “The Case for Legalizing Capitalism” Politicians like to tell us that if we elect them, they will create jobs for us. This is impossible, unless they intend to expand government and have taxpayers pay more government workers to
Archive for October, 2011
Sortir le gouvernement du système monétaire-Getting Government Out of the Monetary System
L’or a été, pendant des millénaires, l’objet de choix comme unité de compte et comme moyen d’échange. Facile à reconnaître, à transporter et à transformer en pièces de monnaie, homogène et durable; voilà quelques-unes des qualités qui ont avantagé le
Some thoughts on the EU summit
Click here to read this article in pdf format: october-27-2011 As we write these comments, no concrete proposal for the European Financial Stability Facility (EFSF) has been presented after the summit that took place yesterday, among leaders of the European
Frum Drinks the Kool-Aid
A recent statement by David Frum has been making the rounds on the internet recently that should give everyone pause: Imagine, if you will, someone who read only the Wall Street Journal editorial page between 2000 and 2011, and someone in
Know Your Rights
From the various “Occupy” sit-ins to the U.S. presidential race, to the European financial crisis, there are a lot of important, high-profile news stories out there with libertarian implications. It can be hard to keep up with the smaller stories;
A Useful Canadian History Lesson
The second volume of Richard Gwyn’s biography of Sir John A. MacDonald has just been published and there’s a passage (contained in an excerpt run by the Toronto Star on Sunday) that tells us something important about how people thought
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Why Was There No Canadian “Civil War”?
Some Canadians seem prone to assume that all the fire and brimstone of North American history was naturally in the U.S., while the genteel “peace and good government†tradition equally as naturally informed the more sedate history of Canada. Yet,
Private vs. Public
Here is a very interesting juxtaposition, though I don’t think the people invoolved see it this way There is a new camera technology that is able to capture the “light field” and so can have multiple focal points within one
Liberty & Oil Videos
We have the first Mises Canada Circle Lectures fromMises Circle Calgary – Liberty and Oil: the Foundations of Modern Civilization from Saturday September 10, 2011 online for your edification. Drill baby drill! With Henry Lyatsky Economics of Oil and Gas
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Economics of Oil and Gas Legislation in Alberta
Danny Leroy of Lethbridge University speaks at the Mises Canada Circle: Liberty and Oil, Foundations of Modern Civilization. The talk is entitled “Economics of Oil and Gas Legislation in Alberta†Recorded Saturday September 10th, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta. Redmond
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Pre-Occupy
If a man suddenly throws up in an airplane during a flight you can probably argue he had too much to drink, or had a fragile stomach. Maybe flying was not for him. If, however, all 300 passengers puke shortly
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Drill baby drill! With Henry Lyatsky
Henry Lyatsky speaks on the necessity of using Canada’s offshore oil reserves at the Mises Canada Circle: Liberty and Oil, Foundations of Modern Civilization. The talk is entitled “Drill baby drill! Why Canadian Offshore Oil is good for Canada and
Canada And Energy Freedom with Bob Murphy
Bob Murphy speaks on Canada And Energy Freedom with Bob Murphy at the Mises Canada Circle: Liberty and Oil, Foundations of Modern Civilization. Recorded Saturday September 10th, 2011 in Calgary, Alberta Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises
Prices and the demand for money
Originally posted 25 August 11 on the Cobden Centre Banking theory remains one of the most heatedly debated areas of economics within Austrian circles, with two camps sitting opposite each other: full reservists and free bankers. The naming of the
Constitutional Question
Prime Minister Harper has nominated Andromache Karakatsanis and Michael Moldaver to the Supreme Court. Were this the United States, this would just be the beginning of the story, as the nominees would have to face a potentially grueling confirmation process
Molyneux on Executive Pay
I’ve attended the Occupy Ottawa protests for the past three days. I don’t know if I will get a chance to go today. One of the issues that is on people’s minds is, understandably, enormous executive pay, bonuses, green parachutes,
All Power to the Poutine!
A headline in the National Post (07/10) announced, “Hot dogs and poutine stage comeback after Quebec rink’s fans revolt.†The story revolved around the town of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec that prided itself on being the first Canadian municipality to ban ‘unhealthy’
The EU must not recapitalize banks
Click here to read this article in pdf format: october-17-2011 We apologize for not having written sooner. We usually do if we find new, market moving information. Unfortunately we have not in the past three weeks, which is also evident
