Books
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Emergent Order in Inner Space
“In other words, the hand is invisible not because it is deftly hiding in the shadows, but because it isn’t there at all.” ~Paul Schwennesen
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Create Wealth Without Making Anything
“Sellers at vintage markets and flea malls are creating value every bit as much as their friends and neighbors working in the coal mines or in the mills. They’re transforming lower-value assets to higher-value uses.” ~Art Carden
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Review: Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
“Friedman wasn’t a contrarian, but a firm believer in following the facts wherever they led. This ‘positive economics’ approach would underpin his later contributions for which he was most known.” ~Michael N. Peterson
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Remembering James Gwartney, 1940-2024
Gwartney will be remembered as a master economic educator and founder of the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index, which is published by Canada’s Fraser Institute.
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You Can’t Find Your Innocence By Hating Others
“The mass State has no intention of promoting mutual understanding and the relationship of man to man; it strives, rather, for atomization, for the psychic isolation of the individual. The more unrelated individuals are, the more consolidated the State becomes.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Jimmy Buffett and the Bourgeois Virtues
“I often find myself lost in the cosmos, as a professor who actually wants to teach, while the thundering herds of unprepared students and compliant administrators have given up on education.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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On Monetary Premia
“One day we might look back at our cottage industry of diversified funds, tax-favored retirement accounts, capital gains taxes, clever accountants, hedge fund managers, Fed watchers, and army of central bank economists as positively medieval.” ~Joakim Book
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The Economic Organization of a Military Training Scenario
“Nobody ever planned MRE cheese spread as the preferred medium of exchange between military service members. Cheese spontaneously emerged, again and again, in a process of competition between goods.” ~Emile Phaneuf III
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“Strange, Isn’t It?” Adam Smith and the Angel Clarence
“Adam Smith showed my students that they are constantly influenced for the better by the work of countless thousands of others whom they will never know.” ~Jeff Ziegler
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Marcus Aurelius on Snowplows, Sports, and Freedom
“Our freedom depends on voluntary human cooperation. The Stoics offer practical wisdom for promoting freedom by helping you remove your internal barriers to cooperating with others.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Emergent Order in Inner Space
“In other words, the hand is invisible not because it is deftly hiding in the shadows, but because it isn’t there at all.” ~Paul Schwennesen
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•
Create Wealth Without Making Anything
“Sellers at vintage markets and flea malls are creating value every bit as much as their friends and neighbors working in the coal mines or in the mills. They’re transforming lower-value assets to higher-value uses.” ~Art Carden
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Review: Milton Friedman: The Last Conservative
“Friedman wasn’t a contrarian, but a firm believer in following the facts wherever they led. This ‘positive economics’ approach would underpin his later contributions for which he was most known.” ~Michael N. Peterson
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•
Remembering James Gwartney, 1940-2024
Gwartney will be remembered as a master economic educator and founder of the Economic Freedom of the World (EFW) index, which is published by Canada’s Fraser Institute.
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•
You Can’t Find Your Innocence By Hating Others
“The mass State has no intention of promoting mutual understanding and the relationship of man to man; it strives, rather, for atomization, for the psychic isolation of the individual. The more unrelated individuals are, the more consolidated the State becomes.” ~Barry Brownstein
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Jimmy Buffett and the Bourgeois Virtues
“I often find myself lost in the cosmos, as a professor who actually wants to teach, while the thundering herds of unprepared students and compliant administrators have given up on education.” ~Nikolai G. Wenzel
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•
On Monetary Premia
“One day we might look back at our cottage industry of diversified funds, tax-favored retirement accounts, capital gains taxes, clever accountants, hedge fund managers, Fed watchers, and army of central bank economists as positively medieval.” ~Joakim Book
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The Economic Organization of a Military Training Scenario
“Nobody ever planned MRE cheese spread as the preferred medium of exchange between military service members. Cheese spontaneously emerged, again and again, in a process of competition between goods.” ~Emile Phaneuf III
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•
“Strange, Isn’t It?” Adam Smith and the Angel Clarence
“Adam Smith showed my students that they are constantly influenced for the better by the work of countless thousands of others whom they will never know.” ~Jeff Ziegler
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•
Marcus Aurelius on Snowplows, Sports, and Freedom
“Our freedom depends on voluntary human cooperation. The Stoics offer practical wisdom for promoting freedom by helping you remove your internal barriers to cooperating with others.” ~Barry Brownstein