Category Archive: 6b) Austrian Economics

Will a New BRICS Currency Change Anything? Maybe

Money first originated through the voluntary exchange of commodities, such as gold and silver, in order to eliminate the inefficiencies of barter. As Austrian school of economics founder Carl Menger explained: Money is not an invention of the state. It is not the product of a legislative act. Even the sanction of political authority is not necessary for its existence. Certain commodities came to be money quite naturally, as the result of economic...

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You Don’t Like It? Leave! The Telling Sophistry of Tax Apologists

What better way to “celebrate” tax season than to talk taxes? Stop me if you’ve heard this one: Taxation is not theft. It’s just the law of the land. You want to live in this country, you pay the long-established, constitutional, customary tax. If you’re not okay with that, there are plenty of other countries to choose from whose customs and edicts you may find more agreeable. Just go live there, and best of luck to you! So as long as you have that...

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Chapter 33: Devaluation

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Introduction

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 5: Abolish Slavery! — Part II

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 26: The Elections

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 8: We’re In a Recession

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 2: Reaching for the Zoning Club

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 28: The Cyprus Question

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 6: Abolish Slavery! — Part III

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 35: The Coming American Fascism

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 36: The Pueblo Caper

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 42: What Does the Viet Cong Want?

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 43: April Fool Week

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 29: How To Get Out of Vietnam

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 19: Should There Be a Tax Hike? — Part II

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 17: The Principle of Secession

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 41: The Amateur “Ideal”

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 25: A New Constitution?

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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Chapter 13: Abolish Slavery! — Part VI

Starting in January of 1967, Rothbard churned out fifty-eight columns, the last one written in the summer of 1968. In those two crucial years, there was, as they say, never a dull moment. Narrated by Jim Vann.

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