Raw Capitalism in the Restaurant World
The beauty of the kitchen is that credentials or degrees don't matter. If there is such a thing as dog-eat-dog capitalism, this must be it — with customers holding the leash.
Interventionism
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Are “Sticky Wages” a Market Failure?
Is it really such a stretch to suppose that when the US government (and Federal Reserve) brings the economy closer to outright socialism — as with Hoover, FDR, Bush, Obama, and Bernanke — that those very interventions hamper the economy?
Disney’s EPCOT and the Dream of Freedom
Walt Disney maintained his desire to see the free-enterprise system of America always promoted as the solution to issues that societies face. The unfortunate reality of the present is that Disney World is becoming more of a museum about a bygone era.
Banking and the Fed as Enemies of Prosperity
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011. Includes a Question-and-Answer period.
Government is Responding to the Crisis—Run for Your Life!
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.
Wreckonomics: While the People Sleep
The Mises Circle in Houston, Texas. Sponsored by Jeremy S. Davis. Recorded 22 January 2011.
The Myth of a Middle Class
The concept of “middle class” implies that there are collective interests resting in the middle ground of a social hierarchy that never change and have to be preserved by a political authority.
The Trouble with Economic Statistics
The world would be a happier place if official economic statistics had never been created. They are often inaccurate or otherwise flawed and misleading. An even more serious consideration: official statistics help to provide rationales for pernicious policy making.
Why Discriminate?
In the days of yore, to say that a man was discriminating was to pay him a compliment. It meant that he had taste: he could distinguish between the poor, the mediocre, the good, and the excellent.
Meet Crystal Meth
Crystal meth is a horrible drug, but it is also a cheap date, the poor man’s cocaine.
