The DIM Hypothesis: Why the Lights of the West Are Going Out, by Leonard Peikoff
Whatever the failings of this book, its author has a sense of humor. Peikoff writes of his unusual name for his main hypothesis,
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The Skeptical Politics of Herbert Butterfield
A powerful state, Butterfield said, will endeavor to portray itself as the champion of the good, locked in battle with the forces of evil.
Early Secular Communism
During the havoc and upheaval of the French Revolution, the communist creed again popped up, but this time the major emphasis was a secular context.
Socialism in Practice: The Lethal Laboratory
Schumpeter said that the USSR "would be a good laboratory." Weber responded, "A laboratory heaped with human corpses!"
Of Krugman and Diocletian
Krugman: “I am not a defender of the economic policies of the emperor Diocletian. Let’s just make that clear.” Ron Paul: “That’s exactly what you’re defending.”
Private Law in the Emerald Isle
Brehon law was a private legal system in ancient Ireland that survived until the 17th century.
The Bernanke Bust
Once the economy is deprived of its monetary steroids, the malinvestments will be revealed as wasteful, misplaced capital and labor.
The Wizards of Ozymandias
Butler Shaffer has, over the course of several years, written 51 wonderful essays observing the dissolution of Western culture and civilization. They have been assembled in the The Wizards of Ozymandias a captivating work full of entertaining...
Political Thought through the Ages
David Gordon will teach <a href="http://academy.mises.org/courses/political-thought/">Political Thought through the Ages</a>, a 6-week online course at the Mises Academy, starting June 7, 2012.
