I’ve been hearing commentators, most notably Sargon of Akkad and Nick Fuentes, saying we need to “give up on the free market.” But we haven’t had anything like a free market for over a hundred years, and what have we gotten for it?
Full show notes here.
Now we have a second mayor threatening people with State-owned grocery stores… how does nobody understand the very obvious consequences of such a policy?!
A short and (attempted) humorous look at this phenomenon.
Trying to expand upon a really good article by William L. Anderson at the Mises Institute: “Yes, Heather Cox Richardson Is Economically Illiterate – And Proud of It”
Bill notes how using wealth inequality as a measure for economic health is a major problem. I talk about his conclusions and try to expand on them a bit.
Just a few somewhat tongue-in-cheek thoughts brought on by the recent mayoral election in New York City.
Lemmings don’t actually commit mass suicide, so why is it so easy to convince people to do it? Is the siren song of “free stuff” so overpowering that it makes us dumber than lemmings?
After reading a few reactions to my review of George Orwell’s Road to Wigan Pier, it looked like I was a little bit unclear about Orwell’s position on socialism. I’m aware that he never denounced socialism as an ideology. However, the issue that becomes painfully clear when reading Wigan Pier is that he really had no clear idea of what socialism was or what it meant. With that in mind, I thought I’d make a quick video explaining this point a bit more clearly, so I hope this helps.
You can read my review here.
The Mises Wire was kind enough to publish my critique of George Orwell’s book The Road to Wigan Pier!
Honestly, I was really proud of this review and critique. I had heard so many good things about this particular book, and was amazed to find how shallow its analysis was.
I would love if you would go give it a read.
I just heard that the great Yuri Maltsev has passed away this week–a huge loss for the world of liberty. Yuri was among the last to defect from the ailing Soviet Union, and the stories he told about doing research under the Iron Curtain are poignant reminders of the strangling effect that socialism and all forms of totalitarianism have on not just the economy, but free thought itself.