Santayana on the State
People usually don’t study the philosopher George Santayana very much today, and he was not a libertarian, but rather a “skeptical conservative.” Ludwig von Mises took him seriously, though, and often quotes him, though sometimes to disagree; and in this
Fossil Future with Alex Epstein
When it comes to energy and the environment, Americans not only get the wrong facts, arguments, and narratives–they get the wrong philosophy. Alex Epstein, who recently published perhaps the most important book of our time, joins Jeff and Bob to
From the Eccles Building to Vegas: The Fed Enables the Worst Ponzi Schemes
Peter Schiff once joked that Obama should have appointed Bernie Madoff secretary of the Treasury. The government's easy money policies ultimately lead to Ponzi schemes. Original Article: "From the Eccles Building to Vegas: The Fed Enables the Worst Ponzi Schemes" This Audio
A Tale of Two Legal Systems: Common Law and Statutory Law
It was the best of the laws, it was the worst of the laws, it was built on freedom, it was built on power, it was the spontaneous order of organic social institutions, it was the deliberate order of ideology