non-fiction work by Ludwig von Mises
From Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action, 1949, pp. 865-866. (To understand this passage in terms of the Orwellian language that dominates modern politics in North Carolina and elsewhere substitute the word…
It took awhile to warm up to Ludwig von Mises’ sense of humor. I mean, he said things in the opening pages of Human Action that made me chuckle, but…
The latest Business Week describes the efforts of 43-year-old Duke alum Jeffrey Zients, the federal government?s first ?chief performance officer,? to ?make government more effective and efficient by making it…
Fareed Zakaria also treats us this week to an interview with U.S Rep. Bart Gordon, who tries to explain, in Zakaria’s words, “why the private sector alone isn’t up to…
Ludwig von Mises once told us, ?Every socialist is a disguised dictator.? (You?ll have to scroll down to find the reference in this chapter of Human Action. One of TIME?s…
Ludwig Von Mises produced his classic Human Action in 1949, but much of what he said is applicable to today’s world. Consider the following passage, which could describe the current…
I wish I had read the following passage in Human Action before commenting last week on the latest ill-conceived targeted tax incentive package for North Carolina. [T]he means which a…
Much of the argument for increasing the minimum wage or establishing a “living wage” involves an implication that greedy business people refuse to pay workers what their labor is really…
As North Carolina moves forward with proposed policies to combat global climate change, North Carolinians could be forced to make major sacrifices. “Seriously flawed” work attempts to justify policy proposals…
From Human Action, p. 67. It is impossible to understand the history of economic thought if one does not pay attention to the fact that economics as such is a…