August 11, 2026

Need a primer in Austrian economics? [video clip]

You’ve been watching the debates (except for that one at 7 AM on Sunday morning), and you keep hearing references to Austrian economics. They keep mentioning names like Hayek, Friedman, and Mises. What’s with all these German sounding sames, you say. And why is Ron Paul staying up to read an economics textbook while the rest of these bozos are watching college football? [cont…]

Round Two: Keynes v. Hayek

If you remember Round One (“Fear the Boom and the Bust“), then you won’t want to miss Round Two.

Fear the Boom and the Bust

Really, a little too short a summary, but if you’re not willing to work your way through a few good books, it’s better than nothing…and way more entertaining. A few instructional tidbits from the clip: “The ideas of economists and political philosophers, both when they are right and when they are wrong, are more powerful […]