A Nazi graphic against capitalism, communism, homosexuality, and the Jews

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The microscope reveals symbols for the British pound and the American dollar, and for Jews, communists, and homosexuals (triangles). The poem at the bottom reads: Infectious Germs With his poison, the Jew destroys The sluggish blood of weaker peoples; So that a diagnosis arises, Of swift degeneration. With us, however, the case is different: The […]

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My speaking schedule April-July 2015

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April 10-12, Cancún, Mexico. Liberty Fund Socratic Seminar. Topic: E. G. West’s Education and the State. April 13-14: Cancún. APEE Conference. Topic One: “Corruption in Business—Does Regulation Lessen or Increase It?” Topic Two: “Social Virtues for Individualists.” April 19-25: Buenos Aires, Argentina. Fundación para la Responsabilidad Intelectual. Topics: TBA. April 29-May 1: Jekyll Island, Georgia.

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Monopólio bom, monopólio ruim [Portuguese translation]

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Permitam-me dar alguns exemplos de monopólios, para logo em seguida perguntar: quais são bons e quais são ruins? Megan e Ramon começaram a namorar e estão encantados um pelo outro. Em pouco tempo, eles estão monopolizando o seu tempo nessa relação amorosa e decidem se casar. Um município, localizado em uma área remota, possui somente

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Professor Carrie-Ann Biondi to speak at Rockford University

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Dr. Carrie-Ann Biondi of Marymount Manhattan College will be speaking on “Mike Rowe and Ayn Rand: Somebody’s Gotta Do It.” Dr. Biondi won Marymount Manhattan’s teaching excellence award in 2012. A video of her acceptance speech is here. According to my colleague Shawn Klein, who is organizing the talk, Dr. Biondi’s focus is actor Mike

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Is Free Speech Dead in Universities? [new The Good Life column]

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The opening of my latest column at EveryJoe: “Strange times for free speech. “A century ago, Germany was the authoritarian nation. Kaiser Wilhelm was presiding over its efforts in World War I, and young Adolf Hitler was working toward his opportunity in World War II. At the same time, Britain and America were havens of

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Quem realmente liga para os monopólios?

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Levante o tópico dos monopólios, e a discussão resultante rapidamente evidenciará deficiências ideológicas. Um colega com quem lecionei nas áreas de negócios e capitalismo enviou-me, de forma entusiasmada, esse artigo escrito por Paul Krugman, um economista vencedor do Prêmio Nobel. Krugman ataca a Amazon e clama por algum tipo de intervenção sobre suas atividades. A Amazon,

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Keynes’s “The End of Laissez-Faire” (text)

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[Below is the text. Here also is a PDF version.] John Maynard Keynes, The End of Laissez-Faire (1926) The disposition towards public affairs, which we conveniently sum up as individualism and laissez-faire, drew its sustenance from many different rivulets of thought and springs of feeling. For more than a hundred years our philosophers ruled us

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