The Voices that Be are widely proclaiming the economic crisis as the failure of capitalism. Wrong: this is a failure in government-regulated markets. We only have very limited and highly regulated capitalism in the United States, and that quasi-market system is what has gotten us into this situation.
The Mises Institute has released the Austrian Bailout.
Austrian Bailout […]
Category Archives: Odds and Ends
Austrian Bailout
September 30, 2008 – 9:52 am
Blockades and Breaking Points
September 10, 2008 – 8:51 pm
Those of us in Cochabamba are in for a fun ride over the next while.
A meeting was recently held in which the leaders of the Opposition movement and Evo Morales, president of Bolivia, were scheduled to discuss solutions and compromises in light of the recent referendums. The opposition leaders attended. Evo did not; Evo sent a […]
Día del Peatón
September 8, 2008 – 5:41 am
Día del Peatón in Cochabamba is the annual Sunday (yesterday) when all driving is prohibited in preference to pedestrian traffic. A travesty of rights and active discrimination against the motorist the day may be, but the town sure is quiet! Our busy street of Simon Lopez, which is normally filled with honking cars and screeching […]
