Tag Archives: Friederich Hayek

Left in the Dark–How Regulations Encroach on the Private Sector

As readers of this blog know, I believe the regulatory burden imposed by federal and state governments is largely to blame for the stagnation in the US and elsewhere. That burden includes the large amount of things government spends taxpayer money on–such … Continue reading

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Crush the Entrepreneurial Spirit and the US Will Become Greece

There was an interesting piece written by Anne Jolis and published yesterday in the Wall Street Journal. The article was on John Coustas, a Greek and head of Danaos Corporation, the third-largest container ship company in the world. I will … Continue reading

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A Major Economics Lesson in a 5-Minute and 10-Second Video

View, in 5:10, practically everything you need to know about the efficiency of free markets and how freedom leads to rapid improvements in your standard of living (H/T: CafeHayek.com): The most convincing argument in favor of free markets is to … Continue reading

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The Great Minds Think Alike Department

If I am correctly reading the notes taken by the Inoculated Investor (http://inoculatedinvestor.blogspot.com/) at Charlie Munger’s annual meeting recently, then Munger is a big fan of Matt Ridley’s Rational Optimist too. The Google document: https://docs.google.com/viewer?a=v&pid=explorer&chrome=true&srcid=0B7X_KYnqpniZNTY4YjdkY2UtNjU5Ny00ZmYxLTg0YWItODJkMWY0ZjBhNzA1&hl=en_US I disagree with the conclusion … Continue reading

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The Rational Optimist has Won the Hayek Prize

From the Rational Optimist Blog to the right: The Rational Optimist has won the Hayek Prize from the Manhattan Institute. I will be giving the Hayek Lecture when I accept the prize later in the year. The Hayek Prize honors … Continue reading

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Realists versus Pessimists

I have been writing for several weeks that I would write a review of Matt Ridley’s The Rational Optimist. I believe it is the most important book of 2010 if only to shake us out of the rigid pessimism brought on … Continue reading

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