Arts
A bird in a gilded cage
My lockdown is idyllic, I am one of the most fortunate people in England at the moment. We have a smallholding in the East Riding of Yorkshire, close to the river Derwent which is the border between [more…]
Economics
Authoritarianism
We have all become experts
Or have we? In the course of more than four weeks of self/family isolation we have all encountered mountains of speculation on the sources of Covid-19; how it spreads; estimates of its final tally of [more…]
Economics
The Bottom Line
Lockdown 2020 and every CEO seems to be sending me emails telling me how great their Company is and how they are helping me. And almost every TV ad. Which got me thinking about my [more…]
America
Crisis Resolution through Methodological Individualism
From 2009 to 2012 I taught an introductory course in Austrian Economics at the University of Iowa. On the first day of class I would tell my students that Austrian economics would change the way [more…]
Economics
A Parable for Our Time
One of my fondest books as a child was Doctor at Timberline, by Charles Fox Gardiner. Gardiner was a doctor early in the settlement of western Colorado in the nineteenth century. Each chapter of the [more…]
Arts
Just a matter of trust
We are all currently sliding on a well greased mat, guided by the cavernous walls and twisted pathways of the ponderous helter-skelter of fate, rapidly descending into oblivion. Any reasonable or sane individual will by [more…]
19th Century
Can lost production ever be recovered?
It’s easy to blame Covid-19 virus for the nation’s woes and, up to a point, that’s understandable. People who focus exclusively on the nation’s health tend to pay less attention to the economic damage wrought [more…]
Arts
The 97% Lie
I got so fed up of being told that “97% of scientists believe in Man Made Climate Change” every time someone queries the Global Warming (or whatever it’s being called this week) scam that I [more…]
America
Government Shutdowns: Unconstitutional, Ineffective, and Immensely Destructive
The Shutdowns Are Unconstitutional Our Constitution guarantees us certain rights that may not be abridged. The many government shutdown orders violate these rights. For this reason alone, the shutdown orders should be rescinded immediately. Furthermore, [more…]