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“Occupy Wall Street Crowd Blind to Benefits of Capitalism”

By Gary Wolfram William Simon Professor of Economics and Public Policy Hillsdale College Whenever I watch media coverage of another Occupy Wall Street event I am reminded of an exchange between Jewish protesters in the 1979 Monte Python movie Life of Brian. One of the protesters asks another what the Romans have brought to the [...]

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Human Action, 1949: A Dramatic Episode in Intellectual History

By Israel M. Kirzner: The Freeman • September 2009 • Volume: 59 • Issue: 7 A great book, it has been remarked, is like a great castle. It can be viewed from many different angles, each offering a unique perspective. Viewing Ludwig von Mises’s monumental work from the vantage of 2009 permits one to see [...]

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