“It is universally deemed one of the tasks of legislation and government to protect the individual from himself.” –Ludwig von Mises, Liberalism: The Classical Tradition, p. 30
The nuclear disaster in Fukushima, Japan, has become one news topic that my friends
Environment 
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Subjective Value versus Positivism: An Application of Methodological Issues to the Fukushima Nuclear Disaster
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Collectivism, Climate Change, and Economic Freedom
An individual kills someone – for money, out of jealousy, as an act of revenge, or because he doesn’t like
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One Difficulty of Property Rights in Air Pollution
Air pollution is one of the most interesting topics in the sphere of property rights. Not only because property rights were often set aside when dealing with problems of air pollution, but because in cases where they were applied they
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The Key Question Regarding Nuclear Power
As Japan faces the scary possibility of a meltdown at its Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, the debate about nuclear energy has returned. The questions being raised are certainly relevant to Canada, where 15% of electricity is generated by nuclear power. Most of
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The Stateless Society
Thursday, January 6th, 2011 by posted in Capitalism, Civil Liberties, Economics, Environment, Lifestyle, Politics.
An Examination of Alternatives
If the Twentieth Century proved anything, it is that the single greatest
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Defending the Litterer
Monday, January 3rd, 2011 by posted in Civil Liberties, Economics, Environment, Lifestyle, Philosophy.
The litterer today will find few defenders. He is beset on all sides, bearing the brunt of the barbs of do-gooder groups.
Radio and television stations beam anti-litter messages as a “public service,” and neighborhood and parent-teacher associations,
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Toronto’s Bag Tax
Toronto’s new mayor, Rob Ford, is thinking about doing away with a 5 cent fee on plastic shopping bags. This was introduced in 2009 by the city’s former mayor, David Miller, as an environmental measure to discourage the use of
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Frank Chardorov on War and the State
Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 by posted in Civil Liberties, Education, Environment, Foreign Policy, History, Politics, War on Drugs.
It is a well known fact that during a war the State acquires powers which it does not relinquish when hostilities are over.
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It’s snowing because it’s warming?
Faced with an article like this, one can’t help wondering whether, to use Karl Popper’s language, one is ultimately dealing with an unfalsifiable thesis:
Judah Cohen, “Bundle Up, It’s Global Warming”, New York Times, Dec. 26/2010
George Bragues teaches Business History, as
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The Block Files - Economics and the Environment Part 2
Here is the second part of Walters talk on Free Market Environmentalism.
You can find his first part here
Here you can find a PDF copy of his 1990 book Economics and the Environment a Reconciliation
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