President Bush tells us to drive less and limit trips to only the essentials, while the EPA’s EnergyStar program is urging us all to “change a lightbulb” in our homes, from a regular one to a government-approved one, which they claim will save hundreds of millions. You are also supposed to take a pledge : “I pledge to do my part to save energy
He only got four letters, (P-a-u-l), but my favorite candidate for president was mentioned in this article in the Economist (NO subscription required for this article) about the effect of the Internet on presidential campaigns. The name appears in the chart showing prominence on the Internet on YouTube and MySpace. Most of the candidates are
This non-Austrian has just published a book seeking to elucidate why free voting so regularly emplaces harmful economic policies, or officeholders who favor them. The book is reviewed by Sheldon Richman of the Foundation for Economic Education, whose Web site doesn’t include a blog. So I thought I’d announce the book on this blog (as I’ve been
Subtitled “Why the Free Market Works and Half-Baked Theories Don’t,” this book released Monday by John R. Lott, Jr. had a different subtitle in the first catalog I saw it in (tonight): “Why the Free Market Works and Freaky Theories Don’t.” This second (or, I think, first) version echoes not only what John Lott, the famous gun-control opponent,
The Science and Public Policy Institute carries this report on a book on global warming for schoolchildren written by Film Director Laurie David and published by Scholastic Publishers, the producers of such staples for American schoolchildren as the Weekly [News] Reader. The book, titled The Down-to-Earth Guide to Global Warming , not only
What is the Mises Institute?
The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peace, in the tradition of Ludwig von Mises and Murray N. Rothbard.
Non-political, non-partisan, and non-PC, we advocate a radical shift in the intellectual climate, away from statism and toward a private property order. We believe that our foundational ideas are of permanent value, and oppose all efforts at compromise, sellout, and amalgamation of these ideas with fashionable political, cultural, and social doctrines inimical to their spirit.