by Wilton Alston on January 8, 2012 @ 8:49 pm · 1 comment
in (Austrian) Economics, Business, Education, Environment, Pop Culture, Technology, The Basics, The Left, The Right, Uncategorized
Pretty much everyone knows–or should know–that many, and maybe most, of the points made by most politicians are of little value, amounting to little more than equine feces at best. A commercial I saw the other day illustrated that the same is true of TV commercials. (Yes, I realize that’s no discovery. But still…) The advertisement I saw featured a clean-cut young man making a pitch to “buy American-made gasoline at Kwik Fill” because doing so “strengthens our economy.” Do people believe that type of thing? The short answer is: Yes. How do I know? Because presidents–and presidential candidates–have been saying pretty much the same thing for close to 4 decades, beginning with Nixon and continuing right up through Obama.
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As noted previously, the venerable Laissez Faire Books–whose catalog I devoured and used for years in the 80s and 90s as a source of libertarian and free market books–was recently purchased by Agora Financial, which then hired Jeff Tucker as Executive Editor.
The site was rolled out today and it’s really nice, and sure to keep improving over time. Spread the word, and do your libertarian book shopping there!
Another full chapter of Libertarianism Today is now online for free — this one on why libertarianism is antiwar. This is my favorite chapter of the book, so I’m especially glad I could make it available through Antiwar.com.
Other parts of the book you can read for free online:
And if you want to read the whole thing, it’s on sale at a special low price for a limited time.
