Thank you to my friend @ryanmcmaken and @mises (and to much-missed Ralph Raico) for addressing a topic I am passionate about:
— Stephen W. Carson (@RadicalLib) December 10, 2020
Christianity + Liberalism
One of our earliest episodes of the Deep Lore Econ Chat addressed this from a complementary angle:https://t.co/RkImLKQXLE https://t.co/45fgW3U38Z
Showing posts with label Austrian school. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Austrian school. Show all posts
Thursday, December 10, 2020
Useful Idiots for the Oligarchs
Wednesday, December 09, 2020
Jeff Deist Interviews Amity Shales
My interview with @AmityShlaes, where she likens the 2020s to the 1960s Great Society revolution. https://t.co/nnVP06KuIi
— Jeff Deist (@jeffdeist) December 3, 2020
The Austrian
Friday, October 16, 2020
Central Banking
The Jacksonians saw central banking for what it was: a way of making the rich even richer, while ripping off ordinary people. | Patrick Newmanhttps://t.co/dvQtw8jMA6
— Mises Institute (@mises) October 16, 2020
Sunday, September 06, 2020
Wilhelm Röpke's Liberalism
Wilhelm Röpke's book "showed market liberals how to move beyond the world of supply and demand, and it helped conservatives understand why economic freedom should be central to their creed." @drsamuelgregg https://t.co/no2CIAUhwu via @PublicDiscourse
— Jay W. Richards (@DrJayRichards) September 3, 2020
Monday, July 27, 2020
Using the DOI for Libertarianism
Citing Luther Martin, Rothbard writes, "the American Constitution was a grave betrayal of the idea of natural rights set forth in the Declaration of Independence." | @Judgenap https://t.co/0Q4mXyafzR
— Mises Institute (@mises) July 27, 2020
Monday, July 20, 2020
Clueless
"The corrective to the mob is the marketplace. Economics, if we think about it correctly, is really counter politics.
— Mises Institute (@mises) July 20, 2020
"Entrepreneurs are the real revolutionaries - not politicians, not political activists." - @jeffdeist #MisesU
Watch:https://t.co/XKPemllUZX
Thursday, June 18, 2020
Because During a Collapse, the Austrian School Is Still Relevant
Mises's Human Action is essential reading for any aspiring economist. But there can also be some pitfalls if we read it too casually. | Joseph T. Salerno @jtsalehttps://t.co/ShlqdC7Fk2
— Mises Institute (@mises) June 18, 2020
Tuesday, June 09, 2020
Trying to Stay Relevant
How would police protection be furnished in a totally private economy? | Murray Rothbardhttps://t.co/6HX1iDRpuA
— Mises Institute (@mises) June 9, 2020
Friday, June 05, 2020
Libertarians Seizing the Moment
End immunity.
— Mises Institute (@mises) June 5, 2020
End police unions.
End the drug war. | @ryanmcmakenhttps://t.co/TOelAPzhnz
Friday, May 29, 2020
The Libtard Solution
If we want to be serious about scaling back the degree to which police interactions with the public can lead to violent escalations, we must first scale back the number of offenses that can lead to serious fines and imprisonment. | @ryanmcmakenhttps://t.co/ZGPoqeRgmP
— Mises Institute (@mises) May 29, 2020
The solution is to permit the rise of organic communities which will police themselves through a common culture, standards of behavior, and virtues. That won't solve the crime problem, but it will allow communities to separate themselves from the mess that the state has created.
Sunday, March 01, 2020
Thursday, March 14, 2019
Thursday, March 08, 2018
Three from AmConMag
Is Poland In the Grip of a Burkean Battle? by James P. Pinkerton
The conservative Law and Justice party struggles against the scourge of EU utopianism.
Thinking About Dead Libertarians by Bill Kauffman
Old-school intellectuals like Rothbard and Childs defied the stereotypes of their philosophy with their wit and generosity.
Free Trade Shouldn’t Be a Litmus Test for Conservatism by Paul Gottfried
That position has often been linked to the left, while protectionism has just as often been associated with the right.
The conservative Law and Justice party struggles against the scourge of EU utopianism.
Thinking About Dead Libertarians by Bill Kauffman
Old-school intellectuals like Rothbard and Childs defied the stereotypes of their philosophy with their wit and generosity.
Free Trade Shouldn’t Be a Litmus Test for Conservatism by Paul Gottfried
That position has often been linked to the left, while protectionism has just as often been associated with the right.
Thursday, February 20, 2014
Liberal or Illiberal?
Against the Grain: Recent Articles on Religion and Liberty, Catholicism and Liberalism (via the Pertinacious Papist)
A version of Catholic libertarianism: Liberalism, Capitalism & Pluralism: The Catholic Wars Continue
Or, another attempt by a Catholic to appropriate Austrian liberalism.
A version of Catholic libertarianism: Liberalism, Capitalism & Pluralism: The Catholic Wars Continue
Or, another attempt by a Catholic to appropriate Austrian liberalism.
Wednesday, December 12, 2012
Monday, July 16, 2012
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Tuesday, December 27, 2011
Jeffrey Tucker, In Defense of Bourgeois Civilization
Crisis
I'm a bit surprised that John Zmirak praises this article, but maybe I shouldn't be.
Advances in technology that give comfort and improve health are welcome, but what is the cost? And what problems do the solutions solved that could have been solved by other means? Is the increase in lifespan due more to improved sanitation and other preventative measures, rather than the discovery of cures? Would sanitation have been a problem if we had lived according to better-conceived, sustainable patterns? Is "civilization" forced to find solutions to problems that it causes in order to maintain itself? It would seem so, but why should that deserve to be called "civilization," rather than a way of life that is more rational and restrained? So, I find his two charts very misleading. The second chart, about the increase in population - Mr. Tucker fails to consider the role cheap energy plays in all of this, as well as colonialism and imperialism and the union between "capitalism" and a strong central government, etc. etc.
I'm a bit surprised that John Zmirak praises this article, but maybe I shouldn't be.
Advances in technology that give comfort and improve health are welcome, but what is the cost? And what problems do the solutions solved that could have been solved by other means? Is the increase in lifespan due more to improved sanitation and other preventative measures, rather than the discovery of cures? Would sanitation have been a problem if we had lived according to better-conceived, sustainable patterns? Is "civilization" forced to find solutions to problems that it causes in order to maintain itself? It would seem so, but why should that deserve to be called "civilization," rather than a way of life that is more rational and restrained? So, I find his two charts very misleading. The second chart, about the increase in population - Mr. Tucker fails to consider the role cheap energy plays in all of this, as well as colonialism and imperialism and the union between "capitalism" and a strong central government, etc. etc.
Monday, October 17, 2011
A liberal view of history
This was posted at a certain FB group: The Air I Breathe by L.Neil Smith. Note the emphasis on the individual, an exaggerated notion of liberty, and progress. It is given as a libertarian view of history, which is but one liberal version of history, akin to the Whiggish interpretation. Christopher Ferrara has written against the Austrians about the origins of the development of English capitalism vis-à-vis the enclosures (parts II and III). I think Kevin Carson has done so well. There would not have been the development of modern English capitalism (or British power) without the state.
The protection of liberty as a check on the abuse of power and bad governments may be even more important in a republic than in those polities where only one or a few rule. Nonetheless, in itself it is not the end of society, and libertarians who take the negative conception of liberty or freedom too far so as to deny the government's legitimate protection of morality are wrong.
One can see a tension between traditional conservatism and liberal conservatism at websites like ISI and its First Principles Journal. Another thing to note is how many contemporary conservatives talk about "Western civilization" without acknowledging the centrality of Christianity to American or European civilization. Some may be trying to advance a post-Christian version of Western civilization or to communicate with a non-Christian audience; others are just liberals attempting to claim that their tradition goes further back in antiquity than it really does.*
Russell Kirk who is held dear by many conservatives, was not a liberal but a Christian and he held the Christian understanding of Western understanding. See his "The Common Heritage of America and Europe," for example. Other exponents of the Christian understanding would be Christopher Dawson (The Making of Europe) or Hilaire Belloc (Europe and the Faith).
Even if it is possible "in theory" to maintain certain aspects of Western culture without being them vivified by Christ, can we separate the de-Christianization of the West from the spiritual warfare that is behind it? Besides, while most conservatives in academia and so on are trying to spread their ideas and message to a broad audience, what are they doing, as citizens, to further the cause of localism (states' rights, for example), or to counter corporatism? Too many hold on to the ideology of capitalism as a part of their conservatism, many of whom do not have real-life experience as a producer or laborer, occupying rather privileged positions in society instead. The university, for the most part, no longer exists as a locus of culture, neither representing the community nor serving it and its interests. It's just another part of the system seeking to perpetuate it in order to preserve itself.
The time for lectures is over -- one must be an example of what one believes.
*This would not apply to paleolibertarians like Tom Woods who acknowledge the centrality of Christianity but nonetheless attempt to interpret the silver age scholastics as being precursors of the Austrian school.
Related:
An Austrian responds to Christopher Ferrara's book The Church and the Libertarian (a review of that book by Thomas Storck - letters to the editor)
Christopher A. Ferrara: The Church & the Libertarian: A Defense of Catholic Teaching on Man, Economy and State (mp3)
Paleocrat's YT channel
Russell Kirk: The Conservative Convert
The protection of liberty as a check on the abuse of power and bad governments may be even more important in a republic than in those polities where only one or a few rule. Nonetheless, in itself it is not the end of society, and libertarians who take the negative conception of liberty or freedom too far so as to deny the government's legitimate protection of morality are wrong.
One can see a tension between traditional conservatism and liberal conservatism at websites like ISI and its First Principles Journal. Another thing to note is how many contemporary conservatives talk about "Western civilization" without acknowledging the centrality of Christianity to American or European civilization. Some may be trying to advance a post-Christian version of Western civilization or to communicate with a non-Christian audience; others are just liberals attempting to claim that their tradition goes further back in antiquity than it really does.*
Russell Kirk who is held dear by many conservatives, was not a liberal but a Christian and he held the Christian understanding of Western understanding. See his "The Common Heritage of America and Europe," for example. Other exponents of the Christian understanding would be Christopher Dawson (The Making of Europe) or Hilaire Belloc (Europe and the Faith).
Even if it is possible "in theory" to maintain certain aspects of Western culture without being them vivified by Christ, can we separate the de-Christianization of the West from the spiritual warfare that is behind it? Besides, while most conservatives in academia and so on are trying to spread their ideas and message to a broad audience, what are they doing, as citizens, to further the cause of localism (states' rights, for example), or to counter corporatism? Too many hold on to the ideology of capitalism as a part of their conservatism, many of whom do not have real-life experience as a producer or laborer, occupying rather privileged positions in society instead. The university, for the most part, no longer exists as a locus of culture, neither representing the community nor serving it and its interests. It's just another part of the system seeking to perpetuate it in order to preserve itself.
The time for lectures is over -- one must be an example of what one believes.
*This would not apply to paleolibertarians like Tom Woods who acknowledge the centrality of Christianity but nonetheless attempt to interpret the silver age scholastics as being precursors of the Austrian school.
Related:
An Austrian responds to Christopher Ferrara's book The Church and the Libertarian (a review of that book by Thomas Storck - letters to the editor)
Christopher A. Ferrara: The Church & the Libertarian: A Defense of Catholic Teaching on Man, Economy and State (mp3)
Paleocrat's YT channel
Russell Kirk: The Conservative Convert
Monday, August 15, 2011
Subscribe to:
Posts (Atom)