Monthly Archives: May 2012

Depends on the Question

30th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

Interesting article: Are Co-ops the Answer? (CHT Dan Clore.)

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The Logick of Kings

30th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

A delightful passage from the always charming Joseph Addison.

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Banana Republican

29th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

Read the Wikipedia page on the United Fruit Company, with particular attention to the sections titled “History in Central America” and “Banana massacre.” Now read this article about the United Fruit Company on Reason.com. (CHT Sheldon.) You may notice a certain … incompleteness in the latter’s account.

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Perpetuating War

28th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

In honour of Memorial Day: (CHT Sheldon.)

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Molinari on Mutualism

26th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

Shawn Wilbur has translated an excerpt from Molinari’s The Red Clubs During the Siege of Paris, critiquing the mutualists. But I fear this conflict between the heir of Bastiat and the heirs of Proudhon sheds no more light than that between the originals.

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Soirées Online

26th
May. × ’12
By Roderick

A preliminary draft of Liberty Fund’s new translation of Molinari’s 1849 Soirées on the Rue Saint-Lazare – a series of dialogues between a libertarian (representing the author’s viewpoint), a conservative, and a state-socialist – is now online.

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