(Read More: UK’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher Dies of Stroke) Margaret Thatcher, who governed the U.K. from 1979 to 1990, fought socialism in England and unyieldingly promoted the free-market views of Nobelists Milton Friedman and Friedrich Hayek. She stopped the destructive British labor unions dead in their tracks Continue reading
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Kudlow: Thatcher, Freedom, Free Markets
(Read More: UK’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher Dies of Stroke) Margaret Thatcher, who governed the U.K. Continue reading
2. Phenomenon: Up for Sale – Video
2. Phenomenon: Up for Sale On October 4, 1957, the Soviets launch the legendary orbiter, Sputnik, ushering in the space age Continue reading
What Soviet Medicine Teaches Us
[Day 5 of Robert Wenzel's 30-day reading list that will lead you to become a knowledgeable libertarian, this Mises Daily was originally published August 21, 2009.] In 1918, the Soviet Union became the first country to promise universal “cradle-to-grave” healthcare coverage, to be accomplished through the complete socialization of medicine. The “right to health” became a “constitutional right” of Soviet citizens. Continue reading
Book Review: I Burn Paris
I Burn Paris, a novel by the Polish Futurist and communist Bruno Jasieski (1901-38), is a strange, fascinating and at times rambling adventure in which the reader is asked not so much to suspend her disbelief as to hang it from the nearest electrical wire and watch the sparks fly. Soren A. Gauger and Marcin Piekoszewski’s translation is the first time I Burn Paris has been brought into English and it thus fills a void for scholars and lovers of Polish literature and Futurism; this is a significant work from one of the movement’s most outspoken and tragic characters. Continue reading