Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1417: A Metaphor Collapses
Episode: 1417 In which the medieval clock metaphor finally collapses. Today, a metaphor dies.
Audio Mises Wire - The Origins of FDR’s Teutonophobia
It was no secret that President Franklin Roosevelt hated Germany and all things German. Heavily influenced by Silas Marcus MacVane. FDR embraced MacVane's left-leaning progressivism.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/origins-fdrs-teutonophobia
Audio Mises Wire - Austrian Perspectives on Social Justice
Many "social justice" advocates claim to appeal to a “higher law,” but they usually refuse to acknowledge economic laws because those laws stand in their way of creating the "just" society.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/austrian-perspectives-social-justice
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1416: Technology on Hold
Episode: 1416 Technology on Hold: ideas that return after a long time. Today, technology on hold.
The Indicator from Planet Money - How you’re using AI at work
AI is a hot topic for both employers and employees in the workforce. That's why we wanted to hear from our listeners about how they are using AI at work. Today on the show, we explore the good, the bad and the ugly of AI in the workplace.
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Audio Mises Wire - Tanenhaus and God at Buckley
The long-awaited biography of William F. Buckley Jr. is hardly worth the wait of thirty years. David Brady, Jr., reviews it, saving our readers the pain of reading themselves.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/tanenhaus-and-god-buckley
Audio Mises Wire - Jefferson Davis von Hayek?
While Hayek did not write directly about the American Civil War, some of his writings provide insights on the conflict.
Original article: https://mises.org/friday-philosophy/jefferson-davis-von-hayek
Audio Mises Wire - Why Governments Burned Money
While it is true that colonial era governments sometimes burned paper money after receiving it in the form of taxation, why they burned the money is for reasons other than what MMT advocates are claiming. In the end, the MMT promoters are telling a false history.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/why-governments-burned-money
Engines of Our Ingenuity - The Engines of Our Ingenuity 1415: Right Hand / Left Hand
Episode: 1415 Right and left handedness: some new ideas about origins. Today, why do you write with your right hand?
Audio Mises Wire - Rothbard: The Constitution Was a Coup d’État
Rothbard took the American Revolution to be mainly libertarian in its inspiration, but he contends that the libertarian impulses of the Revolution were betrayed by a centralizing coup d’état.
Original article: https://mises.org/mises-wire/rothbard-constitution-was-coup-detat