Reading “I, Pencil” … at the Pencil Museum!
Leonard E. Read’s 1958 classic essay, I, Pencil, is a must read for anyone interested in how markets function. In a few pages, I, Pencil: My Family Tree as Told to Leonard E. Read (to give it it’s full title) demonstrates the truth of what appears to be an absolutely absurd...
Thoughts on Gov. Gary Johnson’s Huffington Post article: "Standing Still on a Down Escalator"
“Standing Still on a Down Escalator” is an excellent piece by the former Republican Governor of New Mexico, Gary Johnson, on the 2012 US Presidential Election, on its issues and outcomes and what divided the Republicans and Democrats – and why he ended up as the Libertarian Party’s candidate....
Happy 200th Birthday to Charles Dickens – writer & capitalist!
Today is Charles Dickens’ 200th birthday – and his bicentenary is rightfully to be celebrated the world over. Dickens is certainly the greatest novelist of the 19th Century and perhaps of all time. His tales still enchant us and capture our imaginations. Many of them contain scenes or characters that still force...