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Austrian Circle 28: Capitalism Gave Birth to the Modern Family

April 13, 2018

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Being able to stay home with children is the result of capitalism and the resulting economic prosperity that inevitably occurs. Labor saving devices and capital accumulation gave families the surplus wealth to...

Austrian Circle 27: Student Loans and College Costs – A Central Planning Failure

Rakkur

May 24, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

Student loans today are not being paid back by borrowers, and colleges are incredibly expensive. Austrian Circle takes a look at the interventionism and central planning that caused these problems and how the ...

Austrian Circle 26: The Role of Entrepreneurs

Rakkur

May 13, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

Entrepreneurs help allocate resources towards the most highly valued ends of consumers amidst the uncertainty of the future. They take a resource or tool away from a less desired process of production and alloc...

Austrian Circle 25: Profits and Ethics

Rakkur

May 11, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

Are profits ethical? Is there a maximum or minimum to profit ethically? Do contributing to socially "responsible" programs benefit society more than profit seeking businesses? Profit communicates impor...

Austrian Circle 24: Prices and the Problem with Health Care

Rakkur

May 1, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

What are prices? Prices convey information to various actors in society and inform them of crucial knowledge: what people want, how much they want, of what material should they be built from, how much material...

Austrian Circle 23: Economic Meddling – Tinkering with Prosperity

Rakkur

April 26, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

Economics studies human choice, and choice today is often over-ruled by government agencies who believe that their tinkering will make people better off. Whether it be the amount that people save, which busine...

Austrian Circle 22: Flint, Michigan and Public Water

Rakkur

April 6, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

The recent move by city governments and federal regulators to provide water containing lead to its citizens prompts concerns. How could this have happened, and why were checks and balances not in place? What al...

Austrian Circle 21: The Oregon Ranchers and the West

Rakkur

April 4, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

The standoff between ranchers and the federal government resulting in the occupation of a federal building by local militia points to a lot of problems in their "relationship." This includes grazing land subsid...

Austrian Circle 20: The Tyranny of the Self

Rakkur

March 28, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

We can be very hard on ourselves and can become our own personal dictators. Our self, our self interested preferences must be sacrificed, ignored, and mandated away. Today I talk about how our deep, personal...

Austrian Circle 19: Martin Luther King Jr. and the Law, Part 2

Rakkur

March 25, 2016

Public Affairs, Talk

Martin Luther King Jr. spoke about the injustice of the police and the courts in upholding unjust laws which did not adhere to the non-aggression principle. Arresting people, abusing them in prison for non-viol...

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