How to Reject the Statist Quo | Jeffrey A. Tucker

Presented by Jeff Tucker at the 2010 Mises Institute Supporters Summit: "The Economic Recovery: Washington's Big Lie." Recorded in Auburn, Alabama; 8 October 2010.

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[suedeslounge]

Jeffrey Tucker and Superman once fought each other on a bet. The loser had to start wearing his underwear on the outside of his pants.

[suedeslounge]

Some people wear Superman pajamas. Superman wears Jeffrey Tucker pajamas.

[KyleSkullz]

@MrAdvancedAtheist

In the age of the internet, offering free and valuable content to your viewers is key to keep their attention. Everyone is doing it, not just the Mises Institute.

The Calculation problem is solved by private individuals. People at youtube create the pricing model for managing video traffic, the guys who make the microphones, cameras, etc. handle the pricing models for the equipment, etc. etc.

If the $costs < $benefits for using a tool, than it is profitable to do so.

[MrAdvancedAtheist]

I just find it ironic that the Mises Institute has had to digitize all this Austrian propaganda and give away for free over the internet, like Jehovah's Witnesses' literature or something, apparently because not enough people want to buy it. It MI doesn't have price signals to tell it how much of these digital media to produce, how can it do so without running into the Calculation Problem and creating economic chaos?

[Esoparagon]

@fredu89 Awesome! Thanks for that juicy anecdote. I hope they continue on the path. :D

[fredu89]

@Esoparagon I can second that, I'm from Finland and have visited Estonia a few times during the years and have to say that the progress Estonia has done during the last, lets say 10-15 years is amazing.

[Skyler827]

"Imagine if there was a problem and the politician said: more liberty! And then an issue arose and the statesman said 'I think we need more liberty' and we didn't know what to do about that and the intellectual said 'Lets try more liberty.' "

Lets go back to that world!

[whiff1962]

Human Action was a brilliant, though rather opaque, piece of work! I enjoyed what I learned from it.

[HanStanwell]

Jeffrey Tucker is a real life version of Professor X minus the paralysis.

[Esoparagon]

Estonia's entire economic future was set in motion from the president having read 'Free to Choose' which was the only outside source of economic literature he got from within the soviet union. The ideas in that book have had a very real impact on Estonia and it's now one of the wealthiest ex-soviet states.

[msungs]

''Beneath this mask there is more than flesh. Beneath this mask there is an idea, Mr. Creedy, and ideas are bulletproof''-V for Vendetta I am not usually one to quote movies but this quote fits. If we can continue to widen the ideas of the Mises Institute and the Austrian School of Economics then there is still some hope for the US. I am glad I found Ron Paul and Peter Schiff (Austrian guys). They helped me invest out of the Dollar and leave the US(S)A. Only problem is most Americans dont care

[joeseth05]

You know, the stuff with ideas matter and are becoming immortal is a thing I also see when peeking at some of Kants works.