Austro-Libertarianism as a Starfish | Helio Beltrão

The Ludwig von Mises Memorial Lecture, presented by Helio Beltrão, founder and president of Instituto Mises Brasil. Recorded 10 March 2011 at the Ludwig von Mises Institute in Auburn, Alabama.

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[pretorious700]

No, that was the Soviet Union, Mao's China, and Pol Pot's Cambodia. Pure capitalism is what created the USA and drew millions of immigrants to find a new and better existence. Get a clue.

[surrealnumber]

never, even the dreaded industrial era mills gave people more than subsistence farming, capitalism has never done anything but improve living standards for humanity

[kummando64]

yes, we eat marxists and keynesians for dinner

i don't know how you guys are doing in america but in brazil we are is a david against goliah situation. and we are winning and converting a lot of their kids to our side

sorry about my english

[yuirrr]

As a member of Instituto Mises Brasil, I approve this message.

[thotkrime]

Philosophy would you propose?

[Janelikesphysics]

@daizawadude... Do you really think that people with Economics degree qualifies to talk about Economics in public? If so, why isn't Ben Bernankee Keynesian idea working? The educational system has dumb-down people, so that not everyone who is a Economics major qualifies to speak about the Economy, History majors to talk about history, etc. After all, what you learn in school is different than what you do in reality even when the work is related to your major.

[daizawadude]

Har har har... It's easy to be a free-market lover when you have a MBA from Columbia and worked as a hedge fund manager. Not so easy when you are faced with pulling millions of people out of poverty. Besides, what qualifies him for speaking about Economics in general and Keynesianism in particular? An MBA? Yeah right...

[Xasew]

@worldnewsbbc1

Inflation transfers purchasing power to those who receive the new money first. That would be governments and banks(i.e. the rich). One of the most classic symptoms of inflation is greater income inequality. Not to mention your claim of what inflation means is BS.

[Seiku]

Why would you say that?

[BennyQuixote]

Please cite this example of "pure liquidation of human being" under "pure capitalism."

[heckler73]

Starfish?

They suck rocks and latch on to fish hooks, steal the bait, then get tossed back into the water out of frustration (assuming the fisherman doesn't squash them).

One might as well compare Austro-libertarianism to leeches, fleas, mosquitoes or worms.

Come to think about it, starfish eat worms, too...

Does the Mises Institute eat itself?

[Slipknotyk06]

- Wow, now you're resulting to lies? IBM donated equipment to Hollerith in an attempt to keep WW2 from happening. Hollerith is a SEPARATE entity. Then, at the outset of WW2, IBM essentially handed control over to the US Government, while Hollerith was seized by the Nazis.

Most industry inside of Germany was seized, without protest, by the Government. Again, you FAIL to provide anything substantive to your point.