How Politicians and Citizens Should Deal with Depression | Robert P. Murphy

Presented by Robert P. Murphy at "Recovery or Stagnation?," the Mises Circle in San Francisco; sponsored by Mark L. Hart, III, and hosted by the Ludwig von Mises Institute. Includes an introduction by Douglas E. French. Recorded Saturday, 29 August 2009.

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[stealthswimmer]

No, actually that's not the alternative. There's also the alternative of a market, the sum of all voluntary actions in a society.

Secondly, all "mafia" corporations have been brought about due to government policy. The government operates through coercion and violence, and often times this has gotten people outside of government to as for governmental favors, which are sometimes granted.

[stealthswimmer]

Yes, that's what patents do....but there is no evidence showing they actually promote innovation and research and development. Stephan Kinsella makes this point in his vid on this very Youtube channel, and it's called "Intellectual Property and Libertarianism."

Secondly, products can't be "stolen" unless you mean the physical product. Ideas don't have economic scarcity and thus there can't be property rights in ideas.

[bobsacamano1]

I really enjoy Robert Murphy's speaking style

[coturnix19]

down with bailouts!

[b5thomas7]

Austrian economics groupies, nice

[NSResponder]

I really envy anyone who had Bob Murphy for a professor. This guy's one of the best lecturers you could ever hear.

-jcr

[pretorious700]

If George Costanza was really smart.

[Jaycephus01]

You've posted extensively on Libertarian channels about how all advances have been due to government programs. I don't know how you can think that people can't read what you say on this channel alone, never mind other similar ones and come to the conslusion you don't make those kinds of extreme claims. Of course, it could be that lying problem you've got.

[Jaycephus01]

Pot, meet Kettle. Hi, Pot! I guess it's perfectly fine for you to be as insulting as possible, call everyone corporate toadies or whatever, spout the most inane arguments, and act like you're delivering wisdom from on high while failing miserably to write coherent, complete sentences. But I did call you a name. I've stooped to your level. I admit I don't like having done it.

[Jaycephus01]

Yes, you simpleton. That's why I suggested comparing it to a comparable US State like Mass.

[Jaycephus01]

You need to stop pulling utter BS out of your ass.

[Jaycephus01]

You've proved you've never cracked a history book OR read the Constitution. Nice attack job though. Typical of you.

I'm sick of absolutely ignorant America-haters saying that the Constitution claims blacks are '1/5 of a human'. (btw, its 3/5 moron) It does NOT say that blacks are less than human. It refers to the representation a state gets in Congress. The South wanted to count their non-voting slave pop. as FULL citizens to pack Congress. The anti-slave North wanted them to count as ZERO.