Category Archives: Freedom

Ludwig von Mises…

Posted on December 11, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

“How one carries on in the face of unavoidable catastrophe is a matter of temperament. In high school, as was custom, I had chosen a verse by Virgil to be my motto: Tu ne cede malis sed contra audentior ito (“Do not … Continue reading →

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Freedom and Virtue…

Posted on November 27, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

“Freedom People see two different questions where Virtue People see only one. How should people behave? How must they behave? For Freedom People, the first is philosophical and personal. The second is legal and coercive. The answer to the first … Continue reading →

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The real history of Thanksgiving…

Posted on November 23, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

Somehow, it seems that this lesson of capitalism vs socialism is never mentioned when we’re gathered around the Thanksgiving table. The thing that caused the change from starvation to plenty was a philosophical concept, an idea, an intuition. Aligning man … Continue reading →

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The seen vs. the unseen…

Posted on November 11, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

Frederic Bastiat was a brilliant 19th century French economist. The paragraphs below were the inspiration for Henry Hazlitt’s book Economics in One Lesson. Hazlitt basically derived his entire book from this one profound concept. In a few short paragraphs, Bastiat … Continue reading →

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The case for optimism…

Posted on October 7, 2023 by It's a Learning Problem

My few readers may have noticed a pattern in the posts I’ve made and the articles I’ve linked to so far. That pattern is in pointing out the negative aspects of the current economic and political situation that we find … Continue reading →

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