Tag Archives: politics

The destruction of inflation…

Posted on March 8, 2025 by It's a Learning Problem

“By a continuing process of inflation, governments can confiscate, secretly and unobserved, an important part of the wealth of their citizens…The process engages all the hidden forces of economic law on the side of destruction, and it does it in … Continue reading →

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Friedrich August von Hayek…

Posted on March 25, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

F. A Hayek was an Austrian-British economist, political philosopher and an influential contributor to the Austrian School of Economics. His most popular work, The Road to Serfdom, was widely circulated in the United States. After serving in an artillery regiment … Continue reading →

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The politicization of everything…

Posted on February 12, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

Government is force. This is not the way most people view government, but it is the truth. One would think that something this obvious would be recognized and well understood, but it’s not. Stating this as a fact is seen as “radical” … Continue reading →

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Tone deaf…

Posted on January 7, 2024 by It's a Learning Problem

There’s a reason I keep coming back to two themes. One is the non-aggression principle and the other is Bastiat’s seen vs. the unseen. Here’s a good example of why I’m so obsessed with these two ideas. Watching this is, quite frankly, infuriating.  … Continue reading →

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