Tag Archives: human action

i’ve finished human action

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1535, 16th June, 2010
And it is absolutely great:  the finest work of economic thinking I’ve ever read.  It embraces the whole scope of economics.  Although I dislike the concept of compulsory high school education, if we are to have it we’d be better served by a year-long dissection of Human Action than we would by the existence of [...]
Posted in economics | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

Was creationism recently invented?

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1557, 22nd March, 2010
Christianity always has been and always must be influenced to some extent by traditionalism–the goal of preserving the traditions handed down from the past.  Even if the excessive traditionalism which attaches far too much significance to human development is drastically cut back and the Bible is (as it rightly should be) considered the final standard [...]
Posted in passage interpretation | Also tagged , , , , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

what is mitchell reading today?

By mitchell b powell | Published: 1554, 19th March, 2010
I’m so glad you asked.  It’s this.  It’s the great Ludwig von Mises’ Human Action.  I wonder if the lyrics of the rap below are a reference to this: Your simple equation, too much aggregation ignores human action, and motivation . . . Related Posts:Three Events of 1973 Which Define Our World TodayLife in a [...]
Posted in economics | Also tagged , , , | Leave a comment

  • Archives