Tag Archives: Wealth

The Case for Gold by Ron Paul and Lewis Lehrman

The Case for Gold: A Minority Report of the United States Gold Commission by Ron Paul My rating: 4 of 5 stars This thoughtful, well-researched examination of America’s monetary predicament has only become more relevant in the 31 years since … Continue reading

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Marx by Karl Marx

Marx by Karl Marx My rating: 3 of 5 stars The two works in this volume, Capital and Manifesto of the Communist Party, represented efforts by their author to wear the hats respectively of social scientist and of revolutionary firebrand. … Continue reading

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The Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith

An Inquiry into the Nature & Causes of the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith My rating: 4 of 5 stars I forget when I first became aware of the existence of Adam Smith and his famous work on economics, … Continue reading

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a tentative definition of wealth

This morning I posted to Twitter and to Facebook this link about the Facebook IPO, written by Dan Denning of Daily Reckoning Australia. In his post Mr. Denning makes this point: Time is your most valuable asset. And it’s the … Continue reading

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The Ages of Gold by Timothy Green

The Ages of Gold by Timothy Green My rating: 4 of 5 stars As I type these words on the morning of Saturday 24 September 2011, the price of gold rests at $1,657.20 an ounce after having tumbled about $150 … Continue reading

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When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson

When Money Dies by Adam Fergusson My rating: 3 of 5 stars I got this book in October 2010 based on a recommendation from either BullionVault.com or another website devoted to providing a dissenting view to mainstream economics. It was … Continue reading

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Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs

Cities and the Wealth of Nations by Jane Jacobs My rating: 5 of 5 stars (This review is an edited version of a blog-post I wrote on the occasion of the death of Jane Jacobs in 2006.) The first I … Continue reading

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will you join the Party when it’s time?

The study of history makes a man wise and judicious. So says Ludwig von Mises on page 30 of Human Action. If he’s right, that would make a powerful reason for anyone to study history—and I think he is right. … Continue reading

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a day’s reading

I suppose that my reading, like my philosophy, is eclectic. At first I was going to say that it’s not eclectic, but when I looked up eclectic I changed my mind: 1: selecting what appears to be best in various … Continue reading

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Human Action by Ludwig von Mises

Human Action: A Treatise on Economics by Ludwig Von Mises My rating: 5 of 5 stars One of the most important books of the 20th century, not yet as influential as it deserves to be. I was brought to this … Continue reading

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