I’ve been enjoying the Paul Cantor “Commerce and Culture” seminar at the Mises Institute so much so far that I haven’t set aside any time for blogging. Catch up on what I haven’t been writing, though, by following the live webcasts of Professor Cantor’s lectures here.
I’ve just arrived in Auburn, Alabama (home of the Ludwig von Mises Institute), where I’ll be attending the “Commerce and Culture” seminar with Paul Cantor this week. At spare moments in the evenings, I’ll post some thoughts on the lectures.
I didn’t have the chance to get through everything on the recommended reading list, but the [...]
This passage in The Anti-Capitalistic Mentality, by Ludwig von Mises, caught my eye:
The tycoon of the book market is the author of fiction for the masses. It would be wrong to assume that these buyers always prefer bad books to good books. They lack discrimination and are, therefore, ready to absorb sometimes even good books. [...]
I’m looking forward to Paul Cantor’s week-long seminar at the Mises Institute later this month. Try this mp3 of his talk at last year’s “Trouble With Taxation” conference as preview.