Comments on: George Selgin Reviews Steil and Hinds

By: Sam Grove

Sam Grove — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 00:09:00 +0000

It always strikes me how so many people point at problems in a politically dominated system, citing them as failures of a free system.

By: wbond

wbond — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 19:01:00 +0000

What’s wrong with being whiggish?

By: J Cortez

J Cortez — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 18:33:00 +0000

Thanks for the link to the review. Agree or disagree with his arguments, I’m a fan of anything Selgin writes.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 17:00:00 +0000

Well, so long as we are recommending reading:Geoffrey Parker, The Military Revolution: Military Innovation and the Rise of the West, 1500-1800&Daniel Roche, La France des Lumieres (there is an English translation – “France in the Enlightenment”)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 16:52:00 +0000

The best argument you can make for public debt is that it double-edged sword. I see the more wicked of those edges being used than the less wicked one.