Every few years, a book comes along that makes an important contribution to the history of American sport, even though–or, maybe, because–its storyline delves into the obscure. The event that launches the narrative in Shooting for the Record is the 1959 news report that strapping and handsome Tom Frye had broken sharpshooting’s endurance world record …

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Excerpt from Recent Literature on Interest: 1884-1899 a Supplement to Capital and Interest Next to the Appendix here translated on the recent literature of interest, the most important addition to the second edition is the chapter on John Rae inserted between the chapters on the labour and the exploitation theories. Rae clearly anticipated some of …

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Excerpt from Die Irrthumer des Historismus: In der Deutschen Nationalokonomie Die Unklarheit der, historischen Schule deutscher Volkswirthe iiber die Ziele und die Methoden der Forschung auf dem Gebiete der politischen 0 ekonomie, ein Grebrechem welches bereits bei der ersten Begrundung dieser Schule in unverkennbarer Weise zu Tage trat, ist auch durch den Verlauf einer nahezu …

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A path-breaking essay by Hayek, newly in print in cooperation with the Institute of Economic Affairs, this piece first appeared in 1976, during an inflationary bout in the U.S.. Hayek saw that it was crucial to bring the forces of competition to bear in currency markets, not just between countries but within them as well. …

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The next time your own Pointy-Haired Boss asks if you’re expecting any unforeseen problems, simply take a quick glance at your Dilbert 2017 calendar and make convincing reassurances that everything is under control thanks to the company’s brilliant leadership. It won’t really help with inane questions like that, of course, but you’ll look impressive, and …

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Insanity seems to rule the financial markets and many investors are driven by delusion and anxiety. May everything you thought you knew about investing be wrong? The Austrian School’s approach provides the needed respite for investors caught in inflationary treadmills. Conventional investment experts often overlook economic developments which may become a hazard for mainstream investors. …

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The next time your own Pointy-Haired Boss asks if you’re expecting any unforeseen problems, simply take a quick glance at your Dilbert 2017 calendar and make convincing reassurances that everything is under control thanks to the company’s brilliant leadership. It won’t really help with inane questions like that, of course, but you’ll look impressive, and …

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International Short Stories: French is a collection of stories compiled by Francis J. Reynolds COMPILED BY FRANCIS J. REYNOLDS which includes: A PIECE OF BREAD By Francois Coppee THE ELIXIR OF LIFE By Honore de Balzac THE AGE FOR LOVE By Paul Bourget MATEO FALCONE By Prosper Merimee THE MIRROR By Catulle Mendes MY NEPHEW …

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My memories describe the mental health service as it was twenty years ago when I was in hospital and when I was re-integrated into the community. I have a lot of experience of the mental health service, in hospitals, both private and NHS, and the rehabilitation service, now and as it was when I came …

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The next time your own Pointy-Haired Boss asks if you’re expecting any unforeseen problems, simply take a quick glance at your Dilbert 2017 calendar and make convincing reassurances that everything is under control thanks to the company’s brilliant leadership. It won’t really help with inane questions like that, of course, but you’ll look impressive, and …

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Martin Armstrong came at last into his own upon publication of St. Christopher’s Day. Previously known to a small inner circle only, he now found himself week after week in the list of best sellers published by such papers as The Observer, The Spectator, and John O’ London’s Weekly; and with a novel, moreover, which …

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Combining emerging trends in collaboration, democratization, and urbanization, this book examines the emergence of entrepreneurship and innovation as a primarily urban phenomenon, explains why urban environments are rapidly attracting global innovators across three distinct forms of “urbanpreneurship,” and lights the path forward for entrepreneurs, innovators, and city governments. • Documents how the integration of three …

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of …

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Eugen von Böhm-Bawerk (1851-1914), ein Vertreter der Grenznutzenschule und der Österreichische Schule der Nationalökonomie, nimmt im Jahre 1896 das Erscheinen des dritten Marxschen Bandes (1894) zum Anlass, die Arbeitswerttheorie Karl Marx´ in allen zentralen Punkten zu widerlegen. Böhm-Bawerk weist anhand von vier Argumenten auf die innere Widersprüchlichkeit des Marxschen Konstruktes hin und zeigt deutlich auf, …

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What will economic policy look like once the global financial crisis is finally over? Will it resume the pre-crisis consensus, or will it be forced to contend with a post-crisis “new normal”? Have we made progress in addressing these issues, or does confusion remain? In April of 2015, the International Monetary Fund gathered leading economists, …

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of …

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