Eric Scheske

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Repair Culture on the Rise?

Repair Culture on the Rise?

The new issue of Plough magazine pushes for a return to repairing things. The thrust of this new movement: "throwaway culture" is creating all sorts of problems, from landfills to euthanasia. And big business is the reason. Starting in 1923, it stopped making products intended to last for

I Almost Became an Anarchist

I Almost Became an Anarchist

A mini-review of The Essential Rothbard by David Gordon. Murray Rothbard almost made me an anarchist. I had read some of Rothbard's stuff and had delved into various areas of anarchist thought (mostly through this somewhat difficult, very thick, often fascinating volume). I've abandoned such notions,

Private Tyrants, Public Remedies: A Review of Sohrab Ahmari’s Tyranny, Inc.

Private Tyrants, Public Remedies: A Review of Sohrab Ahmari’s Tyranny, Inc.

Philip Bunn at Front Porch Republic

The Liberty to Value Common Goods: A Review of The Political Economy of Distributism

The Liberty to Value Common Goods: A Review of The Political Economy of Distributism

Jon D. Schaff at Front Porch Republic

Saving the Commons

Saving the Commons

Jack Bell at Plough

Cash Man

Cash Man

My wife and I drove Michigan's beautiful Leelanau peninsula the other day. We stopped in Sutton's Bay and hit a few bars. At the last bar, the manager finally got us a table on the roof of his busy establishment, but at that point, we'

Counting the Cost of Progress

Counting the Cost of Progress

Mary Harrington at Plough (Book Excerpt)

Rethinking Economics

Rethinking Economics

I strongly lean libertarian, which means I strongly lean towards being a dick, since I'm stunned at how many libertarians are obnoxious (with notable exceptions, like Tom Woods and Lew Rockwell). I believe it's because libertarian thinking is marked by unshakeable certitude and logical conclusions, which

Theorists vs. Practitioners

Theorists vs. Practitioners

Jeffrey Tucker at The Brownstone Institute

Economic Freedom is the First Freedom

Economic Freedom is the First Freedom

Because it deals with the things we require first