The Chimera of a Perfect State of Mankind - Ludwig von Mises - Mises Media (Audio File)
I wonder how Mises would have reacted to me interpreting The Bible as a parable of the rise and fall of crime and state (so long as he did not stomp off in disgust!) - I have some idea (speculative, I did not know him personally) how Rothbard might have reacted, i.e. "with glee" :) especially if done with the rigor and depth I admire so much in the masters - for the first time in my life I am actually becoming enthused by the prospect of full time scholarship for a few years, as a libertarian framework for interpreting the Mahabharata is also quite spontaneously beginning to take shape in my mind - both books are about the birth of nations, the conflicts and contradictions of state formation and empire, and both offer magnificent insight into the human and economic dynamics at work - this is some really fun stuff to do, I hope I get to do it soon
(others have remarked that when the bug of liberty bit them it inspired a whole slew of new labors out of them - in my case, the Bible book was started with the intention of making Leonard Howell's framework for Bible interpretation more widely accessible to the Rastafarian movement - making this stuff thorough enough for Mises and Rothbard is a whole other level of labor, which I actually enjoy a lot)
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