tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post3702111759430802014..comments2024-03-28T09:59:13.754-07:00Comments on bionic mosquito: Antal Fekete on Rome and the Middle Ages (and some stuff about gold and real bills) bionic mosquitohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-7257985151495574532013-11-01T20:49:58.048-07:002013-11-01T20:49:58.048-07:00I will not concern myself with Fekete's rappro...I will not concern myself with Fekete's rapprochement with more strict followers, however, I think both sides are being too doctrinaire in their thinking about real bills. Many such versions of business deal/credit instrument could work well. Some might work better for different sorts of deals. Which work better is, as usual, a question for the market. TaxesAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-70309288140532456812013-10-28T12:31:19.699-07:002013-10-28T12:31:19.699-07:00Blumen wrote several articles regarding real bills...Blumen wrote several articles regarding real bills, as I recall.<br /><br />I quickly read through the manifesto. I am not well-versed enough in Austrian nuances to make any meaningful comments one way or the other regarding the economic disputes.<br /><br />However, it strikes me - Fekete complains that those associated with mises.org cannot move past Mises, yet he immediately states he does not move beyond Menger. To quote from the summary of the manifesto:<br /><br />"Let truth win the day. Let the sound money movement rally under the banner of Menger."<br /><br />Fekete has determined, before the honest debate that he calls for, that Menger's banner is the one to rally around.<br /><br />I want to believe Fekete is sincere in his desire for rapprochement, yet his conclusion causes me to look askance - as if he sees the Austrian train has left the station without his car attached, and he wants to join the ride - the caboose desiring to dictate the terms to the locomotive.bionic mosquitohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12002548958078731031noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-648884752216444797.post-41645583530919826412013-10-28T11:32:44.644-07:002013-10-28T11:32:44.644-07:00Here is one response to Dr. Fekete's Real Bill...Here is one response to Dr. Fekete's Real Bills proposal. I am agnostic on the issue and agree that the market should, could, and would settle the matter.<br /><br />http://archive.lewrockwell.com/blumen/blumen9.html<br /><br />I very much like to see this back and forth argumentation. To me that seems very healthy. <br /><br />Having read the 'Manifesto', I am hungry to see more responses from the Mises camp. As TDB characterized it, I too see many of the arguments to be plausible enough to warrant responses. Mises himself never backed away from a good argument. <br /><br />Deliciously, the last few chapters of Mises' The Ultimate Foundation of Economic Sciences, his last book, could arguably be characterized as a rant. And a good rant, too!gpondhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01013837189187920036noreply@blogger.com