Roman's Book Report

Bitcoins & Mises’s Regression Theorem

admin — Sun, 12 May 2013 11:27:16 +0000

Fire and Forget — a discussion of soldiering, military culture, story telling, and my story in this anthology of military fiction

admin — Fri, 12 Apr 2013 08:56:48 +0000

Simple Sabotage Field Manual (1944)

admin — Thu, 31 Jan 2013 14:08:31 +0000

Book Review of Anthem by Ayn Rand — good philosophy medoicre literature

admin — Wed, 30 Jan 2013 10:02:35 +0000

Book Review: World Right Side Up by Christopher Mayer on Android Kindle App

admin — Wed, 26 Dec 2012 18:52:48 +0000

Note: I make a mistake at the end of the video. Other great books are available at lfb, but not this one.

Say No to Socialist Water Fanatics – Book Review of “Water For Sale” by Fredrik Segerfeldt

admin — Sat, 01 Dec 2012 18:12:53 +0000

I looked up the strange word: Oleaginous

o·le·ag·i·nous [oh-lee-aj-uh-nuh s]
adjective
1. having the nature or qualities of oil.
2. containing oil.
3. producing oil.

WE by Zamyatin

admin — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 00:20:41 +0000

The Driver by Garet Garrett – Book Review

admin — Sat, 11 Feb 2012 05:48:34 +0000

Review of Bastiat’s “The Law’ — Dedicated to Occupy Wall Street Protests

admin — Mon, 17 Oct 2011 08:03:04 +0000

Full text of The Law available here.

A Short History of Tractors in Ukrainian & the myth of socialist Sweden

admin — Sun, 18 Sep 2011 06:28:19 +0000

In one of the passages I read vilified 19th century robber barons, as if, of all the things in the world, they are what we should fear most. It is outrageous that as we emerge from 20th century which saw well over 100 million murdered by their own governments, we are still be asked to fear 19th century robber barons who committed crimes like lowering the cost of kerosene by 90% so that poor people didn’t have to live in darkness after the sun went down.

Some footnotes:
Interventionism by George Reisman
The Sweden Myth Stefan Karlsson
Swedish Conservatives Bucked the Recession by Lowering Taxes – and Won Re-Election
Stagnating Socialist Sweden by Per Bylund
Free Banking in Sweden (pdf) by Erik Lakomaa
Poorer Than you Think by William L. Anderson
The not so Wild Wild West