tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post8472030724298083281..comments2024-03-28T05:13:13.921-04:00Comments on Books, Inq. — The Epilogue: Hear, hear ...Frank Wilsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18410473158808750903noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10178279.post-49825260404906751472007-08-13T08:40:00.000-04:002007-08-13T08:40:00.000-04:00Kevin A. Carson in his "Mouse and the market":"Our...Kevin A. Carson in his <A HREF="http://www.mises.org/story/1786" REL="nofollow">"Mouse and the market"</A>:<BR/><BR/>"Our society holds up invention as the spearhead of progress. Those who first discover an idea are the ones who receive the Nobel Prizes and earn their places in the history books. But in Man, Economy and State, Rothbard shockingly argues that technological invention is relatively unimportant in the progress of civilization. Instead, capital is the far more important, and limiting factor. In fact, he claims, 'there is always an unused shelf of technological projects available and idle.' Why idle? '. . . in order for the new invention to be used, more capital must be invested.'[i]"<BR/><BR/>"If you are for technological progress, and its wide availability, then you should be an enthusiastic supporter of capital accumulation and its rational investment[iv]. That is, you should be for the free market."Dave Lullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053227199985293516noreply@blogger.com