Bill Whittle and the Austrians
For those of you who do not recognize it by hearing, Bill Whittle in this clip gives as his “practical argument” against elitism, the argument first articulated by the economist of the Austrian school, Ludwig von Mises, that a central controlling panel, no matter how smart or well informed, can not know the minutia of economic interactions in an economy.
I cannot hide that I am delighted that this bit of economic wisdom is slowly making its way into the popular consciousness.
And as an old fan of Elric, Corum, and Hawkmoon I am delighted that the sign Bill Whittle uses for chaos is the Moorcockian sign of eight arrows projecting from a single center: which I always assumed was Moorcock’s sly (and mildly disgusting) jest at the expense of his own nation’s beloved Union Jack.
About John C Wright
John C. Wright is a practicing philosopher, a retired attorney, newspaperman, and newspaper editor, and a published author of science fiction. Once a Houyhnhnm, he was expelled from the august ranks of purely rational beings when he fell in love; but retains an honorary title.
