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Saturday, January 21, 2012

George Adamson born free

George Adamson born free Tube. Duration : 4.52 Mins.


George Alexander Graham Adamson was born in Etawah, India (then British India) on the 3rd of February 1906. At the age of 18 George came to Kenya, East Africa in 1924 to work on his father's coffee plantation. Working on a plantation was not suited to his adventurous spirit and in the following years he tried various things and worked at many different jobs. Years later in 1968 he vividly described these adventures in his fascinating biography titled 'Bwana Game'(European title) and in the USA titled 'A Lifetime With Lions'. His 2nd book published in 1986 is an equally fascinating autobiography titled 'My Pride and Joy'. In 1938 at age 32 this tan and handsome young man with sandy blond hair and striking blue eyes joined Kenya's Game Department as a warden. Being a game warden was an occupation that suited him extremely well and one at which he thrived. He met and married Joy four years later. Joy had three miscarriages and they were never able to have children...Sadly on August 20, 1989 George Adamson was murdered in Kenya, East Africa by Somalian bandits when he went to the rescue of his assistant and a young European tourist in the Kora National Park. He is buried in the Kora National Park near to his brother Terrance, Super Cub and his beloved lion friend Boy. Song: Elijah Artiste: Gary Reynolds & the brides of obscurity. Album: Instant happiness. electrokitty Records www.garyreynolds.com

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Friday, January 6, 2012

Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (Chapter 5, 1/3) by Murray N. Rothbard

Economic Thought Before Adam Smith (Chapter 5, 1/3) by Murray N. Rothbard Video Clips. Duration : 52.53 Mins.


Audio book version of Murray N. Rothbard's classic 'Economic Thought Before Adam Smith: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume I.' Read by Jeff Riggenbach. mises.org In Economic Thought Before Adam Smith, Murray Rothbard traces economic ideas from ancient sources to show that laissez-faire liberalism and economic thought itself began with the scholastics and early Roman, Greek, and canon law. He celebrates Aristotle and Democritus, for example, but loathes Plato and Diogenes. He is kind toward Taoism and Stoicism. He is no fan of Tertullian but very much likes St. Jerome, who defended the merchant class. Now, that takes us only to page 33, just the beginning of a wild ride through the middle ages and renaissance and modern times through 1870. Murray N. Rothbard (1926-1995) was America's greatest radical libertarian author -- writing authoritatively about ethics, philosophy, economics, American history, and the history of ideas. He presented the most fundamental challenge to the legitimacy of government, and he refined thinking about the self-ownership and non-coercion principles. Biography of Murray N. Rothbard http Read 'Economic Thought Before Adam Smith' online: mises.org Links to more online books and essays by Murray N. Rothbard: Classical Economics: An Austrian Perspective on the History of Economic Thought, Volume II mises.org Audio book version: www.youtube.com The Ethics of Liberty mises.org Audio book version: www.youtube.com For a ...

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