Warren C. Gibson, Ph.D., P.E.

Class pages

• ECON 135, Money and Banking, Spring semester 2009

Sundry images:

1928 gold certificate

Theo van Oostrom, "Music", 1998.

Ludwig von Mises (1880-1972), dean of the Austrian school of economics

Soprano Deborah Voigt

Yours truly

Commentary

• Budget or blueberries??

• Don't buy cars from GM, now that it's "of the politicians, by the politicians, and for the politicians." (Especially with OnStar)

  
  
• "The Obama administration's agenda of maximizing dependency involves political favoritism cloaked in the raiment of 'economic planning' and 'social justice'" says George Will.
  
• A private citizen objects peacefully to a proposed government action, and, as a result, is not only forced to appear before Congress to explain but also to be threatened with further burdens if he doesn't cooperate with the arrogant power-mongers on Capitol Hill. More ...
• A sobering report on the shortfalls in the Social security and medicare trust funds.
• The Foundations of a Free Society, a talk by Nathaniel Branden. "Until the libertarian vision is understood as a spiritual quest and not merely an economic quest, it will continue to face the kind of misunderstandings and adversaries it faces today."
• Why does Mary Theroux want her money back/?

Publications

• Confessions of a Planning Commissioner
• Mises: the Three Strands
• Review of "Liberal Fascism"

Links

University web sites

• School of Engineering, Santa Clara University.
• Economics department, San Jose State University.
• Case School of Engineering (my Alma Mater)
  

Philosophy, politics and economics

• Mises Institute, dedicated to the life and work of economist Ludwig von Mises and his followers in the modern-day Austrian school of economics.
• Foundation for Economic Education, the original libertarian think tank.
• Econlib, a project of the Liberty Fund.
• Atlas Society dedicated to the philosophy of the last century's greatest novelist, Ayn Rand.
• Econ Journal Watch, an on-line journal of economics edited by Dan Klein.
• The Independent Institute, one of the best libertarian think tanks.

Engineering and science

• howstuffworks.com has explanations of all things technical.
• American Society of Civil Engineers
• CSA Engineering, Inc., the company that I co-founded in 1982.
• A string theory site for non-scientists.
• The Computer History Museum in Mt. View, CA

Fine art

• Quent Cordair Fine Art. My favorite retail art gallery, located in Napa, CA.
• The Art Renewal Center, an amazing on-line gallery of romantic paintings and sculpture.

Fun stuff

• The Western Railway Museum near Rio Vista, CA, has restored many electric railway vehicles that you can ride and has an extensive archives department and bookstore.
  
• Linux links is a good place to start learning about the free Linux operating system.
  
• History of the Ford Thunderbird