Curt Doolittle

Theme: Productivity

  • Improving Hoppe's Origin Of Human Cooperation

    –“Human cooperation is the result of three factors: the differences among men and/or the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production; the higher productivity achieved under the division of labor based on the mutual recognition of private property (the exclusive control of every man over his own body and his physical appropriations and possessions) as compared to either self-sufficient isolation or aggression, plunder and domination; and the human ability to recognize this latter fact. “– Hoppe – “NATURAL ORDER, THE STATE, AND THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM”

    [I]’m going to correct Hans a bit here by saying that human cooperation is the result of these properties:

    • 1) the differences in abilities among men.
      2) the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production.
      3) the local structure of production: the division of knowledge and labor.
      4) the local structure of the family and inheritance rights.
      5) the distribution of property rights between the individual, family, group and the commons.
      6) the degree of suppression of, and intolerance for, free riding both in and out of family.
      7) calculative, cooperative technology available for economic signaling and coordination. (objective truth, numbers, money, prices, interest, writing, contract, and accounting).
      8) The use of formal institutions to perpetuate these constraints.
      9) The competition from groups with alternate structures of production, family, inheritance, property rights, free riding, cooperative technologies, and formal institutions.
      10) The recognition of these facts. (I question whether this last one is true.)

    CONVERTING HOPPE FROM CONTINENTAL TO EMPIRICAL [T]he more work I do the more I come to see my work as converting hoppe’s Continental arguments into Anglo Empirical arguments. Just like Hoppe converted Rothbard’s Cosmopolitan arguments into more rigorous continental language. [callout]The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will.[/callout] I think a few people have caught on to what I mean when I say that Hoppe got most everything right. He just didn’t get to the CAUSE of liberty. He was able to deduce all the applications of property rights, but not it’s cause. I got to its cause. The organized use of violence to suppress free riding in all its forms, and the grant of property rights reciprocally to those who thusly applied their violence. Understanding the cause changes our tactic in obtaining and maintaining liberty. You don’t appeal for it. You demand it. If your demands aren’t met you take it. The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will. Property rights are a moral conspiracy so to speak.

  • Improving Hoppe’s Origin Of Human Cooperation

    –“Human cooperation is the result of three factors: the differences among men and/or the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production; the higher productivity achieved under the division of labor based on the mutual recognition of private property (the exclusive control of every man over his own body and his physical appropriations and possessions) as compared to either self-sufficient isolation or aggression, plunder and domination; and the human ability to recognize this latter fact. “– Hoppe – “NATURAL ORDER, THE STATE, AND THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM”

    [I]’m going to correct Hans a bit here by saying that human cooperation is the result of these properties:

    • 1) the differences in abilities among men.
      2) the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production.
      3) the local structure of production: the division of knowledge and labor.
      4) the local structure of the family and inheritance rights.
      5) the distribution of property rights between the individual, family, group and the commons.
      6) the degree of suppression of, and intolerance for, free riding both in and out of family.
      7) calculative, cooperative technology available for economic signaling and coordination. (objective truth, numbers, money, prices, interest, writing, contract, and accounting).
      8) The use of formal institutions to perpetuate these constraints.
      9) The competition from groups with alternate structures of production, family, inheritance, property rights, free riding, cooperative technologies, and formal institutions.
      10) The recognition of these facts. (I question whether this last one is true.)

    CONVERTING HOPPE FROM CONTINENTAL TO EMPIRICAL [T]he more work I do the more I come to see my work as converting hoppe’s Continental arguments into Anglo Empirical arguments. Just like Hoppe converted Rothbard’s Cosmopolitan arguments into more rigorous continental language. [callout]The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will.[/callout] I think a few people have caught on to what I mean when I say that Hoppe got most everything right. He just didn’t get to the CAUSE of liberty. He was able to deduce all the applications of property rights, but not it’s cause. I got to its cause. The organized use of violence to suppress free riding in all its forms, and the grant of property rights reciprocally to those who thusly applied their violence. Understanding the cause changes our tactic in obtaining and maintaining liberty. You don’t appeal for it. You demand it. If your demands aren’t met you take it. The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will. Property rights are a moral conspiracy so to speak.

  • Improving Hoppe's Origin Of Human Cooperation

    –“Human cooperation is the result of three factors: the differences among men and/or the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production; the higher productivity achieved under the division of labor based on the mutual recognition of private property (the exclusive control of every man over his own body and his physical appropriations and possessions) as compared to either self-sufficient isolation or aggression, plunder and domination; and the human ability to recognize this latter fact. “– Hoppe – “NATURAL ORDER, THE STATE, AND THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM”

    [I]’m going to correct Hans a bit here by saying that human cooperation is the result of these properties:

    • 1) the differences in abilities among men.
      2) the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production.
      3) the local structure of production: the division of knowledge and labor.
      4) the local structure of the family and inheritance rights.
      5) the distribution of property rights between the individual, family, group and the commons.
      6) the degree of suppression of, and intolerance for, free riding both in and out of family.
      7) calculative, cooperative technology available for economic signaling and coordination. (objective truth, numbers, money, prices, interest, writing, contract, and accounting).
      8) The use of formal institutions to perpetuate these constraints.
      9) The competition from groups with alternate structures of production, family, inheritance, property rights, free riding, cooperative technologies, and formal institutions.
      10) The recognition of these facts. (I question whether this last one is true.)

    CONVERTING HOPPE FROM CONTINENTAL TO EMPIRICAL [T]he more work I do the more I come to see my work as converting hoppe’s Continental arguments into Anglo Empirical arguments. Just like Hoppe converted Rothbard’s Cosmopolitan arguments into more rigorous continental language. [callout]The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will.[/callout] I think a few people have caught on to what I mean when I say that Hoppe got most everything right. He just didn’t get to the CAUSE of liberty. He was able to deduce all the applications of property rights, but not it’s cause. I got to its cause. The organized use of violence to suppress free riding in all its forms, and the grant of property rights reciprocally to those who thusly applied their violence. Understanding the cause changes our tactic in obtaining and maintaining liberty. You don’t appeal for it. You demand it. If your demands aren’t met you take it. The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will. Property rights are a moral conspiracy so to speak.

  • Improving Hoppe’s Origin Of Human Cooperation

    –“Human cooperation is the result of three factors: the differences among men and/or the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production; the higher productivity achieved under the division of labor based on the mutual recognition of private property (the exclusive control of every man over his own body and his physical appropriations and possessions) as compared to either self-sufficient isolation or aggression, plunder and domination; and the human ability to recognize this latter fact. “– Hoppe – “NATURAL ORDER, THE STATE, AND THE IMMIGRATION PROBLEM”

    [I]’m going to correct Hans a bit here by saying that human cooperation is the result of these properties:

    • 1) the differences in abilities among men.
      2) the geographical distribution of nature-given factors of production.
      3) the local structure of production: the division of knowledge and labor.
      4) the local structure of the family and inheritance rights.
      5) the distribution of property rights between the individual, family, group and the commons.
      6) the degree of suppression of, and intolerance for, free riding both in and out of family.
      7) calculative, cooperative technology available for economic signaling and coordination. (objective truth, numbers, money, prices, interest, writing, contract, and accounting).
      8) The use of formal institutions to perpetuate these constraints.
      9) The competition from groups with alternate structures of production, family, inheritance, property rights, free riding, cooperative technologies, and formal institutions.
      10) The recognition of these facts. (I question whether this last one is true.)

    CONVERTING HOPPE FROM CONTINENTAL TO EMPIRICAL [T]he more work I do the more I come to see my work as converting hoppe’s Continental arguments into Anglo Empirical arguments. Just like Hoppe converted Rothbard’s Cosmopolitan arguments into more rigorous continental language. [callout]The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will.[/callout] I think a few people have caught on to what I mean when I say that Hoppe got most everything right. He just didn’t get to the CAUSE of liberty. He was able to deduce all the applications of property rights, but not it’s cause. I got to its cause. The organized use of violence to suppress free riding in all its forms, and the grant of property rights reciprocally to those who thusly applied their violence. Understanding the cause changes our tactic in obtaining and maintaining liberty. You don’t appeal for it. You demand it. If your demands aren’t met you take it. The vast majority of people do not desire liberty – they desire only consumption. They have the numbers. They always will. Property rights are a moral conspiracy so to speak.

  • UKRAINE’S ECONOMY IS A MESS IMHO: Ukrainians have the Highest IQ per dollar and

    http://www.economist.com/blogs/freeexchange/2014/03/ukraine-and-russiaWHY UKRAINE’S ECONOMY IS A MESS

    IMHO: Ukrainians have the Highest IQ per dollar and best work ethic outside of the USA. An incredible piece of real estate and natural gas reserves. They are just broken from generations of peasantry, generations of communism, and a generation of economic uncertainty. Victims of a predatory post-soviet government. But they still soldier onward. (I love them),

    WHY DO THEY SUFFER?

    –“Dodgy economic policy, distaste for reform and endemic corruption have brought the country to its knees.”–

    –“Corruption and poor governance…”–

    –“The Ukrainian shadow economy is one of the biggest in the world—at around 50% of GDP, according to IMF research. Businesses operating underground tend not to pay taxes, further depriving the government of funds. And last week Ukraine’s new prime minister estimated that $37 billion had gone missing during Viktor Yanukovych’s rule.”–

    –“Protecting the currency drained the central bank’s reserves, which tumbled from a high of $40 billion in 2011 to about $12 billion today. Last month the central bank admitted defeat and let the currency go. Currency depreciation, while necessary, will be an economic headache for Ukraine in the short term. About half of its public debt is in foreign currencies: as the hrvynia loses value, Ukraine’s debt burden rises.”—

    –“The state gas company, Naftogaz, only charges consumers a quarter of the cost of importing the gas. Cheap gas discourages investment: Ukraine is one of the most energy-intensive economies in the world and domestic production has slumped by two-thirds since the 1970s.”–

    Source date (UTC): 2014-03-06 05:06:00 UTC

  • FAREWELL TO ALMS – PROSPERITY FOR ALL REQUIRES THE SUPPRESSION OF THE BREEDING O

    http://www.amazon.com/Farewell-Alms-Economic-History-Princeton-ebook/dp/B001EQ4OLA/ref=la_B001I9OM4W_1_2?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1393721299&sr=1-2A FAREWELL TO ALMS – PROSPERITY FOR ALL REQUIRES THE SUPPRESSION OF THE BREEDING OF THE UNDERCLASSES.

    As the germans keep demonstrating, the quality of your human capital determines your quality of life. Period. End. Of. Story.

    We are not equal. And increasingly, the bottom is dead weight on mankind, and the planet.

    Deal with it.

    Progressivism is suicide.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-03-01 19:58:00 UTC

  • INFANTILIZED AND OBSOLESCENT “My biggest criticism of the American public educat

    INFANTILIZED AND OBSOLESCENT

    “My biggest criticism of the American public education system is it’s a 13-year preparation for industrial jobs that disappeared 20 years ago. An American 18 year old is neither educated nor trained. Most go on to another four years of a university where the primary focus is extending adolescence.” — Eric Field

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-24 10:03:00 UTC

  • JOBS ARE LIKE THIS You will never find a ‘good corporate job’ like your parents

    http://www.returnofkings.com/28771/youll-never-find-a-good-corporate-job-like-your-parents-didALL JOBS ARE LIKE THIS

    You will never find a ‘good corporate job’ like your parents did.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-24 10:03:00 UTC

  • I THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOUR YEARS AGO Just ruminating. Turning bearish on c

    http://blogs.wsj.com/economics/2014/02/21/even-chinas-economists-are-singing-the-blues/?mod=WSJBlogCHINA – I THOUGHT THIS WOULD HAPPEN FOUR YEARS AGO

    Just ruminating.

    Turning bearish on china is all well and good. But you know, I can’t make heads or tales out of what’s coming out of that country. Not sure how anyone else does. I’m not as good at the data as I am the interpretation of the logic of those that are.

    I can tell you other than the vague feeling that ‘something isn’t looking good here’ no one is very sure what’s going on.

    So, I still don’t feel confident one way or the other. I mean, China is an example of Keynes’ suggestion that we just dig holes and bury money in it. Except they make cities instead of holes. I mean, the really bad part about overbuilding is that infrastructure like that is more expensive to maintain than it is to build, and if it’s built at the same time (American roads) it fails at the same time (like light bulbs).

    So at this point, I’m just confused. The one figure that bothers me most is actually the degree to which China’s economy is managed by foreign entities (70-80%). That means that they aren’t actually adapting at all. And I don’t understand the economy well enough to judge what kind of distortions are in place. I think, from what I see, they are buying density (transition from farming) in exchange for distortion. This actually makes sense believe it or not. And that’s a pretty good use of a command economy. I guess that if they get far enough with the population shift to cities, then they can use consumer credit after that – but only if enough people and institutions develop the skills for trustworthy transactions. And I just don’t see evidence of that yet.

    I don’t underestimate the intelligence of the political class over there.

    So they might be fine with it. But I don’t see how that internal ‘bad’ command-economy run by the state, translates into converting the ‘good’ economy run by foreigners. I just don’t see that. If they go long enough then the natural evolution of people in the cities might take care of it. I suppose that makes some sense. But the rapid personal wealth increases just won’t be there.

    WE ALL CANNOT BE MIDDLE CLASS because not enough of us are productive enough to reach it. We can generate false middle classes for periods (British colonialism, american expansion, postwar america, petro-dollar america, post-communist-credit china). But you can’t ‘fake it’ forever. (No matter what Krugmans of the world like to pretend.)

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-21 08:41:00 UTC

  • FOR NOTHING : LAZY GOVERNMENT WORKERS If we are to have any bank labor, and fede

    http://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2014/feb/18/for-federal-employees-office-often-closed-25-of-fi/#.UwTeBTn0uUY.facebookMONEY FOR NOTHING : LAZY GOVERNMENT WORKERS

    If we are to have any bank labor, and federal workers at all, they must remain open for business as any other service provider: From 8:00 AM to 10PM. How about that for a constitutional amendment?

    I’d also like to get an amendment that prohibits collective bargaining (unions) for government workers, as well as fixed benefit programs.

    Source date (UTC): 2014-02-19 11:40:00 UTC