An Archive of sketches developing ideas.
“No matter how long it takes, justice will be done.” — Finally. Dead. By Navy Seals. Source date (UTC): 2011-05-02 06:16:00 UTC
When people disparage the private sector and seek services from the government what they really mean is one or more of the following: 1) DISCOUNT ON RESEARCH / RISK REDUCTION:
Fundamentally, assuming you were intellectually honest, if you were to spend the next twenty years of your life studying political science, with the goal of long term stability and prosperity,
Over on Real Clear Politics, Whoopie Goldberg says she’s Playing The Race Card. To which I reply: It’s not about race. It’s about the welfare state’s collectivism vs classical liberalism’s
What do underwear and hotel rooms have in common? …. Underwear Sales and Hotel Occupancy are increasing – they are early indicators of economic confidence. What? What did you think
Karl Popper (who wrote the Logic of Scientific Discovery) and Thomas Kuhn (who wrote the structure of scientific revolutions) approached the problem of knowledge in the domain of DISCOVERY, which
http://www.capitalismv3.com/?p=2568Reflections On The Myth of Sisyphus. Source date (UTC): 2011-04-21 10:25:00 UTC
http://www.capitalismv3.com/?p=2576Judith Curry discovers Hayek. I complain that scientists aren’t operating ethically. And we should be able to sue scientists the way we sue doctors, lawyers and accountants. Source date (UTC):
Camus starts The Myth of Sisyphus with this insight. “There is but one truly serious philosophical problem and that is suicide.” To which I’ll add: “There is but one truly
Editing audiobook. Law, Legislation and Liberty. Priceless quote: “If our civilization survives, … I believe men will look back on our age as an age of superstition, chiefly connected with
There is a natural conflict between the need to avoid a scarcity of cash and credit, such that all opportunities for increases in productivity within the economy can be exploited,
The first reason that the USA wanted it’s own money is so that it did not export profits to England or France in the form of currency appreciation. The second
“If instead, our government operated as a bank and insurance company, it would be empirical, calculative and specific rather than rational and deliberative, and general. As such, it would be
http://www.capitalismv3.com/?p=2556Three articles on money #2 : Fiat and Private Money : Privatizing wins and socializing losses. Source date (UTC): 2011-04-18 11:41:00 UTC
http://www.capitalismv3.com/?p=2558Three articles about our government and money. #1 “Financial-izing” the Economy out of productivity. Source date (UTC): 2011-04-18 11:40:00 UTC
Shaved off the beard. Too much grey: Amanda looks ten years younger than she is, so I have keep myself well preserved, so to speak. I don’t recognize myself in
http://mises.org/daily/5211/Conventional-Education-Will-Go-the-Way-of-Farming?sms_ss=facebook&at_xt=4da8bacf251b69e9%2C0Doug French posted this short article on our education ‘bubble’. I”m trying to figure out if it’s thought provoking. Maybe. I don’t think we’ll save on education in the future.
“Weber believed that that Marx’s description of alienation had little to do with capitalism, but was a consequence of industrialism and bureaucracy.” People don’t hate government per se. They hate
All societies in history, without exception, appear to have a ‘referee’ or ‘judge’ — usually an elder male. This topic has been researched to death: Egalitarian tribal warfare societies have
Mystical Political Religion and the concept of good and evil was invented by the Persians to separate the persian people from the indians who were, at that time, similar peoples.