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Obviously, I am new to economic theory, and some questions have been dogging me for quite some time. Before I begin, I have studied North Korea and other socialist/communist ideologies for a few years. Granted, these studies are based on speculative subjects and humanitarian issues and a smattering of...
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eliotn, In a world of super-abundance, a market would still be needed to allocate the scarcity which still exists in that state, namely, property rights in and use of the bodies of the individuals inhabiting this land, as well as allocation of the standing room occupied by each individual. As such, economics...
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[quote user="eliotn"] S urvival of all or none. [/quote] It seems like the adherents to this code choose survival for none. Or, at the very least, suffering for all.
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We've all read, I'm sure, the characterization of Communism - specifically Marxian Communism - as driven by envy. The trouble with that characterization, though, is that it's at odds with the way the Cold War mainstream conceptualized Soviet expansionism back in the old Cold War days. Remember...
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In the midst of our economic slowdown, the U.S. Treasury Dept has issued what they are calling the "Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform". The highlights, as given by an article on Yahoo!'s website , are as follows: --designate the Fed as the primary regulator for market stability...
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Humans, like other primates, are communal. Our ancestors spent almost all of their evolutionary history as humans living in small groups of interdependent individuals. At the same time, tribes were in competition for each other for natural resources: foraging grounds, hunting grounds, agricultural lands...
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What exactly caused it to fall apart?
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[quote user="Byzantine"]In fact, you would see more "collectivism" under anarcho-capitalism[/quote] You would see a highly-collected society, a dense web of interactions, and a variety of institutions constituting voluntary "collectivism" under individualist anarchism. But...
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Does anyone have a good look on Cuba does what it does? As far as I can see, it does do a lot 'better' then, e.g. USSR or N-Korea. But why so? Populationdensity? The fact that it does have a lot of 'democratic' rules estahblished? The major oil-subsidy from Venezuela? Etc. (Sorry for...