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My economics teacher is a whole sale idiot. We've gotten into several little scuffles over the course of class and I think it's fair to say that there is a mutual hatred between the two of us. I knew I was in for a doozy when on the first day he said that he'd earned his masters in economics...
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Hi Everyone, This is my first post on this site, and also I've yet to explore the resources and threads contained within. I felt compelled to write here for a few reasons not least because I would like to expand my own understanding of certain issues and also I would liked to be challenged and critiqued...
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Public Private Trust GeMiJa copyright 2008 A Public Private Trust originates through a variation of state capitalism where shares of stock from corporations are exchanged for state subsidies . However, unlike state capitalism the shares acquired through the exchange are relinquished by the state into...
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Hey everyone, so this is my first post. i've written my ideas in essay form because other people are likely to read it and i don't like changing the introduction around. hope you enjoy and try at answering my questions. although i think the likely hood is that you will disagree with at least...
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States socialist author Richard Wilkinson on his book Spirit Level: Why More Equal Societies Almost Always Do Better , "In a lot of different subjects there's a move towards a fundamental recognition of how social people are. In neurology, epidemiology, social psychology, child development,...
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I would be interested in seeing a post, blog, website, etc that is devoted to defining political terms. I was at a Tea Party where I saw signs calling Obama a communist, a socialist, and a fascist. Which sign was correct? All three? What about Bush, what would we classify him as? I believe there are...
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[quote user="Jon Irenicus"] Whether or not global warming is a fact of the matter, Austrians should be discussing libertarian approaches to it, so that should the evidence ultimately be found in favour of GW, we have a ready response to silence those who'd rather use the heavy hand of coercion...
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[quote user="TokyoTom"] hjmaiere, will you be responding to my last post? [/quote] As far as I can tell, you have fairly restated most of my thesis, but I seem to have failed to fully communicate its implications. For now I will only re-emphasize that although specific people benefit from specific...
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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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I don't believe that one can be a nationalist and an anarchist, or at least one cannot be a nationalist and an individualist anarchist. Nationalism is inherently collectivist. But, you can be an anarchist and still hold that Texas should be permitted to secede from the Union. I would like to see...