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No time to check if this has already been posted. RP is excellent at finding common ground with progressives here . A constant reminder that one catches more flies with honey. [Hat tip to economicpolicyjournal.com for the link.]
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[quote user="z1235"] Guys, I'd appreciate some feedback on my idea about reconciling BTC with the Regression Theorem that I posted in the other BTC thread. [/quote] OK, is my contribution being ignored because of lack of merit? I'd like to hear some feedback either way. I think it is a good way of reconciling both camps in these debates
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[quote user="Marko"] I accept given this option it is possible few if anyone would pay. [/quote] I wouldn't accept the above so easily. It is much more realistic/likely that 9 out of 10 people would voluntarily pay the doctor, even without the obligation to do so, than that they would not. Moreover, praxeologically, the doctor would gain
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[quote user="Eugene"] At the beginning you have the right to walk anywhere on the island... [/quote] How did you acquire this right? Why just the right to walk anywhere on the island and not the whole planet, the universe, my dining room, or just walk straight through me? After all, my very existence causing your inability to stand (or walk
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You already compensated the owner of the materials for your computer by buying them from him. The system by which everyone (a hive mind) owns everything and where anyone using anything could only "rent" it from "everyone" with "their" consent is called communism. The amount of atoms being rearranged is irrelevant.
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AJ great post. Guys, I'd appreciate some feedback on my idea about reconciling BTC with the Regression Theorem that I posted in the other BTC thread.
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I just had an idea about reconciling Bitcoin with the Regression Theorem. Imagine invisible envelopes (of various sizes) were invented which allowed you to discreetly ship gold or USD between any two points in the world. You'd "pack" $100 in a "$100 size envelope" or 10oz of gold in a "10oz envelope", enter the destination
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This is my favorite thread. Tex, thanks a bunch, again!
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Prime, how does him being there take money out of your kids' college fund? You're paying $200/month for your insurance/defense contract now and you'd be paying the same if he wasn't there, too. How does your neighbor's existence make anything more expensive for you?
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[quote user="Prime"] The problem is that the paying customer is subsidizing the unpaying customer. If a defense firm has $1000 in fixed expenses, it is desirable to have that divided up between as many paying customers as possible. The more customers, the cheaper it is per customer, obviously. As a paying customer, how can I force that leach