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[quote user="ToxicAssets"] There's only one problem though. This whole "non quantifiable" stuff is just plain philosophical obscurantism. Some phenomena maybe harder or easier to quantity, but the notion that thet are not quantifiable, in the sense that any attempt to quantify them is non-sensical is usually preposterous. [/quote
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The majority of humans already understand and enjoy the superiority of voluntary action (VA) vs. initiation of aggression (IA). If that wasn't so, humanity would have gone extinct a long time ago, much less be able to communicate thoughts like these over a communication network today. The problem through history has always been a small parasitic
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Your standard of living decreased without compensation when your pretty neighbor got fat and painted her house pink, too. C'est la vie. I submit that your standard of living would still be far higher than under a ruler consistently enforcing any "solutions" to this "problem".
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[quote user="Eugene"]After all you can't homestead the forest just for the view and the smell.[/quote] Then perhaps you and your neighbors better homestead it for something more than the view and the smells (say, walks, mushroom picking, flower picking, hunting, etc.) -- or buy it from the owner who did -- ahead of the lumber company.
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^ Nonsense. According to your definition a market is indistinguishable from everything which renders the term (market) meaningless and unnecessary. An acting human has two choices when interacting with other humans toward achieving his/her subjectively valued ends: Voluntary Action (VA) or Initiation of Aggression (IA). A market refers strictly to the
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[quote user="ToxicAssets"]One is a society of almost perfect rule of law, yet with a heavy legal device of income redistribution. The other is a society with almost zero direct taxation and no legal device of "distributive justice", but with highly profitable industry of political violence, subjected to insignificant legal constraint
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more taxation => bigger gov more regulation => bigger gov It's not 'either, or'. This is not rocket surgery.
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Now that the forum is about to be closed: http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/amazing-job-opportunity-at-the-mises-institute/ ?!
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I strongly believe that every effort should be made for the Mises Institute to preserve, improve, and properly maintain this forum. Please PM me if you agree. Of course, other forums should be free to spring up, as well. The more the merrier.
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Good moderators (fair, consistent, firm, no ego) are worth their weight in gold. It's hard for your dinner guests to enjoy their evening if there are people peeing on your table and throwing plates at your wife. Granted, 'no moderation' may sometimes be preferable to extremely crappy moderators.