-
So, I've been reading a lot from the progressives and statists who fault the free market for allowing contaminated eggs to be sold and for fake medical equipment being sold and harming people: http://www.nytimes.com/2010/08/21/health/policy/21tubes.html?_r=2 hxxp://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x9003562
-
I don't seem to understand why this government, the MA government, and so many other governments that impose universal health care require their citizens to purchase health care insurance? What's the reason behind?
-
I think I understand your point. Considering that taxpayer money was used to bail the banks out and some of that money was being granted to bankers as bonuses, should any of the bonus money be returned?
-
Should banker bonuses have been taxed and have the money returned to the people? I noticed that Ron Paul opposed it for some reason: http://clerk.house.gov/evs/2009/roll143.xml Thoughts?
-
I'm very economically ignorant and so please bear with me. What are these Federal Reserve interest rates which economists keep taking about? How did the Fed's low interest rates contribute to the housing market bubble & financial crisis?
-
So, the documentary was pretty much a condemnation of laissez-faire free-market capitalism?
-
I was watching an episode of Frontline entitled "The Warning" which accused an unregulated derivatives market, influenced by Greenspan's Randian views, of being heavily responsible for the financial crisis the economy is experiencing today. Most of my Austrian School friends said that the prime cause of the financial crisis was the Federal
-
I disagree with most every age restriction set by the government but should there be a minimum age requirement for voting or not in a libertarian society?
-
I keep hearing people saying that the Glass-Steagall Act needs to be reinstated to prevent commercial & investment banks from merging because of a conflict of interest that could occur and to prevent speculation that could result in financial problems. 1. Given the way the banking system is structured, is its re-implementation necessary? 2. Could
-
One argument that I hear constantly from leftists & socialists is that in a free market some people with plenty of wealth will be capable of buying up and containing most of the industries and companies. As a result, they state that governments are needed to prevent certain companies from merging including that of NBC & Comcast. Can wealth consolidation