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"...we have to realize that the statistical economist is an historian and not an experimenter. For the social sciences, statistics constitutes a method of historical research" The context is quite revealing here. I reproduce it below: What the statistician establishes in studying the relations between prices and supply or between supply and
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"Jurors were given four options when the original panel began deliberations Friday. They could convict Mehserle, 28, of second-degree murder, voluntary manslaughter or involuntary manslaughter, or they could acquit him." Trial by peers, indeed--more like trial by the state. The state controls what evidence can be admitted, the state controls
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Yes. The problem is that it is a long road to libertarian conclusions. One can't express or transmit libertarian political philosophy through sound bites. Without knowing the underlying science and philosophy libertarians sound just like petulant brats who don't want to pay their 'fair share'. There is hope, though. Through some attrition
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Hmm, could have been any of the many lectures on praxeology or methodology, in general.
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"...that among these are Life, Liberty, the pursuit of Happiness, and shopping at the Eaton Centre." Haha, most excellent. Still, the man's sentiment regarding the police is right...he was probably just frustrated and the closing of the Eaton (sp?) Centre must have been the last straw.
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Unfortunately the dialogue devolved into the inevitable jokes about FA Hayek and Salma Hayek sharing a last name. How droll.
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I like reading anything by Zacharia Sitchin, pretty interesting books. Are you a Coast To Coast AM listener?
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just avoid the stuff by the author's son and Kevin J. Anderson. TOO LATE. I quite enjoyed his Jedi Academy series...as a middle school aged kid.
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The authors clearly don't understand the term 'individualism'. There are no degrees of individualism. You are either an individualist or you are not. But that is hardly surprising. I should add that statism (a manifestation of collectivism) crushes empathy. The "the government will take care of it" mentality leads people to stand
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If you couldn't guess, I enjoy G.K. Chesterton :P. I don't read too much fiction, nowadays, though. Lots of economics, philosophy, and political philosophy.