March 2010 - Posts

Monopoly and Competition: Government Intervention and its Effects on the Free Market

Published Tue, Mar 30 2010 12:01 PM | Damien Manier

(Originally posted at damienmanier.com ) One of the roles of government, debated even among those of a libertarian or small government perspective, is that of regulating monopolies and ensuring competition. On a larger political scale, the debate may...

Filed under: capitalism, corporatism, corporate welfare, libertarian, free market, license, natural monopoly, public utility, privatization, patent, monopoly, competition

Flaws of Equal Employment Opportunity

Published Wed, Mar 24 2010 6:11 PM | Damien Manier

(Originally posted at damienmanier.com ) The Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the many following bills that modified and added to it has been a great affront to property rights and by extension individual sovereignty. Whether we examine the impacts of “equality...

Filed under: civil rights, free market, labor, property rights, division of labor

Proportional Justice: Retribution and Restitution

Published Sun, Mar 14 2010 11:33 PM | Damien Manier

(Originally posted at damienmanier.com) The way we punish criminals and restore justice is very important to our overall crime prevention strategy. It is important to establish a punitive system that will exact the right amount of punishment while also...

Filed under: crime, law, punishment, justice

Flaws in Social Security

Published Sun, Mar 14 2010 11:29 PM | Damien Manier

(Originally posted at damienmanier.com ) Here is an essay I recently wrote for one of my classes regarding Social Security. The majority of my research and sources was through the book “The Roots of the Social Security Myth” which can be found...

Filed under: Constitution, social security, FDR, progressivism