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Traditionalism As Stagnation

In my understanding, appealing to tradition (particularly for its own sake) causes the stagnation of society. All human progress has resulted from deviation from prior "norms" or "traditions". In my view, a conservative view of history...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sun, Mar 9 2008

Filed under: Social Evolution, Entropy, Religion, Philosophy, conservatism

Can Pigovian taxes be Coasean bargains? - The case of climate negotiations

David Zetland's libertarian-environmental blog, Aguanomics , has recently been carrying on some excellent discussions on resource and environmental economics, with interlocutors like Bob Murphy , Gene Callahan and others. In the context of two recent...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Jul 14 2008

Filed under: AGW, carbon pricing, Callahan, climate change, Nordhaus, Bob Murphy, David Zetland, Mankiw, Pigou, coase

As Callahan and Richman laud consumer/moral pressure on polluters, others tell us a BP boycott is stupid

Another BP post ! I noted in a post yesterday that Sheldon Richman has recently suggested that the best, nonstatist way to deal with climate change is " through a voluntary social movement that promoted an ethic [of] encouraging and pressuring people...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Jun 17 2010

Why one can not choose for the Greens in Germany

It's very simple. They are at the bottom against capitalism and even worse they prefer a sort of dictatorship in the name of the "Environment". But and this should correctly be written BUT this does not hold for the members of parliament...

Posted to F Dominicus Blog by Friedrich Dominicus on Fri, Oct 22 2010

Filed under: taxes, land of plenty?, who's to pay?, Greens, robbery

The Fragile Welfare State

It's strike season here in Finland, unions are throwing their weight around and a peculiar situation is brewing in the healthcare sector. Healthcare services here are mainly provided by the state and municipals. The nurses are demanding a 24% pay...

Posted to libertas by Libertas est Veritas on Wed, Oct 17 2007

The Road Not Taken V: Libertarian hatred of misanthropic "watermelons" and the productive love of aloof ad-homs

I copy below a comment I just left at Stephan Kinsella `s post on the main LvMI Blog, " Physicist Howard Hayden's one-letter disproof of global warming claims ", which I have discussed here in several preceeding posts . TokyoTom Published...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Nov 4 2009

Filed under: Reisman, Enviro Derangement Syndrome, climate change, Kinsella, Bradley, Murphy

The government's drug war funds terrorism

USA Today: Vice president [ Cheney] was to push Karzai to take steps to extend Afghanistan's governance beyond Kabul and conduct successful elections next year. The discussion also was to address ways the Afghan government can curb corruption and...

Posted to Radical Idealism by David V on Wed, Apr 23 2008

Filed under: terrorism, drug war

Two Fallacies (Or Three?)

In discussing and debating economic and political issues, there are some rather ridiculous fallacies that are commonly manifested in public discourse. These fallacies are not directed at the content of one's ideas so much as the character of those...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Thu, Dec 6 2007

Filed under: Ethics, Subjective Value, Aesthetics, Personal Freedom, Means and Ends

More Washington hypocrisy and the State takeover of the auto industry

The hypocrisy which surrounds the proposed bailout of the U.S. auto industry is reaching heights rarely seen, even in Washington, D.C. The automakers are being held to a totally different standard than is the UAW, which is, at least, partially responsible...

Posted to Ron Morley's Freedom Blog by Ronald D. Morley on Fri, Dec 12 2008

Filed under: economics, auto industry, bailout, Big Three

El rescate de Grecia y el fin del euro

Por Philipp Bagus. (Publicado el 11 de febrero de 2010) Traducido del inglés. El artículo original se encuentra aquí: http://mises.org/daily/4091 . El euro ha venido cayendo frente al dólar de EEUU durante semanas. Han aparecido...

Posted to Mises Daily en español by euribe on Thu, Feb 11 2010

Filed under: crisis, Grecia, euro, Philipp Bagus

Ad homs R NOT Us: discussions over rent-seeking necessitate painful wrestling with slippery "cui bono" demons

My recent post, " Bob Murphy on climate change at Antiwar Radio; a puppet for the "King Coal" hand that feeds him? ", attracted a bit of attention, including some hostile comments from some LvMI community members who thought my comments...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Wed, Oct 7 2009

Filed under: rent-seeking, tribalism, cognition, cui bono, ad hominem

Sarah Palin's innovations: further sanctions ! / Las innovaciones de Sarah Palin: ¡más sanciones!

Sarah Palin's innovations: further sanctions! I am outragred. Sarah Palin just proposed imposing sanctions to Venezuela. Why do I, my family or friends have to endure sanctions? Who is she to decide on my economic welfare? Many of my people are used...

Posted to Rubén Rivero Capriles by Rubén on Wed, Oct 22 2008

Borrowing things that don't exist

In my previous post I spoke about the role of interest rates in balancing the supply of real savings (from depositors) and demand for those savings on the part of borrowers (investors): What's difficult to grasp here is that savings are not just abstract...

Posted to Money Memes by jimmy on Sun, Oct 12 2008

Filed under: Banking, Standard of Living, Moral Hazard, Negative savings, Lending, Deflation, Inflation

Who wants to trouble with "moral scrupulosity", when we can pretend that the state-created capitalism we're cheering on isn't profoundly corrupt?

I tried to leave a few thoughts with Jefrey Tucker in response to his June 2 post, Scrupulosity and the Condemnation of Every Existing Business , but it looks like my immoderate use of links has landed me in moderation, again. So, here are my comments...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Fri, Jun 3 2011

Ed Dolan on Other People's Money: Government, Oil Spills, Financial Crises & Limited Liaibility

Ed Dolan (Professor at Stockholm School of Economics in Riga, Latvia and editor of the Austrian classic, The Foundations of Modern Austrian Economics (online here ), and author of the classic pamphlet TANSTAAFL: An Economic Strategy for the Environmental...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Tue, Jun 8 2010