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In defense of job "stealing" and outsourcing

I work at the college library. So I was at work and my supervisor along with myself were talking about banks and apparently, he tried to stat an HSBC account but was told to call this number only to find out that the woman on the other hand was in Bombay...

Posted to Musings from an Economics Student by champthom on Sat, Dec 8 2007

Filed under: bastiat, trade, india, outsourcing

ISO 9000 and Meta-Law

I need to apologize; my last post was such an obtuse mess that even I didn't understand it when I wrote it. Let me try again, now that Rob Dailey's great comment to my last post has enlightened me a little. (Thanks Rob!) Peter Pronovost's...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Sat, Dec 8 2007

the minarchist party... the anarcho-capitalist party... maybe even the Mises party... coming soon.

okay here's the idea. political candidates can loose elections because of the 3rd party split vote. thus hurting the statesman and his constituency. it further hinders the constituency by the realization of the 2 party system, induce the populace...

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Sat, Dec 8 2007

Time to Bury The Dead

Some people in the movement seem to want to hold on to the relics of the past as if their lives depend on it. I believe this is due to an inability to comprehensively come up with new approaches to age old problems. Of course, that is only a part of it...

Posted to IrishOutlaw by IrishOutlaw on Fri, Dec 7 2007

Filed under: socialism, communism, voluntary exchange, Capital, Marx, free market

A Defense of Rational Egoism

Defining Rational Egoism Wikipedia defines rational egoism as follows: "Rational egoism is the pursuit of one's own, accurately perceived, self-interest. The term may refer either to the philosophical view that it is always in accordance with...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Fri, Dec 7 2007

Filed under: Objectivism, Non-Aggression Axoim, Ethics, Universality, Self-interest, Rational Egoism, Altruism, War, Philosophy, Individual Sovereignt

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

GG: Fifty years the prophet

To my delight! did I finally indulge in the literary wonder of Garet Garrett. My first selection: The People's Pottage ; specifically, The Revolution Was . What a joy it is to read Garrett's mastery of language, his figurations and metaphors,...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Thu, Dec 6 2007

Filed under: john mccain, garet garrett, people's pottage, ron paul, the new deal, semantics, language change, the revolution was, isolationism

Nomic: A Self-Modifying Game Based on Reflexivity in Law

The current issue of the New Yorker magazine (Dec. 10) contains an article ("The Checklist") about Peter Pronovost's checklist, which is like a pre-flight checklist for intensive care units in hospitals. The checklist is specific to one...

Posted to scottyokim by scottyokim on Thu, Dec 6 2007

Tortured Logic from City Officials

The story goes: The city of Nokia (in Finland) manages to mix raw seweage and drinking water. The result: salmonella et al. epidemic with thousands sick, many hospitalized and a city without drinking water. So naturally the city wants to make nice: they...

Posted to libertas by Libertas est Veritas on Wed, Dec 5 2007

Democracy in a democracy

Two Ohio legislators are proposing a law that would ban corporal punishment in public schools. Ignore all the issues revolving around the evils of public education and the practice of corporal punishment, instead let's focus on who is proposing the...

Posted to JFedako by JFedako on Tue, Dec 4 2007

Filed under: property rights, education, public schools, democracy, do-gooders

Democracy is Impossible

There are many good arguements against democracy. The most standard of these arguements is primarily an ethical one: that it is unjust for a majority to be able to vote away the rights of a minority. For if democracy is defined in terms of majoritarianism...

Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Tue, Dec 4 2007

Filed under: Majoritarianism, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Representation, Voting

Australia Caves to Hysteria; Signs AGW Suicide Pact

[Snark in title Alert!] http://www.theage.com.au/news/national/rudd-yes-to-kyoto-pact/2007/12/03/1196530575996.html

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Dec 3 2007

Filed under: climate, environment, energy, Kyoto

Bali: Murdoch & 149 Other Top Vile Collectivists/Capitalists Call for Global Poverty ...

and for a legally binding UN framework to tackle climate change. Just who are these vile collectivists, red enviros, misanthropes, and others caught up in the totally groundless AGW hysteria? [Snark Alert!] Let's go to FOX News - which headlines "Top...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Dec 3 2007

Filed under: climate, enviros, corporations, Kyoto, bali, CO2, watermelons, Murdoch

Hysteria from McKinsey: Costs of Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

McLinsey released an interesting report on November 30. Details here: http://www.mckinsey.com/clientservice/ccsi/greenhousegas.asp . The summary of the summary? " Consensus is growing among scientists, policy makers, and business leaders that concerted...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Dec 3 2007

Filed under: climate, enviros, mckinsey

At Nature, Hysterical AGW Religious Nuts and Vile Collectivists Say Tropics Are Expanding!

[Snark Alert!] A recent article in Nature Geoscience that shows that measurable climate change - this time the expansion of the tropics - is outpacing predictions. The actual article is abstracted here: http://www.nature.com/ngeo/journal/vaop/ncurrent...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Mon, Dec 3 2007

Filed under: climate, environment, gore, science, religion, tropics

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In defense of job "stealing" and outsourcing

ISO 9000 and Meta-Law

the minarchist party... the anarcho-capitalist party... maybe even the Mises party... coming soon.

Time to Bury The Dead

A Defense of Rational Egoism

Two Fallacies (Or Three?)

GG: Fifty years the prophet

Nomic: A Self-Modifying Game Based on Reflexivity in Law

Tortured Logic from City Officials

Democracy in a democracy

Democracy is Impossible

Australia Caves to Hysteria; Signs AGW Suicide Pact

Bali: Murdoch & 149 Other Top Vile Collectivists/Capitalists Call for Global Poverty ...

Hysteria from McKinsey: Costs of Reducing U.S. Greenhouse Gas Emissions

At Nature, Hysterical AGW Religious Nuts and Vile Collectivists Say Tropics Are Expanding!