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Democracy: The God That Failed

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E. R. Olovetto:

QFT.

Giles, what is the second word on the 6th line of the footnote on page 141?

Waiting... if he doesn't answer this, I say ban.

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AJ replied on Fri, Mar 19 2010 9:46 PM

Such a cheerful bunch we are today Stick out tongue

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Conza88 replied on Fri, Mar 19 2010 10:03 PM

I. Ryan:

hayekianxyz:

Sure, it's called The Myth of the Rational Voter and it is written by Bryan Caplan. 

Cool, I just ordered it.

The Trouble With Democracy - Walter Block (review)

Ron Paul is for self-government when compared to the Constitution. He's an anarcho-capitalist. Proof.
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Caley McKibbin:

E. R. Olovetto:

QFT.

Giles, what is the second word on the 6th line of the footnote on page 141?

Waiting... if he doesn't answer this, I say ban.

Giles is an ex-Hoppean; he's read the book.  And anyway, nobody's getting banned for not having a particular book at hand.

"the obligation to justice is founded entirely on the interests of society, which require mutual abstinence from property" -David Hume
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Grayson Lilburne:
Giles is an ex-Hoppean; he's read the book.

Is he an ex-Austrian?  I may not have been on the forum for long enough.

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Conza88 replied on Sat, Mar 20 2010 12:30 AM

Caley McKibbin:
Is he an ex-Austrian?

Think GMU. "Coordination Problem Economists". I previously asked him if he too, now calls himself that - but didn't get a response. lol Big Smile

Anyway, I'm still yet to buy it - although my uni library has it!

Ron Paul is for self-government when compared to the Constitution. He's an anarcho-capitalist. Proof.
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Caley McKibbin:

Grayson Lilburne:
Giles is an ex-Hoppean; he's read the book.

Is he an ex-Austrian?  I may not have been on the forum for long enough.

I lurked here since maybe about a year ago. I've never seen the Hoppe in him. I would say similar criticisms of Giles apply as from the recent review here of Caplan by Block and in his paper about the Laffer Curve, which contains a polemic on the quasi-retreating-for-even-using-the-moniker-Austrian GMU crowd. If Giles has ever read the book, he still has said nothing of substance. We just hold "scholars" to a much lower standard here than on other fora. I guarantee you that Giles or JLR couldn't make it to 100 posts acting like this on certain others. I'm over it. 

Esuric, I had problems downloading that audio and it only played about 18 minutes, sputtering and garbled, but I got the drift of it. Really, what I was talking about was some papers about "public goods" Giles couldn't address. I'll admit that I am not familiar with the 2 authors Giles mentioned. I did some research on it and what was first mentioned was homo economicus. So, that was what I was dismissing out of hand. Still, I think there are some articles around about the problem with "public choice" as others alluded to.

Democracy means the opportunity to be everyone's slave.—Karl Kraus.

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I. Ryan replied on Sat, Mar 20 2010 8:27 AM

Caley McKibbin:

E. R. Olovetto:

QFT.

Giles, what is the second word on the 6th line of the footnote on page 141?

Waiting... if he doesn't answer this, I say ban.

What the hell? You guys are being really lame.

If I wrote it more than a few weeks ago, I probably hate it by now.

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I. Ryan replied on Sat, Mar 20 2010 8:30 AM

Conza88:

The Trouble With Democracy - Walter Block (review)

Thanks.

If I wrote it more than a few weeks ago, I probably hate it by now.

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DD5 replied on Sat, Mar 20 2010 9:27 AM

Caley McKibbin:

Grayson Lilburne:
Giles is an ex-Hoppean; he's read the book.

Is he an ex-Austrian?  I may not have been on the forum for long enough.

You have to actually understand some Austrian economics to be an ex-Austrian.

 

 

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DD5:

Caley McKibbin:

Grayson Lilburne:
Giles is an ex-Hoppean; he's read the book.

Is he an ex-Austrian?  I may not have been on the forum for long enough.

You have to actually understand some Austrian economics to be an ex-Austrian.

What is a Hoppean, then?

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