Labor Economics #4 - Unemployment Insurance by Alex Merced These days unemployment insurance has become more of an issue than it has in recent times. The debate on this issue seems to be misguided. To really understand the unemployment insurance issue, or the issues regarding any kind of insurance you...
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A Response to Peter Kleins Lecture: Corporations and the Free Market by Alex Merced Listen to Peter Kleins Lecture here You've might have read in previous posts on Liberty is Now that I am one of the Libertarians who criticize corporations role in the free market. Although Let me make a few quick...
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(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 focus on how free or how socialized should a market...
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This afternoon while driving home I was listening to talk radio, some of you may already be judging but hear me out, and I heard the conservative them for bashing government run health care, "If the government can run the DMV, screws up this simple program, makes this stupid mistake, etc...then...
Pres. Obama has apparently been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize this morning " for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples, " but there appears to be a few on the left who feel that the award is undeserved. I copy below an interesting message...