Capitalism, Socialism, and Voluntarism by Alex Merced People blame all the worlds problems on it's systems of resource management, for in the end that is all that Capitalism and Socialism are, systems to managing scarce resources. Quality of life, happiness, joy; these are all things that are not...
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AlexMerced
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Alex Merced
on Mon, Aug 9 2010
Filed under: Prices, Voluntarism, Anarchism, Social Net, Capitalism, Socialism
The productive elements of the US economy are caught between powerful financial interests, e.g., banks seeking speculative gains, political constituencies seeking entitlements and government entities at all levels whose budgets and deficits are too large compared to their revenues. All three factions...
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Hera
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Ron Hera
on Mon, Jul 19 2010
Filed under: Federal reserve, debt, GDP, Asia, Asian Tigers, China, central bank, Federal Budget, unemployment, Deindustrialization, Bailouts, Capitalism, Corporatism, Trade Deficit, Socialism, Totalitarianism, Offshoring, Outsourcing, Service Economy
This week we are celebrating the 20th Anniversary of one of the 20th Century's most shining moments - the Fall of the Berlin Wall. A barrier that represented far more than an edifice of concrete and steel. The Berlin Wall represented a rift across Europe and a major ideological divide between East...
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Not-a-Lemming
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FutbolGuru
on Tue, Nov 10 2009
Filed under: Lemmings, socialism, capitalism, Freedom, Republican, democrat, Ronald Reagan, Nancy Pelosi, Berlin Wall, Harry Reid, totalitarianism, Communist, Barack Obama, lemming, liberalty, opperssion
Welcome to my new blog here on Mises.org. It's been a few years since I've had the inspiration to speak to the world on a regular basis. When I last blogged regularly, the future looked brighter than ever as capitalism was spreading across the planet in a seemingly-unstoppable avalanche. China...
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We The People
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Xtapolapocetl
on Tue, Apr 21 2009
Filed under: politics, capitalism, socialism, tyranny, markets, economics, freedom
One of the selling points of Mr. Obama as leader of the ‘free’ world was that he was/is in touch with reality. By this, of course, it is meant that his struggles have been similar to ours so he shares our values, ideals, and sensibilities. Naturally we assume this about him because he did...
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Not-a-Lemming
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FutbolGuru
on Mon, Feb 9 2009
Filed under: Bail out, Bailout, socialism, banks, capitalism, feudalism, greed, bonuses, reality check, executives, masses