These answers are pretty humorous. But the correct answer is quite simple: **Everybody wants gold because everybody else wants gold, and its hard to get.** I mean, really, that’s the …
ITS POSTMODERNISM, NOT SOCIALISM ll generals try to fight the last war. And it seems like all our libertarian intellectuals try to fight central control: socialism. Which is … fighting …
(Following up on Salman Rushdie’s argument that Islam is a weaponized and militarized religion) Serious Stuff – The New Republic he author reiterates the point that Islamic fundamentalism is a …
FALSE Conservatives and Sewars – The NYT 1) It doesn’t follow that a one time expense, followed by fees for use is the same as redistribution that creates dependencies. the …
ultures are portfolios of property rights. The composition of, and distribution of those property rights, varies from culture to culture. In each culture, those rights are expressed as norms. Property …
The Economist: Don’t Flaunt It *That’s what a Republic is. A Natural Rotation Of Oligarchs.* very country has an oligarchy. Oligarchies are NECESSARY and they are unavoidable. The question is …
“There is no such thing as objective morality only preferences and demonstrated preferences.” I’m not sure that’s true. n every society, the portfolio of norms consisting of maners (signals of …
nfortunately, while humans demonstrate a preference for the consumption that is made possible by the combination of private property, the division of knowledge and labor, and the experimental innovation the …
an you imagine commercial trade and the market without the abstract entity we call the corporation? Sure you can. The corporation is just a partnership that the government has granted …
he common law depends upon experience (scientific evidence), not logic or reason (untested theory), and is relatively impervious to authoritarian influence. In any reading list on Law, I don’t necessarily …
A MORE INTERESTING QUESTION THAN IT FIRST APPEARS. I”LL TRY TO DO IT JUSITC. 1) Americans have the highest confidence despite middling education by comparison to other countries. (Google it.) …
1-2 Address who is included in these rights. 3-20 Address negative rights. These rights prohibit everyone, including government, from violating the life, body, movement, association, speech, and property of individuals …
Sacrifice time, sleep, security, health, wealth, relationships – everything. The only limit is your ability to do something or not. These sacrifices must be balanced against the rewards. So, there …
Depends upon the technical dependency of the business. You start with designing the product or offering, and building a team. You end up selling to customers, administering talent, constraining budgets, …
INTERESTING QUESTION. I”LL TRY TO DO IT JUSTICE. The west has been more ‘capitalist’ since its inception 4500 years ago, because it’s been more individualistic, and it’s property rights have …