by Eugene Darden Nicholas | Aug 13, 2017 | Economics, Politics
Bellum Se Ipsum Alet – War Feeds Itself As has been a theme in these pages: when problems are solved politically, political power becomes entrenched and unadaptive; the problem then exists outside a rational feedback loop, and costs and benefit calculations are...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 10, 2017 | Opinion
Consider the notion that shutting down someone else’s words with violence or the threat thereof is acceptable behavior. As in “if you speak, I/we will assault you or riot, and either you or people you care about may be harmed.” This idea goes well...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 8, 2017 | Economics
A friend in one of my political groups shared a quote culled from a Wall Street Journal comments-section discussion: Government regulation also creates markets in the first place. Markets aren’t naturally occurring phenomena. The quote, meant to rebut the...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 4, 2017 | Economics, Opinion
A Lesson in Economic Liberty Sometimes, it is the cliche that perpetuates the tale. A story in yesterday’s New York Post would be much less of one had it been about, say, doctors or firefighters and donuts, but when it’s cops and donuts, the incident...
by Peter Venetoklis | Aug 2, 2017 | Economics
There is a very common human failure, one born out of hubris, self-centeredness, and a touch of solipsism. It can be expressed as “if I, personally, can’t envision how something would work, then it won’t.” Phrased thus, it sounds silly, but...
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