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A Stitch in Haste

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A collection of real-world libertarian, individualist and laissez-faire rants on law, economics, politics, culture and other current events
by an average, everyday lawyer & investment banker and part-time pop scholar.


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Entries Tagged as 'Economics & Finance'

On the Supposed "Illogic" of Opposing the "Public Option"

June 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

President Obama is either a liar or an idiot. And he's not an idiot.

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Tags: Libertarianism · Socialized Medicine

Socialized Medicine Denialism and Steve Jobs' Liver Transplant

June 23rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Economics is the ___ science?

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Tags: Socialized Medicine

"Comment Left Elsewhere" of the Day

June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments

What better way to start summer than with the politics of zombie movies?

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Tags: Capitalism · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

On Religious Bigots' New-Found (Faux) Libertarianism

April 16th, 2009 · 22 Comments

If religious bigots really want to invoke libertarian arguments to legitimize their bigotry, then they better be prepared to be judged by real libertarians about the entire spectrum of libertarian issues.

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Tags: Capitalism · First Amendment - Religion · Freedom of Contract · Law · Society, Religion, Culture Wars

Luca Geithner's "Super-FDIC" Proposal

March 24th, 2009 · 2 Comments

Either their brains, or their signatures…

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Capitalism

Another Quick "Debt versus Interest" Post

March 4th, 2009 · 1 Comment

While hardly irrelevant, the question of "paying off the debt" is not the truly urgent issue.

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Economics & Finance · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

I Don't Know, I Can "Imagine" Quite a Bit…

March 3rd, 2009 · 1 Comment

Looking back at the Bush Social Security reform plan — and forward to the (oddly similar) Obama version.

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Tags: Economics & Finance · Social Security

Apparently Now It's the "Unbroken Window Fallacy"

March 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off

The Vice President visits a window factory.

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Tags: Capitalism · Kip's Law · Rent-Seeking · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

"Too Much is Never Enough" Quote of the Day

March 1st, 2009 · 3 Comments

"I can't take advantage of it now which I think is totally unfair…"

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Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Socialized Medicine · Taxation & Fiscal Policy

On Aretaic Taxation

February 27th, 2009 · Comments Off

One result of the recession is a desperate scramble for new ways to raise taxes without raising taxes on everyone.

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Tags: Economics & Finance · Society, Religion, Culture Wars · Taxation & Fiscal Policy