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Entries Tagged as 'Capitalism'
"Comment Left Elsewhere" of the Day
June 22nd, 2009 · No Comments
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.
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…
Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Capitalism
Apparently Now It's the "Unbroken Window Fallacy"
March 3rd, 2009 · Comments Off
The Vice President visits a window factory.
Tags: Capitalism · Kip's Law · Rent-Seeking · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Are All Asymmetrical Contracts "Unjust"?
February 7th, 2009 · 3 Comments
The Times' "Ethicist" channels George Costanza.
Tags: Capitalism · Freedom of Contract · Kip's Law · Law
On "Toxic Assets" and a "Bad Bank"
February 2nd, 2009 · 2 Comments
What if the government tried to bail out stamp collectors?
Tags: Activist Legislators & Nanny Statists · Capitalism · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Financial Crisis: Getting the Blame Right
January 9th, 2009 · Comments Off
A Princeton economist explains why neoclassical economics is (supposedly) worthless. Supposedly.
Tags: Capitalism · Libertarianism · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
Subprime, Madoff and the Difference Between "Regulation" and "Criminalization"
January 6th, 2009 · Comments Off
People are forgetting the difference between "regulation" and "criminology."
Tags: Capitalism · Law
On Krugman on "Niggling"
December 29th, 2008 · 1 Comment
Recently Paul Krugman wrote the following defense of unbridled Keynesian "stimulus" spending:
[I]f you believe that a surge in private spending would raise employment — and even the critics agree on that — it's very hard to explain why a surge of public spending wouldn't have the same effect.
Elsewhere, he dismissed these critics, butchering a famous [...]
Tags: Capitalism · Taxation & Fiscal Policy
But They'll Make Great Cars…
December 27th, 2008 · 2 Comments
Thomas Friedman:
Landing at Kennedy Airport from Hong Kong was, as I've argued before, like going from the Jetsons to the Flintstones. The ugly, low-ceilinged arrival hall was cramped, and using a luggage cart cost $3. (Couldn't we at least supply foreign visitors with a free luggage cart, like other major airports in the world?) As [...]
Tags: Capitalism · Kip's Law · Taxation & Fiscal Policy



















