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government
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27 June 2019
Bigger is Better
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It seems a requirement of modern politics that Democrats criticize big business and Republicans criticize big government. There is one...
14 March 2018
The Libertarian Philosophy - A Truth (often ignored) and a Misconception (largely embraced)
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Libertarians advocate one thing that seems to me obviously right (but is often resisted) and another obviously wrong (but nonetheless wins t...
29 September 2017
What (New) Word Describes Trump's Administration?
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It's not enough that Trump has no interest in policy and experience in governance. Today with Tom Price's resignation we're remi...
28 May 2017
Thomas More's Utopia - How Poverty Makes for Bad Government
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A century ago, Thomas More published Utopia. More was beheaded by Henry VIII when he refused to break with Rome and pledge allegiance to Hen...
17 April 2014
What Government Does Well: Basic, Market Changing Research
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There is a fascinating book review by Jeff Madrick that undermines so many of the casually inaccurate claims made by libertarians in the co...
17 September 2008
Obama and McCain Unqualified to be CEO?
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Carly Fiorina, former CEO of an $80 billion company, said that the presidential and vice presidential candidates competing to run a $3 trill...
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06 September 2008
Zone Defense: Strip Malls with Actual Strippers
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A guest post by Daryl Morey For the second time ever, I have a guest blogger - and this one I did not have to sleep with as an inducement to...
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21 January 2008
Bernard & Mandelbrot on the Future of Government
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"Mandelbrot has it all figured out and he doesn't even know he figured it out!" Bernard looked triumphant. It warmed my heart ...
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02 July 2007
Ben Franklin's Dark Prophecy
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"I agree to this Constitution with all its faults, if they are such: because I think a General Government necessary for us, and there i...
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17 April 2007
The Fuss (about Imus) & Hush (about corporate censorship)
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I had a surreal moment in Osaka. Standing in a department store, I was watching a number of demure and modestly dressed Japanese women paw t...
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04 January 2007
Government Secrecy
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I have a simple equation for good government. A good government is very transparent and allows individual citizens privacy. A bad government...
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