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Category Archives: economy
Pareto Is The Enemy Of Central Planning
Dear Friends, It seems to me, once one accepts that Pareto was right, then the question shifts from how to get rid of poverty to what’s the best way to distribute wealth? If poverty can’t be eliminated, then we should … Continue reading
Posted in economy
Tagged Capitalism vs Socialism, central planning, economic freedom, economic growth, economic history, economic incentives, Economic Philosophy, economic systems, economics, Free Market Theory, free markets, french revolution, government intervention, Income Inequality, individual liberty, Karl Marx, Market Economics, Pareto principle, political economy, populism vs elitism, poverty, prosperity, self-interest, socialism, soviet union, Venezuela, wealth creation, Wealth Distribution, Wealth Inequality
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Outliving Its Usefulness
Dear Friends, It seems to me once a thing has outlived its usefulness, or has proven itself to be counterproductive, it’s time to retire it. That logic is no where better applied than to the Administrative State and Federal Reserve. … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, philosophy
Tagged administrative state, bureaucracy, central banking, central planning, cia, civil liberties, deregulation, economic freedom, economic policy, Education Policy, energy policy, fbi, federal reserve, fiscal policy, government accountability, government critique, Homeland Security, Job Market, political reform, public policy, US History
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Canada And The Central Planning Trap
Dear Friends, It seems to me, Canada is on the path to Venezuela. Venezuela was the richest country in South America after the oil boom. Once the communists gained power it went from the richest to the poorest. Not because … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, Law
Tagged authoritarianism, Canada, category error, central planning, comparative economics, complex systems, corruption, despotism, economic complexity, economic systems, freedom, government overreach, incentives, institutional failure, markets, political economy, public policy, socialism, state power, Venezuela
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Pathological Societies
Dear Friends, It seems to me, in a psychopathic society, like Animal Farm… any act of goodwill is taken as a sign of weakness and used against the virtuous. Psychopaths don’t reciprocate, they manipulate. Psychopathic societies are the same. Moreover, … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, philosophy
Tagged Animal Farm, civic responsibility, corruption, cultural critique, elitism, empathy, ethics, government critique, honesty, human behavior, human nature, humility, individual vs society, justice, Liberty, manipulation, morality, orwell, pathological society, power dynamics, productivity, psychological sociology, psychopathy, self-sacrifice, Social Critique, societal analysis, societal collapse
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Limericks
Dear Friends, Beware take care fusion is coming to town,Stay mad keep it bad and always wear a frown,The planet’s at stake,Freedom to take,It’s not about the environment its about keeping us down. There’s one thing elites abhor,Is plebes voting … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, Mercy
Tagged crime, drones, elections, elite, expectations, me, political favor, politics, see
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The Stupidity Of Central Planning
Dear Friends, It seems to me, central planning is when people who don’t know how to farm tell farmers how to grow things, people who can’t build tell those who can build how, and people without a whit of common … Continue reading
Posted in business, economy, philosophy
Tagged administrative state, bankruptcy, building, bureaucracy, bureaucrats, carpentry, central planning, collapse, disaster, economic, economics, farming, know it alls, philosopher kings, recession, stupidity
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The Corruption Point
Dear Friends, It seems to me, once corruption in government has got to a certain point, we could call it the CP, or Corruption Point, that government is unsalvageable. Why? Because any whistleblower who exposes the corruption will be attacked … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged administrative state, bureaucracy, civic decay, corruption, elite capture, governance failure, historical cycles, incentives, institutional decay, moral hazard, political collapse, political theory, power structures, republic, Rome, soviet union, state legitimacy, systemic corruption, uniparty, whistleblowers
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Double Standards Destroy Civilization
Dear Friends, It seems to me, the most efficient way to obliterate a civilization is with double standards. The stronger the double standards, the sooner that civilization will collapse into violence, poverty, and want. The reason is that perverse incentives … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Group Politics, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy, Societal Myth
Tagged ancient Rome, Bronze Age collapse, civilization, civilization collapse, civilizational decay, corruption, double standards, economic instability, elite power, extractive states, governance failure, historical cycles, inequality before the law, justice and law, moral hazard, political philosophy, regulatory capture, rule of law, social contract, societal cohesion, somalia
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Limericks
Dear Friends, The world is a dangerous place of course,One in which we often have to use force,Come what may,The wise do say,Only a complete fool invites in a Trojan Horse. The media is there to confuse,Or tired and pushing … Continue reading
Posted in economy, Group Politics, International Power, Judicial Sysytem, Law, media, Mercy, philosophy
Tagged courts, cupid, debt, government, Law, media, narrative, news, propaganda, putrid, spending, stupid, stupidity, trojan horse
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Lessons From Iran
Dear Friends, It seems to me, people are people and if you push them far enough, they will erupt. Even a rabbit will bite. I have to wonder if that’s what’s happened in Iran? The recent turmoil with hundreds perhaps … Continue reading →