Calculation Under Corporatism
Jul 04This is what corporate decisions look like when isolated from the price signals of a genuine free market: For elaboration, see Kevin Carson’s latest chapter.
Our Omnipotent Government
Jul 04Another example for the Euthyphro file: an envelope of puffery from Discover magazine includes a bookmark with fifteen little-known facts. Here are two of them: 8. No American has died of old age since 1951. 9. That was the year the government eliminated old age as a category on death certificates Truly Thou art great, [...]
Just Another Brick in the Wall
Jul 04I’ve always been struck by these two similar yet contrasting images from two of my favourite novelist-philosophers: Albert indicated a stretch of stone wall beside the road, protecting against a marshy dip of the terrain. … Oh, another historic spot … each had the same story of unarmed hostages facing a German firing squad. Impossible [...]
Is the Declaration’s Preamble Irrelevant?
Jul 04[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] The document whose anniversary we celebrate today declares: We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all men are created equal that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights that among these are life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness that to secure these rights, governments are [...]
No State, Please, We’re Irish
Jul 04[cross-posted at Liberty & Power] Gerard Casey’s discussion of medieval Ireland, which I’ve previously mentioned here, is now available online. A brief excerpt: Political theory – and, I suggest, most political practice – is dominated by a myth to the effect that the state is necessary. … Such is the power of being first in [...]
Recent Comments