#1 - Non-aggression principle and victimless crimes “How would a libertarian society address drug addiction, public services, caring for the poor, or reckless businesses? #2 - Free-market economics - libertarians prefer laissez-faire capitalism over government...
This lesson on the Schools of Economic Thought is additive to the Class on Economic Schools of Thought and helps us make better predictions.
What Is Behavioral Economics? Behavioral economics is, in a way, at the intersection of economics and psychology. In fact, the "behavioral" in behavioral economics can be thought of as the analog of the "behavioral" in behavioral psychology. On one hand, traditional...
Libertarianism is identified as a political philosophy by its commitment to strong rights of private property, free markets, and strictly limited government. Though this is true to a certain extent of all libertarians, it is most clearly and consistently true of...
Fractal Economics is giving economics its “Copernican Moment.” Before Copernicus, it was widely believed that everything – including the Sun – revolved around the Earth, rather than the Earth revolving around the Sun. Everyone used Ptolemy’s description of the...
Understanding Libertarian Morality: The Psychological Dispositions of Self-Identified Libertarians https://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0042366#authcontrib Abstract Libertarians are an increasingly prominent ideological group in U.S....
Frank S. Meyer: The Fusionist as Libertarian Until a few years ago, the conservative spectrum could be comfortably sundered into the "traditionalists" at one pole, the "libertarians" at the other, and the "fusionists" as either judicious synthesizers or muddled...
Fundamentals Of Fractal Markets Theory< In the wake of the 2008 financial crisis, many have challenged the dominant economic theories and perspectives on markets. The Efficient Market Hypothesis (EMH) in particular has fallen short in explaining the crisis. According...
The activities for Economics in One Day are developed around the themes of Leonard E. Read’s classic essay, ‘‘I, Pencil.’’ ARTICLE: I, Pencil: My Family Tree - Leonard Reed (FEE.org) [http://at.fee.org/1yAq6Jf] ‘‘Not a single person in the world knows all the...
Fractal Politics “The rise of fractal politics” was first submitted to the Nine Dots Prize in response to the question, “Are digital technologies making politics impossible?” The essay was written as a thought piece prior to the announcement of the 2017 UK General...
By now everyone has heard of the "Jake" TV Spot. Here it is in case you've not seen it. By now everyone has heard of the "Jake" TV Spot. Here it is in case you've not seen it. A lot of people are talking about all the Gun Ads . Here is NPR talking about it....
<br /> Donald Trump's economic advisers have gone from ridiculing tariffs and subsidies to promoting pure protectionism because of the paradigm-shifting, reality-distorting, cringe-inducing, and corrupting influence of power. The Republican Party's U-turn on...
BLACK VOICES04/20/2018 06:04 pm ET A charter school network has apologized for an assignment asking students to list the positive and negative aspects of slavery, calling the worksheet a “clear mistake.” “To be clear, there is no debate about slavery,” Aaron Kindel,...
If you want to avoid conflict among hostile groups, decentralize power-preferably to individuals. J.D. TUCCILLE | 4.10.2018 12:01 AM Emilee Mcgovern/ZUMA Press/Newscom As a display of Americans' seemingly growing intolerance for one another, last week presented...
Whenever there’s a school shooting, the answer from the political left is always the same: take the guns away from citizens and give them all to Donald Trump. It’s a puzzle, indeed—just as the answer to sexism and racism is to put Trump (of all people) in charge of...
If there is any question we live under a Fascist Police State, the fact Mz. Tisdale was found guilty of obstruction of the Law should dispel any doubt. Apparently in Georgia, if the police want to force you to behave in a certain way, you must comply. It apparently...
A spokesman for Georgia Secretary of State Brian Kemp, who is running for governor next year, said the recent controversy over a Kennesaw State election server “is a tasteless nothingburger cooked up by liberal activists who know their lawsuit is nothing short of...
In a short throw-a-way post on RedState.com, an unknown Conservative Blogger, unwittingly exposed Conservative's Logic "Achilles Heel." Click here to view original web page at www.redstate.com The Blogger makes two statements: "He has worked tirelessly to...
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(AP Photo/Andrew Harnik) This past Saturday, in response to the violence out of Charlottesville, Va, President Trump first responded with a weakly worded tweet. Later, he remarked again by tweet, and it was so bad I can’t describe it, I can only transcribe it. “Am in...
More specifically, “In 2016, Pew reported that 45 percent of Republicans and 41 percent of Democrats felt that the other party’s policies posed a threat to the nation.” Democrats and Republicans tended to view people who supported the other party as “exceptionally...
This story is important and I agree completely. And, let me add that, as someone that lived through the 60's, I think the fact that women are so engaged reminds me of how it felt during the 60's. Because their boyfriends and husbands were being shipped off to Viet...
This goes into the Media Literacy Learning Track. The Official GOP comment on the Comey testimony is to tell another media outlet what they should focus on. Look at the comment below. They are welcome to focus on anything they want. And liberal media is welcome to...
Karen Handel's comment that she does not support a "Livable Wage" supports the narrative that Conservatives in general do not support the idea that poor people deserve any respect or consideration. This post from George Lakoff articulates the notion that how we view...
FiveThirtyEight published an article by Patrick Ruffini titled Black Voters Aren’t Turning Out For The Post-Obama Democratic Party. In his piece he argued that the lack of black turnout in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District primary could be a politically disastrous...
This is consistent with the Daily Kos post. So, this would add support for the truthfulness of that this actually happened. And that it is a fact. More Trumpism. It appears that President Trump’s controversial speech before our NATO allies last week wasn’t what his...
If this is true, and I believe it is true, it is important. If you support Trump you probably don't believe this true. That it is "fake news!" Right? So there are two questions: 1) Do you believe that Trump's top national security officials were surprised he did not...
Tweet A convenience store in Tennessee is featuring a scrolling digital sign outside the gas station offering $50,000 for Kathy Griffin’s head. Lewis Country Store’s Facebook page is littered with controversial messages in an attempt to garner attention. The store’s...
FILE PHOTO: A U.S. Customs and Border Protection arm patch and badge is seen at Los Angeles International Airport, California February 20, 2014. The fight over President Donald Trump's plan to ban temporarily people entering the United States from six predominantly...
This feeds the narrative that we are moving more to the "Alt-Right." MADISON, Wis. (AP) – Assembly Republicans moved closer to creating tougher penalties for University of Wisconsin student protesters Tuesday, advancing a bill that would suspend or expel students who...
Then-President Barack Obama and Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton during the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia. The special election in Georgia’s 6th Congressional District is the first major test of the Democratic resistance to...
I find this post from a Christian Media Outlet to be very important. I particularly thought the following quote interesting. Political candidates have proven they are able to motive their colleagues to strategize, work, and give to accomplish their goals more than the...
I would like to ask our Georgia 6th District Congressional Representative Tom Price if he supports Donald Trump. Last I read or heard he was supporting Trump. My question to Rep Tom Price today is: does he continue to support Trump? I would hope that he comes out...
Mark Davis posted "Your Handy Guide to Evaluating Trump Criticism." It is a well written article and worthy of study and discussion. Let me start with making an important distinction with Davis' list. He combines criticism from the right and from the left as equal....
In 2000 Bush received 50,456M Gore received 50,996M Gore won the popular vote, but lost the election. My question to Trump Voters, given your position on who should win the GOP Primary, who do you believe should have won the 2000 election. Trump Voters say that the...
On Meet the Press today, Trump gleefully defended his reference to Mussolini's quote “It is better to live one day as a lion than 100 years as a sheep.” I understand the GOP's reluctance to compare Trump to the European Fascists of the 30's. But, the already long...
When two observers, from two different ends of the political spectrum see the same thing - that Donald Trump is a Fascist - the only logical conclusions one can draw is that they are both on target. In this case both Eric Erickson in his post -...
When perfect quiet is restored, I shall proceed. I cannot speak so long as there is any noise or confusion. I shall take my time I feel quite prepared to spend the night with you if necessary. I very much regret that everyone who desires cannot hear what I have to...
Symbols of the Confederacy are an inescapable fact of life in Southern states. The Confederate flag is displayed prominently near the South Carolina statehouse, evoked in multiple Southern state flags, flown in frontyards, on T-shirts and...
Written by Imara Jones Wednesday, January 9 2013, 10:02 AM EST http://colorlines.com/archives/2013/01/10_things_django_wont_tell_you_about_slavery.html Much hullabaloo has been made recently about slavery as entertainment in movies like “Django Unchained" and...