Richard Murphy: Davos Wants a Better Measure of Failure
Some Davos musings show that our elites aren’t what they are cracked up to be.
Read more...Category Archives: Social values
Journey into a Libertarian Future: Response to Reader Comments
A follow up to Andrew Dittmer’s series on libertarian thinking.
Read more...Joining a Group Makes Us Nastier to Outsiders
Being in a group isn’t conducive to cooperation, and it’s not obvious how to change that.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty
The implications of conservative libertarian ideas.
Read more...Intergenerational Mobility in the US: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Economic mobility has fallen in the US. But which cohorts have suffered most and why?
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
More on the implications of the writings of prominent conservative libertarian, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Read more...UN Backs Seed Sovereignty as Defense Against Multinational-Led GMO Projects
The anti-GMO UN declaration was written by and for peasants from every continent.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Further discussion of the implications of the ideas of an influential conservative libertarian.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part III – Regulation
Andrew Dittmer continues his series on the world that some conservative libertarian thinkers would like to establish.
Read more...Basic Income vs Guaranteed Jobs: What If We Paid Stay-At-Home Moms?
Wouldn’t it be great if we just paid women for the work they already do?
Read more...Neoliberalism as Structure and Ideology
A discussion of the early drivers of neoliberalism.
Read more...“Summer” Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part II – The Strategy
The not-favorable libertarian view of democracy.
Read more...“Summer” Rerun: Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part I –The Vision
A dialogue about how a libertarian society would work.
Read more...The Microeconomics of Christmas
Economists seem awfully Scrooge-y when they discuss Christmas.
Read more...The Christmas Truce, 1914
A true display of Christmas spirit.
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