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Stimulus is an empty pocket

all but one state has lost jobs.  don’t know how much that statistic is worth, but the economics are easy.  what government has ever created wealth? governments absorb wealth.… more →

empty pocket

Libertarian nationalism: an upgrade

Amos wrote 20 hours ago: Let’s leave aside prole libertarianism for a minute and pursue a more plausible alternative th … more →

Tags: Nationalism, Race, Politics, Common Good, libertarianism, mercantilism, Free Trade, ethnicity, Culture

Addendum: The Right To Be Normal

anjerse wrote 1 week ago: I have some personal experience that I should probably add (if only for the sake of honesty – … more →

Tags: Cognitive Dissonance, boundaries, Boundary Issues, Control Issues, Unintended Consequences, Bullying, Manipulation, "For Their Own Good"., dysfunction

The Right To Be Normal

anjerse wrote 1 week ago: In Gay marriage and the right to be ordinary, Massachusetts governor Deval Patrick writes of a … more →

Tags: "For Their Own Good"., boundaries, Boundary Issues, Bullying, Cognitive Dissonance, Control Issues, dysfunction, False Dichotomy, faulty analogy

Controlling vs. Supporting — 1 comment

anjerse wrote 1 week ago: It is with some dismay that I hear “school choice” or voucher program schools will be re … more →

Tags: "For Their Own Good"., boundaries, Boundary Issues, Bullying, Categorization, Childrearing, Control Issues, corruption, Education

Zero Sum Conversations are so repetative...

dykewriter wrote 1 week ago: I mean kudos that she didn’t make the usual murder rape and sex with animals nonsense. but to … more →

Tags: Living Well, recovery process, Agoraphobic Philosopher, Zeitgeist Analytics, personal soverignty, personhood, Systemic Discrimation, freedom of choice, why the public is divided

Uluslararası İlişkilerin Ekonomi Politiği - 2 devam (görüşlerin eleştirileri)

hzeko wrote 3 weeks ago: Uluslararası İlişkilerin Ekonomi Politiği – 2 devam (görüşlerin eleştirileri) Ekonomik Liberal … more →

Tags: Ekonomi / Politik, liberalizm, Toplum, milliyetçi, milliyetçilik, Adam Smith, Milletlerin Zenginliği, ekonomik liberalizm, ekonomik milliyetçilik

Rationing Risk in the Aggregate by Default

griffithlighton wrote 3 weeks ago: To control the mob it is necessary to “ration” power, or what economists call “rat … more →

Tags: political economy and philosophy, Politics, Current Events, risk dimension, Philosophy, Economics, economic rent, Risk Modeling, Probablity

A National Inability to Resolve Conflicts — 1 comment

JF wrote 1 month ago: A lot of Singaporeans want a future Singapore that is more gracious. To me, that means that people i … more →

Tags: History, Memory, >Singapore, social memory, Society, Altruism, conflicts, gracious, graciousness

How Do You Create a Zero-Sum Budget...? — 1 comment

jberretta wrote 1 month ago: Yeah, I get it.  EVERYONE is scared of the word budget.  So much so that families change the name to … more →

Tags: Budgeting, Budget, budgeting

The fashionable Tantei Gakuen — 3 comments

peachidreami wrote 2 months ago: Currently Listening to: One Direction ~ I want Current weightless motivation : Pub soft opening / op … more →

Tags: Otoge, B's-Log, Gaming, Asuka, Harajuku Tantei Gakuen, Otome Games, summery, うるるんクエスト恋遊記, 原宿探偵学園

Noah Millman's Terrible Idea For Grading

squarelyrooted wrote 2 months ago: Noah Millman, "cranky-old-man" blogging about higher ed, makes this proposal re: grading p … more →

Tags: Education, Noah Millman, grading, Competition, Success!, Evaluation, Professors, College, University

The destructive power of envy

Bob Goodnough wrote 2 months ago: Back in the 1960’s I was managing a grain elevator in a small Saskatchewan town.  Norman, the bigges … more →

Tags: Stories from my life, Faith and life, Saskatchewan, Materialism, GEORGE ORWELL, Envy, Animal Farm

Zero Sums — 19 comments

fitzjameshorse wrote 2 months ago: I am of course grateful to Mick Fealty of Slugger O’Toole for drawing attention to this blog a … more →

Tags: Slugger O'Toole, Conflict Resolution, Mick Fealty

The Political World We've Created

michaelharrington wrote 3 months ago: Ron Bailey writing at reason.com, Feb. 1: For decades, an increasingly large percentage of our econo … more →

Tags: Quote, Economic Policy, Economics, Politics, Keynesian, Economy, USA, Spending, Markets

Capitalism - The Law of the Jungle? — 1 comment

11dunc11 wrote 3 months ago: It is frequently asserted that a system of free market capitalism reduces everyone to the level of a … more →

Tags: Economics, short posts, Production, Trade, private property, capitalism, democracy, Taxation, Free Exchange

MUD WRESTLING WITH A ZOMBIE

Tom Ukinski wrote 4 months ago: From Divine Play, pp. 685-687 They were in mud. Or, she was in mud. Mikki was in dirt and slag, brim … more →

Tags: Book Excerpt, death, zombie, mud wrestling, Mizu shobai, neuroservo motors, animated dead, Sport, crowd

Tell her she's dreaming (or why my dangerous idea might never be more than fantasy) — 12 comments

Suse Cairns wrote 4 months ago: All right. It’s time to get real. My last post was pretty idealistic. It painted what I’ … more →

Tags: Institutional Change, Museum sector, Collaboration, Competition, funding models, institutional culture, Intellectual Property, Intercom, Maxwell Anderson

A Candle's Light — 2 comments

Kathy Sporre wrote 5 months ago: SPIRITUAL WELLNESS – Connect to your spirit in ways that are meaningful to you; whether that … more →

Tags: Spiritual 2, God, Abundance, Give, Season, Christmas, Candle, Forgiveness, light

Containers and Myths — 2 comments

JF wrote 5 months ago: Before I talk about change-making, I feel that there is a very strong need to articulate the assumpt … more →

Tags: INFORMATION 2, Society, Systems Thinking, Certainty, Cognition, Institutions, Organization, Rational, rewards


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