Posted on March 11th, 2009 by Anthony Comegna
As is my wont, I’m posting a draft (not yet the final, but awfully close to it) of a paper to be delivered at the 2009 North American Undergraduate Conference on Religion and Philosophy (which, by the way, is open for the public for free) on why anarcho-capitalism is the best system of political economy through which the “Common Good” can be attained. I would greatly appreciate any feedback. Here goes:
This paper shall focus on a market procurement of “The Common Good,” via the anarcho-capitalist political system. This is in no way intended to be an exhaustive study or even [...]
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Posted on March 10th, 2009 by kookster
If so why, sure the economy is deteriorating and you might have to work harder to put food on the table. You may have to suck up your pride and move in with family members to afford living. Your job may lay you off and you might have to take one that pays much less which forces you to drastically change your lifestyle. Hell it might even get bad enough that you’ll want to carry a gun to protect yourself.
So I ask you, why are you scared? Are you addicted to normalcy? Are you afraid [...]
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Posted on March 9th, 2009 by Anthony Comegna
Posted on March 4th, 2009 by Dr.Willis
The following is a copy of a letter I sent to my Representative, feel free to use it or write your own, this bill needs to get passed ASAP
First I would like to applaud you for voting no on the recent stimulus bill. As a tax-payer I hope that your vote on this was not just one based on party lines and more a vote based on your understanding of the disastrous effects of spending more of ‘our’ money to fix this economic recession. We cannot spend our way out of a situation that was caused by spending.
That said the [...]
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Posted on March 3rd, 2009 by Anthony Comegna
Today I’ll explore the application of Austrian price theory to the criminal justice system–specifically the prison system.
As you all might imagine, there is tremendous waste in the the prison systems in our country, both on the state and federal levels. Why? Prices.
The government has no way to know whether their method of justice administration is the most efficient. They have no way of calculating 1) the potential damages done by criminals out on the prowl versus being locked up, and 2) how effective at limiting this potential damage their justice system is. What then is the cure for this corrosive [...]
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Posted on March 1st, 2009 by kookster
These snowdrops in bloom are a sign that the weather is changing and the ground is ready to grow new life. A very exciting time for a gardener! If it would only thaw out long enough for me to dig my two new raised beds. Thanks to this blog for showing me what these little flowers I have all over my yard are called!
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