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Comments on Socialism
November 7th, 2008
Gabriel Kent at 3:02pm November 3
Fearing more war is obvious. I am surprised how little fear people have of socialism these days. I wish I could vote for a free market and not have to settle between 4 more years of bush or 4 years of increasing socialist policy. Even the libertarian candidate is not so free market…wtf.
Rose Roberto at 11:22pm November 3
Comment on socialism: It ain’t that bad. Imagine going to a hospital, having major surgery, like a c-section in my case, then having no medical bills. Then imagine your children getting free prescription drugs until they’re 16. After that you pay like £8 (about $16) for all medicine. I don’t think the US would go for it, really, though.
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An Economic Race to Third-world Wages?
July 7th, 2008
Recently I had a conversation with Paul_W regarding a piece I wrote for NowPublic. The conversation happened in the comments section of the article, so I will just reproduce it here. Enjoy!
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Paul_W
at 01:40 on June 12th, 2008
“While Pinker’s questions are valid their conclusions do not appear to be consistent with how China is growing both technologically and scientifically.”
Were it not for Western capital investments in China and greedhead capitalists outsourcing their fellow Americans jobs to China, China wouldn’t have such growth “both technologically and scientifically”. But ‘Muricans are too stupid to realize that. Keep voting Republican and Democrat. Let’s all enjoy our economic race to third-world wages.
futureprogress
at 03:47 on June 12th, 2008
I don’t think invoking the stupidity of Americans is important to your argument. Namely, should jobs be outsourced to China (or anywhere else for that matter)? As a firm believer in free markets, I am inclined to answer yes. Every private organization should do what they feel will bring more value to their shareholders, including capital investments in foreign ventures.
The problems do not really stem from the changing employment patterns in the U.S., the problems stem from government repression in the marketplace, specifically, allowing less money to be controlled by the people to act in their own interests. These policies have a further effect on supporting local monopolies by shielding them from competing with monopolies in other countries which further inhibits smaller competitive growths in those markets.
Small business is adaptable and fuels much of the economy so that the outsourcing of jobs is a temporary adjustment in an open market. Again, the problems you seem adamant about come from the Governments intrusion on our rights, not cheaper labor in China.
Posted in Economics, Free Market, conversation, government, jobs, overseas, price controls, subsidization, tariffs, wage controls, wages, working class | Comments (0)
A Brief Biography of Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman
May 26th, 2008
Background
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. He made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.[1] He was an advocate of economic freedom.
According to The Economist, Friedman “was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it”.[2] Alan Greenspan stated “There are very few people over the generations who have ideas that are sufficiently original to materially alter the direction of civilization. Milton is one of those very few people.”[3] In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom. In his 1980 television series Free to Choose, Friedman explained his view of how free markets work, emphasizing his conviction that free markets have been shown to solve social and political problems that other systems have failed to address adequately. His books and columns for Newsweek were widely read, and even circulated underground behind the Iron Curtain.[4]
Tags: biography, economic freedom, free market, freedom, Milton Friedman, nobel prize, video
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Gabriel Kent at 3:02pm November 3
Fearing more war is obvious. I am surprised how little fear people have of socialism these days. I wish I could vote for a free market and not have to settle between 4 more years of bush or 4 years of increasing socialist policy. Even the libertarian candidate is not so free market…wtf.
Rose Roberto at 11:22pm November 3
Comment on socialism: It ain’t that bad. Imagine going to a hospital, having major surgery, like a c-section in my case, then having no medical bills. Then imagine your children getting free prescription drugs until they’re 16. After that you pay like £8 (about $16) for all medicine. I don’t think the US would go for it, really, though.
Posted in Free Market, conversation, healthcare, overseas, socialism | Comments (0)
An Economic Race to Third-world Wages?
July 7th, 2008
Recently I had a conversation with Paul_W regarding a piece I wrote for NowPublic. The conversation happened in the comments section of the article, so I will just reproduce it here. Enjoy!
—
Paul_W
at 01:40 on June 12th, 2008
“While Pinker’s questions are valid their conclusions do not appear to be consistent with how China is growing both technologically and scientifically.”
Were it not for Western capital investments in China and greedhead capitalists outsourcing their fellow Americans jobs to China, China wouldn’t have such growth “both technologically and scientifically”. But ‘Muricans are too stupid to realize that. Keep voting Republican and Democrat. Let’s all enjoy our economic race to third-world wages.
futureprogress
at 03:47 on June 12th, 2008
I don’t think invoking the stupidity of Americans is important to your argument. Namely, should jobs be outsourced to China (or anywhere else for that matter)? As a firm believer in free markets, I am inclined to answer yes. Every private organization should do what they feel will bring more value to their shareholders, including capital investments in foreign ventures.
The problems do not really stem from the changing employment patterns in the U.S., the problems stem from government repression in the marketplace, specifically, allowing less money to be controlled by the people to act in their own interests. These policies have a further effect on supporting local monopolies by shielding them from competing with monopolies in other countries which further inhibits smaller competitive growths in those markets.
Small business is adaptable and fuels much of the economy so that the outsourcing of jobs is a temporary adjustment in an open market. Again, the problems you seem adamant about come from the Governments intrusion on our rights, not cheaper labor in China.
Posted in Economics, Free Market, conversation, government, jobs, overseas, price controls, subsidization, tariffs, wage controls, wages, working class | Comments (0)
A Brief Biography of Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman
May 26th, 2008
Background
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. He made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.[1] He was an advocate of economic freedom.
According to The Economist, Friedman “was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it”.[2] Alan Greenspan stated “There are very few people over the generations who have ideas that are sufficiently original to materially alter the direction of civilization. Milton is one of those very few people.”[3] In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom. In his 1980 television series Free to Choose, Friedman explained his view of how free markets work, emphasizing his conviction that free markets have been shown to solve social and political problems that other systems have failed to address adequately. His books and columns for Newsweek were widely read, and even circulated underground behind the Iron Curtain.[4]
Tags: biography, economic freedom, free market, freedom, Milton Friedman, nobel prize, video
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Recently I had a conversation with Paul_W regarding a piece I wrote for NowPublic. The conversation happened in the comments section of the article, so I will just reproduce it here. Enjoy!
—
at 01:40 on June 12th, 2008
“While Pinker’s questions are valid their conclusions do not appear to be consistent with how China is growing both technologically and scientifically.”
Were it not for Western capital investments in China and greedhead capitalists outsourcing their fellow Americans jobs to China, China wouldn’t have such growth “both technologically and scientifically”. But ‘Muricans are too stupid to realize that. Keep voting Republican and Democrat. Let’s all enjoy our economic race to third-world wages.
at 03:47 on June 12th, 2008
I don’t think invoking the stupidity of Americans is important to your argument. Namely, should jobs be outsourced to China (or anywhere else for that matter)? As a firm believer in free markets, I am inclined to answer yes. Every private organization should do what they feel will bring more value to their shareholders, including capital investments in foreign ventures.
The problems do not really stem from the changing employment patterns in the U.S., the problems stem from government repression in the marketplace, specifically, allowing less money to be controlled by the people to act in their own interests. These policies have a further effect on supporting local monopolies by shielding them from competing with monopolies in other countries which further inhibits smaller competitive growths in those markets.
Small business is adaptable and fuels much of the economy so that the outsourcing of jobs is a temporary adjustment in an open market. Again, the problems you seem adamant about come from the Governments intrusion on our rights, not cheaper labor in China.
Posted in Economics, Free Market, conversation, government, jobs, overseas, price controls, subsidization, tariffs, wage controls, wages, working class | Comments (0)
A Brief Biography of Nobel Prize Winner Milton Friedman
May 26th, 2008
Background
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. He made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.[1] He was an advocate of economic freedom.
According to The Economist, Friedman “was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it”.[2] Alan Greenspan stated “There are very few people over the generations who have ideas that are sufficiently original to materially alter the direction of civilization. Milton is one of those very few people.”[3] In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom. In his 1980 television series Free to Choose, Friedman explained his view of how free markets work, emphasizing his conviction that free markets have been shown to solve social and political problems that other systems have failed to address adequately. His books and columns for Newsweek were widely read, and even circulated underground behind the Iron Curtain.[4]
Tags: biography, economic freedom, free market, freedom, Milton Friedman, nobel prize, video
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Background
Milton Friedman (July 31, 1912 – November 16, 2006) was an American Nobel Laureate economist and public intellectual. He made major contributions to the fields of macroeconomics, microeconomics, economic history, and statistics. In 1976, he was awarded the Nobel Prize in Economics for his achievements in the fields of consumption analysis, monetary history and theory, and for his demonstration of the complexity of stabilization policy.[1] He was an advocate of economic freedom.
According to The Economist, Friedman “was the most influential economist of the second half of the 20th century…possibly of all of it”.[2] Alan Greenspan stated “There are very few people over the generations who have ideas that are sufficiently original to materially alter the direction of civilization. Milton is one of those very few people.”[3] In his 1962 book Capitalism and Freedom, Friedman advocated minimizing the role of government in a free market as a means of creating political and social freedom. In his 1980 television series Free to Choose, Friedman explained his view of how free markets work, emphasizing his conviction that free markets have been shown to solve social and political problems that other systems have failed to address adequately. His books and columns for Newsweek were widely read, and even circulated underground behind the Iron Curtain.[4]
Tags: biography, economic freedom, free market, freedom, Milton Friedman, nobel prize, video
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