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Tag Archives: free trade
Truth-Teller’s Dilemma, Part 3
“Truth-Teller’s Dilemma” concluded: if you care about the truth or those trying to tell it, support them (us)! Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Election 2016 and Aftermath, Libertarianism, Media, Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged absolute advantage, comparative advantage, Donald Trump, Donald Trump compromised, free trade, globalism, Identity Politics, inverted totalitarianism, kleptocrats, mainstream media, mass migrations, official narratives, Paul Craig Roberts, PropOrNot, Russian collusion hoax, Sheldon Wolin, Syria, Syria false flag attack, The Real Matrix, truthers, truthiness, Washington Post, world government
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Globalism: Optimism, Pessimism, and Dystopian Visions. (Part One.)
[Author´s note: this is the first of a three-part set. Originally intended as a single post, what I originally had in mind got far too long for a single post. Thus it will appear in three parts starting with Part … Continue reading
Posted in Political Economy, Where is Civilization Going?
Tagged absolute advantage, cheap labor, comparative advantage, Conspiracy Theories, corporatism, corporatocracy, dystopian visions, economics, free trade, gig economy, Gilens, globalism, globalization, Greece, outsourcing, Page, progressive, racial resentment
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Two Cultures, Two Americas — Post-Election 2016 Edition (Philosophical Reflections on an Empire In Decline)
The hostility of this election & the volatile mood of the country are indicative of two cultures, two Americas … unequal, unyoked, on collision course, & probably indicative of a nation in unavoidable decline. Continue reading
Posted in Election 2016 and Aftermath, Uncategorized
Tagged "alt-right", bitter clingers, Brandon Smith, Brian Eno, Christianity, conservatism, culture war, deplorables, Donald Trump, economic nationalism, economics, Electoral College, free trade, globalism, globalization, God, Greece, Hillary Clinton, Marine Le Pen, Michael Moore, nationalism, Philosophy, political correctness, progressive, protectionism, racism, secession, sexism, Syriza Party, U.S. Empire, Yanis Varoufakis
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Modern Moral Philosophy (Part Two—Is the Libertarian Non-Aggression Principle Adequate As the Foundation for a Systematic Morality)
In Part One (two weeks ago) we surveyed such questions as: are there such things as knowable moral facts, or is morality a cultural artifact? I argued that the former claim makes better sense of what we use ethical language … Continue reading
Posted in Libertarianism, Political Economy
Tagged anarchism, anarchocapitalism, elder care, Ethics, free market competition, free trade, harm principle, homo economicus, John Stuart Mill, libertarian, libertarianism, minarchism, moral philosophy, NAP, non-aggression principle, Oligarchy, On Liberty, our actions affect others, plutocracy, plutocratic oligarchy, political economy, property rights, protectionism, Rockefeller, statism, third party problem
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