Articles from May 2012

ARTICLES – 23 MAY 12

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS An interesting article, using Nobel Laureate F.A. Hayek’s thesis as a basis for analyzing what is wrong with socialist impulses in democratic societies.     A most excellent, albeit brief, article that alludes to the Hayekian proposition that the sense that there should be some sort of “distributive justice” is hardwired by [...]

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ARTICLES 17 MAY 12

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS Union bosses become the “fat cats” they are always railing against.     I concur with this author on both the importance of this particular renouncing of citizenship – something 1,780 wealthy Americans did in 2011(with an even greater number on track to do it in 2012) – that we need to [...]

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ARTICLES 12 MAY 12

ECONOMICS / BUSINESS Remove the slightly tortured comparison to the plague and you’re left with an argument I’ve made myself.     Here’s an economist’s look at the importance of the Scott Walker election to the economy.     GENERAL INTEREST I’m a “process” kind of guy and this article explains why the caucus process [...]

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