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Government Intervention, Not the Lehman Collapse, Caused the Financial Crisis

http://online.wsj.com/art…MDExNDAzWj.html Ignoring Taylor’s own suggestions as to solutions, it’s refreshing to see his piece published in the WSJ — an article that rightly points the finger at the...

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“The Tale of the Slave”

http://www.duke.edu/web/p…aleofslave.html Via Patri comes Nozick’s “The Tale of the Slave,” a thought experiment that illustrates how a system of democracy is little more than enslavement to a faceless...

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The Power of Blogging (On why I blog)

photo credit: the name is Josh Blogging, which I define as published informal writing, makes me happy. I blog because I enjoy it. Why do I find blogging so fulfilling? Briefly, blogging provides me...

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President Chuck Norris, of Sovereign Texas?

http://www.worldnetdaily….ew&pageId=91103 photo credit: cloune Now this is just all sorts of awesomeness not because it is likely to happen (I’m skeptical), but because it puts pressure on the Feds...

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Freedom is Found at the Frontier

photo credit: patrissimo I’ve heard it said that the success of the creation of the United States was due in part to the American society being founded on a frontier. Of course the Native Americans...

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Transcending the Authority Complex

photo credit: escolanomade In researching Erwan Le Corre’s MovNat (Ref: Le Corre Link Repository) I continue circling back to two related concepts. The first is the idea of the “guru” and the second...

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Patri Friedman on Folk Activism

http://www.cato-unbound.o…-folk-activism/ Unfortunately I can’t add much in the way of comments or thoughts on Patri Friedman’s article titled Beyond Folk Activism published on Cato Unbound yesterday....

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Peter Thiel responds to Folk Activism

Peter Thiel, the founder of Paypal and the major donor behind Seasteading, responds to Patri Friedman’s article on “Folk Activism” (See here). It’s always reassuring to find yourself in good company,...

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Our system of human development is broken

http://daviddfriedman.blo…ed-talents.html When I read this latest from David Friedman, I couldn’t help but think of one word, “broken.” There are so many people, myself frequently included, who are...

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Joel Salatin’s “Everything I want to do is illegal”

http://www.mindfully.org/…legal1esp03.htm Richard Nikoley pointed me to this excellent essay by Polyface Farm’s Joel Salatin. It is one of the best things I’ve read in quite some time — a complete...

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