C. Fiscal Policy and Private Sector Displacement This article is the fifth in a series critiquing libertarianism. “We support the passage of a “Balanced Budget Amendment” to the U.S. Constitution.” - Libertarian Party Platform The series began with two articles that defined libertari[...]
Archive for the ‘Economics’ Category
Contra Libertarianism V:
Economic Issues
Tags: abuse, Adam Smith, capitalism, China, civil liberties, deadweight losses, economy, Enclosure Act, Engels, environment, externalities, FDR, fiscal, fiscal policy, fraud, freedom, fusionism, GAO, Gemeinschaft, government, high information cost, industrial revolution, inequality, joint impact good, Keynes, liberal, liberalism, libertarian, libertarianism, marx, mercantilism, minarchy, monetary policy, monopoly, monopsony, paleoconservatism, paleoconservative, progressive, public goods, public health, republicans, Ron Paul, Roosevelt, social mobility, spending, stimulus, taxes, unions, waste, Wealth of Nations No Comments
Contra Libertarianism IV:
Economic Issues
B. The Virtue of Big Government This article is the fourth in a series critiquing libertarianism. The first two articles defined libertarianism and briefly outlined its origins and its alternatives. While strongly supporting libertarian respect for personal freedoms, the next article began the subst[...]
Tags: abuse, Adam Smith, capitalism, China, civil liberties, deadweight losses, economy, Enclosure Act, Engels, environment, externalities, FDR, fiscal, fiscal policy, fraud, freedom, fusionism, GAO, Gemeinschaft, government, high information cost, industrial revolution, inequality, joint impact good, Keynes, liberal, liberalism, libertarian, libertarianism, marx, mercantilism, minarchy, monetary policy, monopoly, monopsony, paleoconservatism, paleoconservative, progressive, public goods, public health, republicans, Ron Paul, Roosevelt, social mobility, spending, taxes, unions, waste, Wealth of Nations No Comments
Contra Libertarianism III:
Economic Issues
This article is the third in a series critiquing libertarianism. The last two articles defined libertarianism and gave a brief overview of the ideological debate. The antecedents of modern libertarianism essentially started as an assertion of human freedom against economic and political repression. [...]
Tags: Adam Smith, capitalism, China, civil liberties, economy, Enclosure Act, Engels, environment, FDR, freedom, fusionism, Gemeinschaft, government, high information cost, industrial revolution, inequality, joint impact good, Keynes, liberal, liberalism, libertarian, libertarianism, marx, mercantilism, minarchy, monopoly, monopsony, paleoconservatism, paleoconservative, progressive, republicans, Ron Paul, Roosevelt, social mobility, unions, Wealth of Nations No Comments
Contra Libertarianism II:
History – The Future as the Past?
Before critiquing libertarianism, it’s important to understand where it came from – and why other ways of governance eventually became more popular in the western world. Before the Industrial Revolution Although it seems inconceivable in today’s democratic capitalist societies, once upon a tim[...]
Tags: Adam Smith, capitalism, China, civil liberties, economy, Enclosure Act, Engels, environment, FDR, freedom, fusionism, Gemeinschaft, government, industrial revolution, inequality, Keynes, liberal, liberalism, libertarian, libertarianism, marx, mercantilism, minarchy, paleoconservatism, paleoconservative, progressive, republicans, Ron Paul, Roosevelt, social mobility, tea party, unions, Wealth of Nations No Comments
Contra Libertarianism I:
Introduction & Definitions
It all sounds so good in theory. People should be free from the control of others – both politically and economically. If they earn money, they should be able to keep it. If people want to speak out, they should be able to. Above all, individuals should be free to live as they want without [...][...]
Dreams of the Future
It’s been a long and strange year. During the last 12 months, we saw Arabs rebel against their tyrants, the European Union (EU) badly mishandle a currency and debt crisis — and the U.S. government almost default on its debts. While the United States hardly has a monopoly on political dysfunc[...]
Tags: Burke, campaigns, capitalism, China, communism, competitive, competitiveness, debate, democracy, East Germany, economy, elections, euro, european union, FDR, free market, government, ideology, labor, liberalism, marx, Marxism, Nietzsche, policy, progressivism, realism, Russia, Social Darwinism, social mobility, socialism, Taiwan, unemployment No Comments
