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It’s so brave that everyone is now coming forward to criticise Harvey Weinstein. It’s great that the scandal has got out. Otherwise people might think the problem was only with uncles, parents, priests and rabbis. They say that Weinstein’s behaviour has long been gossiped. But not in the...

It's like a crappy (minimalist) version of the NSW coat of arms.

Joined.

1. Rather than karma I like to think it more as "creating value". Creating value can be agnostic about the person's intent whereas I believe that karma is linked to intent. 2. Rather than "only" I think David Freidman's contention is that it is "more likely". 3. Yes. The coercive nature of the...

Basic info for Matthey Garrett: "Matthey Garrett Pty Ltd manufactured medals during (at least) the late 1960s and 1970s. Matthey Garrett Pty Ltd (Sydney Refiners) were also melters and assayers of good delivery gold bars. Their issues included 1966 Sir Winston Churchill and Robert Menzies...

I used to measure it by penis size then I realised I could just buy a Ferrari to compensate.

+1. This is the sort of meta-answer that I have been leaning towards: live your life in a way in conjunction with others such that we are more likely to achieve a harmony of desires. As per David Friedman's ideas, the drive to achieve such a mutual harmony occurs naturally under a voluntarist...

In the article you linked, the author mentions the problem of "Libertine Libertarianism vs. Christian Libertarianism". In essence it's the problem of wanting to live in (or have your kids grow up in) a society that accepts a range of actions as "normal" (i.e. is against the typical vices like...

^ Leonard E. Read was a strong Christian and he wrote at least one book on this. Personally I don't get Albert Mohler's point. At heart he says that the Government's responsibility is to get out of the church's way to preach the bible and have separation of church and state and the role of the...

One of the best for any level of comprehension. It should be the favoured text book in high school civics classes as well as university economics in my opinion.

It's a 100% tax. Unless you can tell me the difference, I believe that the Workism theory is basically a variant of Syndicalism. This has been tried in the past including famously in Catalonia in the 1900's. It can be done today within our existing laws just like kibbutz and the like...

While it is true that you did try to carve out a space for legitimate dependents which I agree with (although properly knowing who is legitimate and who isn't is a little fraught") you specifically have Corollary 1: No Wealth Transfers, No Bequests. Ergo inheritance taxes.

Hmm. Sorry about the format. Still getting the hang of how new new website deals with images etc. (Easier to read if zoom the browser.)

Let's try starting at Economics 101 (from Irwin Schiff's great book "How an Economy Grows and Why It Doesn't") HAEW_1 by bordsilver posted Aug 12, 2017 at 11:38 AM HAEW_2 by bordsilver posted Aug 12, 2017 at 11:39 AM HAEW_3 by bordsilver posted Aug 12, 2017 at 11:39 AM HAEW_4 by bordsilver...

I think mmm....shiney! summed it up best: You don't understand your own theory. Neither what it means if it is physically implemented nor the implications of doing so. It's a shame because I enjoy learning and debating about new ideas in this area.

Phransiku: RE Bequests - We have had this discussion before and at heart we don't really disagree except that I see problems in implementing large inheritance taxes. The key issue is that most people are part of a family unit and it is natural that the people who have first claim on the property...

^ hmmm. Given the new-fangled prevalence for incest porn I wonder how the joke goes down with the next generation?

I'd pick the teriyaki chicken instead :/