Showing posts with label moralism. Show all posts
Showing posts with label moralism. Show all posts
Thursday, January 21, 2016

Quote of the Day: Why the Worst Get on Top

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The great Austrian economist F. A. Hayek explained of why the worst people rise to become despots or totalitarians: (An excerpt from Chapte...
Tuesday, November 11, 2014

Quote of the Day: Integrity is adherence to your code of moral values

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When I speak of establishing a strong moral foundation, I’m talking about possessing a clear set of values that guides your day-to-day beh...
Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Interventionism: Using Legal Coercion to Get Ahead in Life

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Mainstream media (especially in the Philippines) never ceases to inculcate upon her audience of the need to have the "right" mora...
Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Quote of the Day: Why socialism is evil

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This is why socialism is evil. It employs evil means, confiscation and intimidation, to accomplish what are often seen as noble goals — na...
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Saturday, December 07, 2013

Even Santa Claus has lost his freedom

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Politics has seeped even into the Santa Claus’ territory. From Reuters (picture and quote): A U.S. military website showing San...
Wednesday, October 23, 2013

Quote of the Day: Good Samaritan duty

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There is a long tradition in the common law that refuses to recognize a legal duty to help strangers in emergency situations: the so-calle...
Wednesday, February 13, 2013

Has the Pope’s Resignation Been About Vatican’s Controversies?

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Pope Benedict XVI took the Catholic world by surprise by announcing his resignation at the end of the month allegedly "because of adva...
Wednesday, November 28, 2012

Quote of the Day: Free Trade is for Common Man, Protectionism is a Rip Off

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The cause of free trade has always been about the common man. It is about the right of average people to trade with whomever they want. Pr...
Thursday, November 15, 2012

Quote of the Day: On Public Property: Ask Not, How You Can Pursue What Government Tells You is Good

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Under the institutions of public property, property is held (the use of things is controlled) by political institutions and that property ...
Wednesday, October 17, 2012

Bastiat on the Pretentious Moralism of Mercantilism

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Mercantilists operate on the dulcet sound bites that hardly stands on economic laws. The great French classical liberal Frédéric Bastia...
Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Quote of the Day: The False Doctrine of Altruism

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Altruism is a code of ethics which hold the welfare of others as the standard of "good", and self-sacrifice as the only moral a...
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Sunday, September 30, 2012

Lessons from Bernanke’s Thank You Notes

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From the Politico (hat tip Bob Wenzel) If you have the Federal Reserve’s back, there’s a good chance Ben Bernanke will notice. He ...
Wednesday, September 05, 2012

Quote of the Day: Politics Drives Social Divisions

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The pathology of mass democracy translates into ugly social divisions. Great liberal thinkers from Bastiat to Mises have demonstrated tha...
Friday, August 31, 2012

Quote of the Day: To Be Governed

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To be GOVERNED is to be kept in sight, inspected, spied upon, directed, law-driven, numbered, enrolled, indoctrinated, preached at, contr...
Saturday, July 07, 2012

More Brain Drain Canard: When All You Have is a Hammer, Everything is a Nail

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The politically colored term “Brain drain” can be seen as an example of what George Orwell labeled as “ doublespeak ” or language that delib...
Tuesday, June 19, 2012

Filipinos to Join Emerging Market Consortium in the Rescue of the European Political Elite!

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Yes you read it right, Filipino taxpayers will be joining Emerging Market contemporaries in transferring resources to European bankers and E...
Wednesday, June 06, 2012

Brain Dead Economics: Wars as Economic Stimulus

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Marketwatch columnist and former war veteran Paul Farrell is aghast at politicians who are agitating for war in the guise of ‘stimulating th...
Saturday, May 26, 2012

HOT: Charges of Corruption in the Vatican

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Even the Vatican has not been spared from charges of corruption and from internal political power struggles. From the Daily Mail , Va...
Friday, May 25, 2012

Quote of the Day: Profits are about Consumer Welfare

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What if a business does not maximize profits? Then it is either not making the products that consumers want the most, or it is not produc...
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Thursday, May 24, 2012

Politicization of the Entertainment Industry

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While I am glad to see that the quality of singing artists seems to have immensely improved from participants around the world including the...