Economics

Los Pobres Están Mejor Bajo el Capitalismo Liberal [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]

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Quince argumentos para el Liberalismo: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro Liberalism: Pro & Con de Stephen Hicks en español. (English edition here: Amazon.) Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Argumento 6: Los pobres […]

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El Liberalismo Aumenta el Nivel de Vida Promedio [*Liberalism: Pro & Con* en Español]

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Quince argumentos para el Liberalismo: Este post va a formar parte de una serie de argumentos del libro “Liberalism: Pro & Con” de Stephen Hicks en español. Pueden encontrar todos los argumentos que serán publicados en orden en el siguiente link: Liberalism: Pro & Con en español. Libro en Inglés: Amazon. Argumento 5: El liberalismo

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Classical Socialism’s Four Claims against Capitalism [Pope Lecture Series, Clemson University]

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In this invited lecture, Dr. Hicks surveys key educational ideas from pre-modern times, the modern era, and our post-modern times. Ancient education often stressed discipline, obedience and rule following, while modern thinkers such as Galileo, Locke, and Montaigne stressed independent judgment and the power of reason. He then examines a series postmodern (and fellow-traveler) thinkers

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The Anti-Capitalism Course: “Next-Generation Socialism?”

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With Stephen Hicks, Ph.D. The fourth session of The Anti-Capitalism Course will be “Next Generation Socialism?” Socialist intellectual Robert Heilbroner’s question: If we acknowledge the disasters of 20th-century socialism, what lessons can we learn to do socialism better next time? Link to register for the session at Kazm. Reading in preparation for the session: Robert

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Does Modern Monetary Theory mean we no longer need to pay taxes? (he asks hopefully)

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Check out this definition: “Modern Monetary Theory (MMT) is an economic theory that suggests that the government could simply create more money without consequence as it’s the issuer of the currency, according to the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond.” Which seems to imply that taxation is obsolete, as the second paragraph hints: Excellent. I’m totally in.

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Review of Zelmanovitz on the philosophy of money

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Review of Leonidas Zelmanovitz,The Ontology and Function of Money: The Philosophical Fundamentals of Monetary Institutions Lexington Books, 2015, 447 pp.Reviewed by Stephen HicksFirst published at Law and Liberty, edited by Richard Reinsch and Lauren Weiner. Money is funny, the old saying goes, both in the cognitive puzzles it generates and the motivational extremes of human

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