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Searching for common ground: In which I provide a partial defense of Ron Bailey`s "invisible hand of population control" thesis by TokyoTom

 

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Evolution & religion: Idle hands express idle thoughts about Bob Murphy`s determination to apply reason to his insistence that "non-believers burn in hell" by TokyoTom

 

 

 

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To Ron Bailey: yes, an "invisible hand" controls population, but property rights & rule of law are not universal and, as Mises noted, require effort by TokyoTom

 

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On Bob Murphy`s narrow attack on Krugman`s support for the Waxman-Markey climate bill by TokyoTom

I just stumbled into Bob Murphy `s June 8 post at the LvMI Daily site, and submitted a few comments . As it looks like my links prevented my comments from posting, I`ve copied them here (with a few typo tweaks and links added): Bob, I didn`t realize you...
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Obama-Man Can! Laugh (and cry) at this spoof by Canadian comedian Greg Morton by TokyoTom

A buddy sent me this and I just had to pass it on:
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Executive compensation: Robert Wenzel sees a "United States of Obama"; I see people too frazzled to give a screwdriver to a those who only have a hammer by TokyoTom

Robert Wenzel has a couple of posts up on his blog that rightly ring alarm bells about the plans of the Obama administration to seek legislative changes that would allow regulators to oversee executive compensation (1) in the financial sector ("...
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Man & religion: Is there is an objective moral reality? In which I hazard a few thoughts by TokyoTom

I make no pretense of having any formal training in philosophy, but it strikes me that the answer is no. I post here a few thoughts I penned in an exchange with Gene Callahan at his blog, Crash Landing on May 18 and 19, in connection with conversation...
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Duelling climate policy parables: in the face of RealClimate`s "tragedy of the commons", MasterResource`s Emperor has no clothes by TokyoTom

I`ve done a bit of blogging over the past few weeks regarding the "The tragedy of climate commons" post by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt and ensuing discussion at the RealClimate website. Schmidt wrote the post in response to the implied suggestion...
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Capitalism, the destructive exploitation of the Amazon and the tragedy of the government-owned commons by TokyoTom

Searching for solutions to problems is admirable, but the effectivenss of such efforts will be limited if they are based on a faulty or incomplete understanding of the problem. Many of those who have some familiarity with the "tragedy of the commons"...
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Why does everyone calling for or condemning government "green power" mandates ignore the frustrations resulting from public utility monopolies and regulatory Balkanization? by TokyoTom

The incessant calls for - and criticism of - government-funded/mandated "green/clean power" pork both ignore root causes and potential common ground. As a result, both sides of the debate are largely talking past each other, one talking about...
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Question at Bob Murphy`s: can ending a tragedy of the commons create jobs / enhance wealth? by TokyoTom

Check out the comments to Bob Murphy`s post that rightly but shallowly criticizes the "green jobs" mantra, EDF Summarizes Bastiat in One Picture . I refer to Rockwell and Block.
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New MIT study: Climate roulette odds much worse than thought; "There's no way the world can or should take these risks." by TokyoTom

Only those making out like bandits (or those not paying attention) are particularly happy with the Waxman~Markey bill that made it out of committee the other day. The dissatisfaction was exemplified by this post by environmental journailst Tom Yulsman...
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Food, water, agrotech & climate change: More "NeoMalthusian" charlatans, this time at National Geographic by TokyoTom

[note: my title has a bit of snark, designed to point out the emptiness of some anti-Enviro scare-mongering.] A reader of my previous post - regarding Ron Bailey `s review of the concerns that "famine-monger" Lester Brown recently wrote about...
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The triumph of Reason? Neo-Mathusians and other "charlatans" exposed! by TokyoTom

Last year around this time I criticized Reason science correspondent Ron Bailey , for a rather empty post trumpteting dark warnings of "green fascism" in the wake of last year`s grain shortages. This year Ron is back, with a new post out ("...
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Enviro-Trek IV: In which your intrepid reporter boldly discusses "tragedy of the commons" and "property" with corrupted climate scientists and AGW co-religionists! by TokyoTom

Further to my prior posts , here are my more recent comments over at the remarkable RealClimate thread started by climate scientist Gavin Schmidt , to specifically discuss the "tragedy of the commons" paradigm in the context of domestic and...
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