TT`s Lost in Tokyo - All Comments

re: Who are the misanthropes - "Malthusians" or those who hate them? Rob Bradley and others resist good faith engagement despite obvious institutional failures/absence of property rights

TokyoTom — Wed, 18 Nov 2009 04:27:04 GMT

Edmund, thanks for your visit.

I`d say there`s plenty of ignorance all around: there are large-scale, very real threats to natural ecosystems and wild resources that we rely on, but very little understanding of the roles that governments and consumer markets play in overwhelming whatever indigenous resource management regimes may exist and in creating "tragedy of the commons" problems through socialization of resources/management.

See here, for example:

mises.org/.../too-many-or-too-few-people-does-the-market-provide-an-answer.aspx

mises.org/.../tragedy-of-the-panicked-enviro-iv-not-capitalism-but-intensive-use-of-unowned-resources-is-the-problem.aspx

re: Who are the misanthropes - "Malthusians" or those who hate them? Rob Bradley and others resist good faith engagement despite obvious institutional failures/absence of property rights

Edmund Carlyle — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 00:04:54 GMT

I'm somewhat of a Malthusian (in the real sense of Thomas Malthuse), but I would be the first to acknowledge that the popular take on it (such as relating to the environment) basically stems from an ignorance of technology and economics.

re: To David Suissa: imagine not simply peace-seeking Arab moderates, but an end to funding of intransigence by the US, EU & Japan

TokyoTom — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 09:40:14 GMT

Sukrit, thanks for commenting.

Sure, but my point is that the West has been empowering the hardliners on all sides for decades.

Time for us to make them (including Egypt, which aids the shameful blockage of Gaza) carry the full costs of their own pigheadedness.

Do you disagree?

re: To David Suissa: imagine not simply peace-seeking Arab moderates, but an end to funding of intransigence by the US, EU & Japan

Sukrit Sabhlok — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 01:33:39 GMT

The Israeli-Palestinian conflict isn’t primarily about religion, race or any other distinguishing ethnic feature. It is a conflict that revolves first and foremost around subjugation and oppression of a people by a stronger, colonialist power. Were the Canadians to invade the United States and establish a protectorate, Americans would be pretty mad and would rise up in arms. It’s the same thing when Israel does it to Palestinians.

re: The Road Not Taken V: Libertarian hatred of misanthropic "watermelons" and the productive love of aloof ad-homs

TokyoTom — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 13:14:44 GMT

"Property rights are the solution."

Sure; somebody tell China quick!

A libertarian immodestly summarizes a few modest climate policy proposals

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 16:47:44 GMT

[Folks, I hope you do a better job than I do at saving draft posts before they`re finalized; I just lost

A libertarian immodestly summarizes a few modest climate policy proposals

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:13:45 GMT

[Folks, I hope you do a better job than I do at saving draft posts before they`re finalized; I just lost

A libertarian immodestly summarizes a few modest climate policy proposals

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 13:43:12 GMT

[Folks, I hope you do a better job than I do at saving draft posts before they`re finalized; I just lost

re: The Road Not Taken V: Libertarian hatred of misanthropic "watermelons" and the productive love of aloof ad-homs

Conza88 — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 12:17:51 GMT

Give it a rest for crying out loud.

Whether global warming is occurring or not is actually completely irrelevant. Property rights are the solution.

The Road Not Taken V: Libertarian hatred of misanthropic "watermelons" and the productive love of aloof ad-homs

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 05:55:30 GMT

I copy below a comment I just left at Stephan Kinsella `s post on the main LvMI Blog, " Physicist

re: The Road Not Taken IV: My other hysterical comments on climate science & how Austrians hamstring themselves

TokyoTom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:06:19 GMT

ls, I appreciate your interest and considered suggestions, which sound good. There was an earlier point when I had more comments, but they seem to have tailed off when spam grew.

Are you suggesting my posts are too long generally, or just this one?

However, you might note that some of these longer posts serve the additional purpose of broadcasting, backing up and keeping available comments I`ve made elsewhere.

Do other blogs get more comments? I suppose that even w/o comments I feel that at least people are listening, as I get between 20-40% of user blog traffic at any time.

Thanks again. I must be doing something right, too, if I`ve got you biting your tongue on negative comments!

For climate fever, take two open-air atom bombs & call me in the morning; "serious" suggestions from Kinsella & Reisman!?

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 12:56:45 GMT

First, George Reisman , and now, Stephan Kinsella . I have asked two of our leading lights whether they

re: The Road Not Taken II: Austrians strive for a self-comforting irrelevancy on climate change, the greatest commons problem / rent-seeking game of our age

TokyoTom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:44:25 GMT

Keith, thanks for your comment; I`m glad somebody agrees! But not simply Hayden`s letter; it`s the penchant of Mises Bloggers and readers to post and swallow this nonsense that is so amazing and appalling.

FWIW, you might note that Exxon appears to have changed its tune (if not its stripes) and is expressly advocating carbon taxes:

mises.org/.../search.aspx

re: [Update- apology] The Road Not Taken III: Stephan Kinsella plugs his ears on the Austrians` obstinate, willful irrelevancy in the climate debate?

TokyoTom — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:29:09 GMT

Conza88, you misunderstand me. If libertarians have the slightest interest in persuading anyone, they kinda have to actually, you know, TRY.

A few more comments to John Quiggin on climate, libertarian principles and the enclosure of the commons

TT`s Lost in Tokyo — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 08:05:18 GMT

I note first that I am reminded by a pithy comment from someone else that, despite the length of my previous