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emb021, Read parts 1 and 2 from "Planned Chaos". I believe that Interventionism best describes our modern economic system and no other Economist describes it better then Mises himself. The system is brilliantly described and contrasted with pure Capitalism.
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If you read Ayn Rand it is clear that: 1. She doesn't understand the subjective value theory. 2. She is as inconsistent as her adversaries when it comes to her belief in government. She violates A=A when insisting that no coercion is involved in her limited government.
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I guess these aren't the students who support Ron Paul. When I see stuff like this, I know we're heading for full blown Socialism!
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[quote user="Marko"] [quote user="DD5"] The judicial branch itself may feel threatened by such "privatizations" trends, for there is no guarantee that the day would come and their own monopoly on judicial matters would also be challenged. [/quote] I doubt it. The judges would profit from a sham privatization. A Blackwater
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A friend tipped me off on this and I find this fascinating. In Israel, the [democratic] government has attempted to "privatize" some of its functions as managing prisons and its State supreme court has declared it to be unlawful (Despite the fact that Israel has no Constitution). Apparently, the "separation" of powers of government
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[quote user="Prateek Sanjay"] Unless he means to say that libertarians championed affirmative action and related civil rights laws (which I doubt, since it's not very libertarian) - I can only assume he is criticizing libertarians for not being "conservative enough". [/quote] How many self proclaimed libertarians have no problem
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I don’t think you understand what Hoppe is saying. I think he is arguing that to discriminate is an act of exercising ones right to his own property, his right to choose. This right to discriminate can only be taken away by violating individual rights, which is what egalitarian multiculturalism is all about.
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Yes it does and yes, Jesus Huerta de Soto in his book "Money, Bank Credit, and economic Cycles discusses central banking in the context of the Economic Calculation problem.
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There was no free market before the Fed. If not a central bank, there was always some other privilege. The best book on this matter for beginners is "The Mystery of Banking" by Murray Rothbard. Look for it here in pdf.
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I don't know of any specific legal opinion, but I do know that investments in Gold bullion (or any precious metal) are subject to the same capital gains tax laws. I can't tell you for sure that a digital gold account would be treated exactly the same, but if it is treated instead as a foreign currency investment, that is also subject to either