Conflict between the socialist oriented and market oriented camps within anarchism can get very tedious. Many anarcho-communists and anarcho-syndicalists appear to emphatically claim that market anarchism isn't truly anarchism, that opposition to private property and capitalism is a requirement for...
What exactly does it mean to "privatize" a service or industry? As I have argued before , there is a lot of confusion over the precise meaning of the terms "public" and "private" to begin with. The fact that state-controled property is called "public" is misleading...
Immigration is a hot topic these days, particularly for those in the southern and south-western states of America. There has been a rising anti-immigration sentiment, directed specifically at immigrating Mexicans. The public cries out, "Secure the borders!" and "They're taking our...
Within my study of technical communication I rarely encounter economic and philosophic ideas. But every once in a while some come along, especially because the current topic in my lone rhetoric class is laissez faire capitalism. So here are a few I encountered today. Copyright laws, or intellectual property...
This story on the BBC put a big smile on my face. 4800 cabin crew workers voted to strike next month over lower-than-normal pay levels offered by Branson's Virgin Atlantic airline. Branson put his foot down and said in a letter to his staff that he would not meet the pay demands of the union and...