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  • Looking for an article about persistent monopolies

    I'm having an economics discussion with my favorite Green Party member, and the discussion has stalled on the issue of monopolies. Yes, he's probably a closet Marxist, but I'm not interested at this point in debunking Marxism. What I do want to debunk is that big businesses use market power...
    Posted to Economics Questions by Calion on Thu, Sep 25 2008
  • The Pluralism of Liberty

    The concept of individual liberty, consistantly applied, would seem to have pluralistic implications. For it leaves room for anyone to act as they please within the context of voluntary interpersonal relations, and by its very nature a society consists of a plurality of different types of people with...
    Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Mon, Jul 28 2008
    Filed under: Monopoly, Subjective Value, Aesthetics, Collectivism, Free Association, Pluralism
  • "Obscene" Oil Company Profits, and Is Government Responsible For Lack Of Competition In Oil Industry?

    Two questions: 1. Could anyone help me out by giving a better explanation of how "obscene" profits by oil companies actually help consumers at the pump and don't hurt them? I understand how higher profits equal more savings, which equal more investment, which equal more capital, which equal...
    Posted to Economics Questions by Freiheit on Fri, Jul 25 2008
  • Re: Anarcho-Capitalism: Possibilities and Limitations

    [quote user="JCFolsom"]Coercion rather implies initiation. I would not call self-defense coercion. Land ownership is a territorial monopoly on force. I am unconvinced that the anarcho-capitalist model actually eliminates coercive force. It might just distribute it better, for a time.[/quote...
    Posted to Political Theory by Torsten on Sun, Jul 13 2008
  • Re: Questions regarding FED's interest rate mechanism

    Point taken. However I'm not debating the form and makeup of a state, or indeed the virtues of anarchism! What I'm curious about is whether or not the core economic issue is the violent enforcement of a monopoly on currency ( by the state ). Fine, get rid of the FED - let the state control money...
    Posted to Economics Questions by fingolfin on Wed, May 21 2008
  • Organization and Conflict: Free Association vs. Politics

    Free association and competition resolves conflict while politics, especially democratic politics, enables and ultimately depends on conflict. All disagreements between people about how to organize can theoretically be resolved through free association, as they have the choice to either disassociate...
    Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Wed, Apr 30 2008
    Filed under: Competition, Decentralization, Centralization, Monopoly, Aesthetics, Democracy, Social Evolution, Consent, Free Association
  • An Apolitical Approach To Libertarianism

    In the discussion and debate that goes on among libertarians, it is disputed as to wether or not libertarians should vote and participate in party politics. Some see voting as the only practical option, some think that there should be a multi-pronged approach that includes voting, some are die-hard supporters...
    Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Sat, Apr 5 2008
    Filed under: Anarchism, Coercive Monopoly, Competition, Collusion, Monopoly, Checks and Balances, The Calculation Problem, Democracy, Representation, Voting, Means and Ends, Agorism, Propaganda, Consent, Libertarianism
  • Checks and Balances: Two Kinds

    Checks and balances should be a fairly familiar concept to Americans. The standard definition of checks and balances is that the state must be broken up into multiple segments that function as checks against eachother's power and perform different functions, while these segments still remain within...
    Posted to Brainpolice by Brainpolice on Wed, Nov 28 2007
    Filed under: Competition, Collusion, Decentralization, Centralization, Monopoly, Checks and Balances
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