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Author Archives: Josh Weil
Seasteading Comic
I couldn’t get it to format well so just go here.
H/T Patri Friedman
Taxi Cab Regulation
Because the Bureaucrat Gods working for Montgomery County are also taxi entrepreneurs? C’mon, this regulation is unnecessary and harms both consumers and producers.
Private certification readily exists. If consumers get worried about being cheated, taxi cab companies would find it in their self interest to compete on brand reliability. All it takes is to latch on to a reputable company. A cab [...]
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Econ Test
I submit that all politicians must pass Economics 1 before taking office. Congressman Faleomavaega clearly doesn’t know what he is talking about.
H/T Don Boudreaux
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Libertarian Persuasion
David Friedman has a great breakdown of the different types of libertarians:
1. Natural Rights: Probably the most popular position among the hard core of self-identified libertarians, some of whom make opposition to the initiation of force the defining characteristic of libertarianism. For most or all of them, both of Frank’s statements are false. Following arguments along the [...]
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Add Robin Hood to the List
Back in the pre-industrial era, the easiest way to amass a large fortune was by stealing it. The most efficient way to steal from a large number of people is by taxing them. Politically privileged individuals went door-to-door and leeched of the peasantry.
There were people that pushed back against these injustices. The oldest legend of Robin Hood portrays [...]
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Leftwing Academia
Megan McArdle has a theory I’ve never heard before:
I have long theorized that at least some of the leftward drift in academia can be explained by the fact that it has one of the most abusive labor markets in the world. I theorize this because in interacting with many professors, I am bewildered by their [...]
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