Journey into a Libertarian Future: Response to Reader Comments
A follow up to Andrew Dittmer’s series on libertarian thinking.
Read more...Author Archives: Yves Smith
Join Our “Come in From the Cold” NYC Meetup on Friday, January 18 and Upcoming Fort Lauderdale Meetup for Thursday February 7
Announcing our first meetup of 2019.
Read more...Links 1/5/19
6 Ways the Trump Shutdown Is Hurting the Country
A short tally of some of the damage done by the partial Federal shutdown.
Read more...Joining a Group Makes Us Nastier to Outsiders
Being in a group isn’t conducive to cooperation, and it’s not obvious how to change that.
Read more...CalPERS’ Private Equity “Fire, Aim, Ready”: Railroading Board by Screening Candidates Before Scheme Approved; Seeking to be Victimized Again by Silver Lake Partners
Another CalPERS PR gambit backfires, revealing yet more problems with CalPERS private equity scheme.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part VI – Certainty
The implications of conservative libertarian ideas.
Read more...Piketty’s World Inequality Review: A Critical Analysis
Thomas Piketty and his colleagues have insisted that tax records are better for measuring inequality than income surveys. They’re wrong.
Read more...Links 1/3/19
Brexit: Circling the Drain
The latest chapter in the Brexit shaggy dog story.
Read more...Intergenerational Mobility in the US: One Size Doesn’t Fit All
Economic mobility has fallen in the US. But which cohorts have suffered most and why?
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part V – Dark Realities
More on the implications of the writings of prominent conservative libertarian, Hans-Hermann Hoppe.
Read more...Journey into a Libertarian Future: Part IV – The Journey into a Libertarian Past
Further discussion of the implications of the ideas of an influential conservative libertarian.
Read more...PG&E Could Face Murder Charges for California’s Wildfires
Will PG&E finally get its just deserts? And even if that were to happen, what would that look like?
Read more...2019 Headlines in Advance
A 2019 forecast
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