Hi MJ,..... How you doin'? Okay , I hope.... I like your appreciation for "Freedom and Liberty" .... As a "thematic consideration"... broad terms...Do you ever think along the lines of whether there is a distinction to be made between.... say.... Liberty and License?.... I wonder how you would frame such a distinction, yourself..... nominal9
On Nov 2, 12:00 pm, MJ <[email protected]> wrote: > No socialist author ever gave a thought to the possibility that the abstract > entity which he wants to vest with unlimited power whether it is called > humanity, society, nation, state, or government could act in a way of which > he himself disapproves. > -- Ludwig von Mises, Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, 692 (rev'd ed. > 1966)At 07:34 AM 11/2/2010, you wrote:Economics (all of it).....Too Much > "theory".... not enough factual > empirical verification....after all, it is a Social Science... there > are "humans" imvolved.... Free will... at work... it isn.t like a > strict inanimate chemical reaction, say... where t you have > certifiable and expected cause and effect relations under similar > circumstances, every time...... Human reactions (Social Sciences, > Economincs, et al) are more Action-Reaction, where human input > interjects a "choice" (even if limited) in both the Actiuon and the > Reaction....long strory short... my observation... Keynes , Smith, > Marx...Joe Shmo..; whoever... when it comes to economic theory.... > it's always a crapshoot as to what the "result" will be....if the > carrot doesn't work... take out the stick.... if stimulus money > doesn't work.... the fat-cats just "pocket" their profits... then tax > the shit out of the greedy crumb-bums....empirical verification.... > On Nov 1, 11:10 pm, dick thompson <[email protected]> wrote: > > g > > j http://althouse.blogspot.com/2010/11/obama-keynesian-sign-makes-rally... > -- > Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. > For options & help seehttp://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum > * Visit our other community athttp://www.PoliticalForum.com/ > * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. > * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -- Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more.
