There are few worthy intellectuals outside of Sowell who are capable of, or have succeeded, in altering the conservative public rhetorical framework. Our think-tanks are largely efforts at consolidating political parties behind the language of moral sentiments — not adapting [...]

Today, Karl reminds us that he has been harping for a long time on the fact that we could borrow money very cheaply during the recession — actually, with negative real costs — and put it to use in the [...]

The history of philosophy can be reduced to the five struggles:

1) First, between man’s primary desire to retreat into the limits of his senses in the face of evolving complexity, and his reluctant acknowledgement that he must learn [...]

This has a distinctly Chinese authoritarian tone to it. And that’s OK. If we can admire the Chinese for their current economy we can admire the rest of their political edicts too:

Economists, social scientists, public intellectuals and politicians all [...]

USEFUL IDEAS FOR DEFENSE OF CONSERVATIVE IDEAS

On [online magazine] Counterpunch today, Paul Craig Roberts asks Is Western Democracy Real or a Facade?

He starts with:

The United States government and its NATO puppets have been killing Muslim men, women [...]

On Modeled Behavior, a commenter pulls an ad hominem:

Karl, I won’t call you a hack–you aren’t, but the first part of that post contained breathtaking partisan quackery.

And I replied:

Jon.

Karl is not a quack. He honestly [...]

I should follow up on my last post with this thought:

1) For the fist time in western history, military leadership has been effectively denuded of political power. Our politicians are not only not required to have demonstrated military experience, [...]

Violence is a virtue not a vice.
Like any resource it is scarce and can be put to good and ill uses.
But try to create property rights without it.
Try to hold your property rights without [...]

A letter to HBD_CHICK
RE: “l’explication de l’idéologie”

@HBD_CHICK

First, I meant to write earlier so apologies for the delayed comment

Second, translating your argument into an economist’s language:

1) “Signaling” is the term economists use to describe [...]

On economics help, we get to see a how political failure is cast as market failure.

Agriculture often appears to be one of the most difficult industries, frequently leading to some form of market failure. In the EU, agriculture [...]