You can't really talk about comparing social mobility across countries without talking about differences in demographics
While it's not short or unbiased, this is a great read for anyone in the libertarian echo chamber (including me)http://slatestarcodex.com/2017/02/22/repost-the-non-libertarian-faq/ …
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True, I think that was a flaw in his analysis
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I stopped after reading 1 paragraphs of his false bullshit about healthcare & superiority of single payer. I've experienced both
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The past thirty years of economic history have repeatedly and decisively demolished the “trickle-down” concept. Can anyone counter this?
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the entire history of industrialized society?
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Remind me how the entire history of industrialized society fits into the last 30 yrs. Also you might want to read up on the industrial rev
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industrial society is a testament to libertarian values concerning economics.
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Absolutely. Industrialization made goods cheaper and more available. This doesn't address trickle down economic policies of the last 30 yrs
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The first tenet that government can do no right and private industry can do no wrong and uses this faith in place of careful analysis.
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Almost like we pick teams and use faith and feelings instead of reason, debate and the pursuit of truth
@huntermaats#descartesError
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I read the first few paragraphs. Clearly this guy doesn't understand the difference between a anarchist and a libertarian.
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If you honestly want to get out of echo chambers, will you answer your rational and scientific critics?http://www.nature.com/news/to-reduce-gender-biases-acknowledge-them-1.22502 …
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You might also find this interesting. It's well-introduced by the opening paragraphs, in case you're short on time. http://unqualified-reservations.blogspot.com/2007/12/why-i-am-not-libertarian.html …
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Extreme scenarios in an attempt to prove a general point are intellectually dishonest. A wonderful collection of exceptions to a rule.
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Your views on freedom are twisted. You're basically trying to end the struggle for more freedom. Never gonna happen.
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It fails to address the socialist calculation problem, the knowledge problem of central planning, and it ignores courts.
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Single payer healthcare is not the same as socialized medicine: the analogy would be Medicare vs VA.
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How's the job hunt going
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