Recent content by Mises_to_Paul

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The person on the talking box told me criticizing Obama is racist, so I'm reporting this thread on the grounds of fostering racial hatred. Sorry :(, I don't think I have a choice

I see it. People can easily assign different "weights" to various cost components at various times, leading to differing final values about the overall cost of a particular action. Cost and benefits being subjective is a fairly critical feature of AE. I am more specifically referring to C/B...

What exactly are you laughing at? It's not a particularly controversial stance that value (and therefore costs) is subjective.

To those people who don't think a lack of philosophical backing to Libertarianism matters in "the real world", here you go...

There are a lot of issues, mainly the inherent subjectivity of most costs and benefits, the inherent inability to properly project the calculations needed to perfectly evaluate costs and benefits for both direct and indirect parts, and the fact that utility can very easily come into direct...

While I think GJ can be a solid ally, I don't think he is capable of leading any sort of grand/cosmic intellectual revolution. But that's okay. What is disappointing to me is the level of vitriol (not talking about this thread in particular) and tearing-down of Johnson in this section of the...

I would have to agree with his hair being the main selling point of Romney. It really projects the image of a strong and competent leader. For me anyway.

I prefer "anti-statist" to anything else. :)

The growth of the state has occured via an extremely high number of small incremental units, for the most part. Most likely, the reduction of the state will have to occur the same way. I don't think however, that it follows that you have to compromise your beliefs. It just means you need to...

What would be "seen": Some non-productive government jobs being lost What is not seen: The jobs that were never created or reduced in scope because they non-productive jobs were created in the first place. Employment is not the end. It is a means to an end, which is maximizing wealth and...

First off all, what bandwagon? Romney supporters have all the energy and gusto of a sleep-deprived teenager waking up at 6 to go to school. Second, if there is any flipping of a vote from Paul to Romney, the person was never a true supporter in the first place (possible exception if Paul was...

Johnson is better than almost everyone else, but he approaches governance from a perspective of utility, rather than a perspective of natural rights and the NAP. This leads to some problems, even though he the utility approach leads to the correct conclusion in many cases. Put it this way. I...

I think he would come through on the actions that he can take unilaterally, such as those related to his position as Commander in Chief. With respect to economic matters and the general thrust of the statism vs. anti-statism debate, I fear that there would be blocks by Congress that would prop...

Not exactly. It's wearing a top-hat, mustache, and monocle and holding medicine just beyond the outstretched hands of poor people (usually children and minorities) saying "ha ha ha ha ha ha ha, you can't afford this" over and over again. That is the narrative the media paints anyway, and I...