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...were obsessed with the wrong thing. The economy was plunging, yet all many people at the Fed wanted to talk about was inflation." | show=}} ...were obsessed with the wrong thing. The economy was plunging, yet all many people at the Fed wanted to talk about was inflation.

...nd anti-government. Plutocrats exist because of property, and the less the people direct government, the more powerful plutocrats are. That's why libertarian ...true, innate psychology of a Superman. He can never realize and feel other people." I'm reluctant to make generalizations based on my necessarily limited exp

{{DES | des = People often excuse the harms done by plutocrats by citing later philanthropy. Th

...f dollars in one night. But wouldn't it have been even more unfair to the people who enjoyed watching him if, in the pursuit of some abstract ideal of equal

...ot of time thinking about ways to improve systems of measurement. Business people should, too. ...ial for errors, delays and misunderstandings. The name “U.F.” reframes people’s thinking so that keeping real economic values stable is natural and eas

...pite its ubiquity, this sentiment means very different things to different people, and is ...markets are becoming more useful to the actors who already use them, or to people now outside of them? Is the point that individuals are becoming “more fre

...ive self-obsession, his ingrained inability to accept the reality of other people. But all these books share one trait: They ignore the consequences of people's actions. Starship Troopers gives us war without PTSD and guilt over slaug

...we are told everywhere today, produces democracy. It gives “power to the people” and dethrones authoritarians; it levels the playing field for distributi ...arians. But the term also describes a wider ideological formation in which people embrace digital utopianism as compatible or even identical with leftist pol

...he notion that genocides were preceded by gun control and that taking away people’s guns is the first step towards taking away their freedom and finally th ...but it is never said what form it took or how prevalent it was or how many people lost their guns. Finally most of the quotes are either fake or taken out of

By this view, if some people aren’t paid enough to live on, the market has determined they aren’t wo ...e through minimum wages, high taxes on top earners, public spending to get people back to work, regulations on business, or anything else, because the “fre

...enforce property rights and contracts, and prevent force, fraud and theft. People could own what they acquired through ‘voluntary’ exchange; they would b ...thing that is autonomous is deemed abusive. Ownership of children or other people is therefore deemed problematic. Even in the cases where libertarians appro

... des = "Private corporations are consuming the resources that the American people collectively own at a staggering rate, and the government is not protecting

...oam]], and [[Robert McChesney|Robert W. McChesney]]. 1999. ''[[Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order]]''. Seven Stories Press.}} {{List|title=Profit Over People: Neoliberalism & Global Order|links=true}}

... [[Jeffrey Clements|Clements, Jeffrey D.]]. 2012. ''[[Corporations Are Not People: Why They Have More Rights Than You Do and What You Can Do About It]]''. Be ...he rights of things, money and corporations matter more than the rights of people, America has faced a crisis of democracy... Jeff Clements describes the str

... 2004. ''[[Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion: Discover the Keys to Opening People's Hearts and Minds to Liberty]]''. Advocates for Self Government.}} {{List|title=Secrets of Libertarian Persuasion: Discover the Keys to Opening People's Hearts and Minds to Liberty|links=true}}

...mpassionately. A book of pragmatic compromise, that asks what is wanted by people rather than what ideology demands. | show=}}

...[[Jonathan Haidt|Haidt, Jonathan]]. 2013. ''[[The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion]]''. Vintage.}} {{List|title=The Righteous Mind: Why Good People Are Divided by Politics and Religion|links=true}}

...ch ownership has the opposite effect -- it creates gridlock. When too many people own pieces of one thing, whether a physical or intellectual resource, coope

{{Chicago | Chicago = [[Peter Irons|Irons, Peter]]. 1999. ''[[A People's History of the Supreme Court]]''. Viking Adult.}} {{List|title=A People's History of the Supreme Court|links=true}}

...go | Chicago = [[Gary Klein|Klein, Gary]]. 1999. ''[[Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions]]''. The MIT Press.}} {{List|title=Sources of Power: How People Make Decisions|links=true}}