Difference between revisions of "Libertarianism in One Lesson; The Fourth Lesson"
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Oh. That was after the civil war, so I guess these southern libertarians don't remember anything so recent. | Oh. That was after the civil war, so I guess these southern libertarians don't remember anything so recent. | ||
| + | I have heard a lot of people who call themselves "libertarians" say and sagely nod at others’ saying that utility derived from satisfying a taste for discrimination is a proper thing to include in a social welfare function—and they are often the same people who are outraged at counting utility from redistribution, envy, or theft. | ||
| + | Brad DeLong, "A Lazy New Year's Eve Morn on Twitter..." | ||
* Government "fiat money" (backed by taxation) is a fraud, whereas BitCoin (backed by waste of electricity, money laundering by the corrupt and images of shiny symbolic coins) is the future and definitely not a bubble. | * Government "fiat money" (backed by taxation) is a fraud, whereas BitCoin (backed by waste of electricity, money laundering by the corrupt and images of shiny symbolic coins) is the future and definitely not a bubble. | ||
