Free Talk Live - socialism

The Goal Is Freedom: Individualist Collectivism

Jking8767 — Sun, 16 Dec 2012 01:50:50 +0000

Is the free market an individualist or collectivist social arrangement? Don’t answer too quickly. It’s a trick question. Most people — free-market friend and free-market foe alike — will answer “individualist.” And that makes perfect sense. The free market describes a political/legal environment in which individuals are at liberty to engage in any peaceful activity, with only force and fraud prohibited. No one may aggressively interfere with another human being’s peaceful projects.

Pro-Government Russian Scientists Stymied At New Rules, Centralization

CaptainWhomp — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 06:19:33 +0000

Russian scientists are falling victim to their own antiquated notions of socialized, government-run science as Moscow demands that all its science arms be further unified under new rules and authority. It's amazing to see the double-think from the scientists as they try to explain government sponsorship of science as a good thing, but in the same breath explain away further centralization and new government mandates as a bad thing. From a libertarian perspective, this reads almost like an article from The Onion.

Krugman to finally debate his failed economic theories!?

Grey — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 20:53:57 +0000

Many Austrians have tried to get Krugman to debate business cycle theory. He’s too busy and too sophisticated to debate an Austrian, of course. Until now.

Cuban government says; oops Communism does not actually work.

mosltyfree — Tue, 14 Sep 2010 03:41:21 +0000

Cuban President says state's role in the economy has to be reduced. Well no kidding? It only took you 51 years to figure it out.

Finland makes high speed internet "legal right"

rancemuhamitz — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 05:20:20 +0000

Starting today (July 1), every Finnish citizen now has a guaranteed legal right to a least a 1Mbps broadband connection, putting it on the same footing as other legal rights in the country such as healthcare and education.

Britain Plans to Decentralize National Health Care

masshole — Sat, 24 Jul 2010 20:26:44 +0000

LONDON — Perhaps the only consistent thing about Britain’s socialized health care system is that it is in a perpetual state of flux, its structure constantly changing as governments search for the elusive formula that will deliver the best care for the cheapest price while costs and demand escalate.

Government is NOT Good: Prof. Douglas Amy Refuted

iconoclast2007 — Mon, 10 May 2010 01:59:05 +0000

Prof. Douglas J. Amy of Mount Holyoke College has created a personal web project called “Government is Good: An Unapologetic Defense of a Vital Institution.” Here Daniel Brackins refutes Prof. Amy’s piece, “The Forgotten Achievements of Government.”