April 26, 2013 – 10:30 am
The term that is. There seem to be few usages that are a greater barrier to clear thought and debate than free markets. Whether used as a term of sneering abuse to create straw-person arguments or as a slogan of the right and proper, it is ready-made to close minds and abstract away from the issues [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Economics, History, Law, Marriage, Middle east, Personal liberty, Public Policy, Religion, Sexuality, Taxation
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Tagged American Revolution, Arnold Kling, banking, barriers to entry, building design, Cato Institute, Clarence Thomas, David Boaz, Debt, discretion, discrimination, economic freedom, Equity, free markets, gains from trade, German Constitution, house design, Latin America, liability, logical fallacy, Political donations, rules v discretion, social mercantilism, time inconsistency, too big to fail, transaction costs, Wells Fargo, zoning laws
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December 13, 2012 – 7:01 pm
one thing I don’t need is any more apologies i got sorry greetin me at my front door you can keep yrs i don’t know what to do wit em they don’t open doors or bring the sun back they don’t make me happy or get a mornin paper didn’t nobody stop usin my tears [...]
By Legal Eagle
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Also posted in Australia, Free Speech, Law, Media, Personal liberty, Politics, Public Policy, Society
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Tagged Alan Jones, apologies, apology, Cronulla riots, keysar trad, mongrels, Racism, remedies, Sydney, vermin
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November 26, 2012 – 6:20 am
It is striking, sometimes, how one loses touch with bits of one’s past. I was reminded of this, last week, when I learnt that the Queensland Supreme Court has been completely rebuilt. The dingy piece of 70s ugliness where I did the Brisbane bits of my pupillage is, from what I can gather, no more [...]
By skepticlawyer
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Also posted in Australia, Law
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Tagged Chloe Hooper, Chris Hurley, Crowded House, don't dream it's over, Justice Dutney, Palm Island, Queensland Supreme Court, The Tall Man, To Kill a Mockingbird, Townsville, Weather with you
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November 23, 2012 – 10:08 am
Few people like to think of themselves as bystanders to crimes of violence. We fondly imagine we will intervene if we see someone being mugged or assaulted, will defend our property from burglars, and generally protect those unable to defend themselves. This widespread but mistaken belief has been in evidence since this appalling incident on a [...]
September 6, 2012 – 4:16 pm
The war aim of the victorious North in the the War Between the States was simple — that the Union not be divided. As Abraham Lincoln put it, the Union position was “We won’t go out of the Union, and you shan’t”. The Northern victory was, indeed, the Union victory. Freeing the slaves was a natural outcome [...]
August 2, 2012 – 11:30 pm
Apologies for the distinctly pomo headline, but it actually goes some way to highlighting the salient points in the latest gay rights stushie to engulf the United States. Yes, the chicken in the sex class stushie started simply enough… with (and in) a fast food chain. Playing chicken The fast food chain in question is [...]
By skepticlawyer
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Also posted in Britain, Feminism, Free Speech, Human/Civil rights, Law, Religion, scotland, Sexuality
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Tagged #equalmarriage, Bob Jones University v United States, Chick-fil-A, Christine Quinn, Dan Cathy, discrimination, First Amendment, Huffington Post, James Peron, Jonathan Rauch, like cases alike, New York City Council, rule of law, SCOTUS, Uganda
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What is the biggest difference in decision-making between buying equipment and hiring a person? The characteristics of the equipment are much easier to discern. Sure, there can be hidden flaws in machinery and buildings. You may have to take the equipment for a test run, you may need some expert to have a look at [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Economics
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Tagged assets, Austrian school, contracts, employment contract, expectations, feudal dues, James Heckman, labour hire, labour markets, money, risk, unequal bargaining power, unfair dismissal
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Conservative philosopher-blogger Keith Burgess-Jackson had already predicted that, if Obama loses the November 2012 election, the Left will say it was because of race. Now some social science has popped up to support precisely such a claim. A study (pdf) has used racially-charged Google searches to estimate how much less Obama’s share of the popular vote [...]
By Lorenzo
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Also posted in Academia, Economics, History, Politics, The Left
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Tagged al gore, Andrew Sullivan, Bread and Peace model, Clarence Thomas, Colin Powell, Condoleezza Rice, Douglas Hibbs, Google, John Kerry, Keith Burgess-Jackson, president obama, Seth Stephens-Davidowitz, US democratic party, US presidential election 2012, US republican party
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SAN FRANCISCO _ Dressed in his trademark hoodie and jeans, Facebook Inc. co-founder Mark Zuckerberg kicked off a cross-country road show to pitch his company’s initial public stock offering. Hundreds of institutional investors stood in long lines Monday to pile into a ballroom at New York’s Sheraton Hotel to hear the billion-dollar pitch from the [...]
By DeusExMacintosh
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Also posted in Economics, Entrepreneurs, Funnies, Human/Civil rights, Internet, Law, Media, Politics, Popular culture, Society, Technology
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Tagged america, barack obama, crime, Facebook, hoodie, mark zuckerberg, social media, trayvon martin, US politics, USA
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[SL: After a lengthy discussion with Legal Eagle and DeusExMacintosh, we have decided to revise our earlier 'girls only' policy and invite Lorenzo to be one of our writers. He has written half-a-dozen superb pieces for the blog over the last year, and if I see one more piece on his own site that makes me [...]
