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Norm failure

January 29, 2013 – 8:00 am

I have previously posted elsewhere about how similar the failures in indigenous policy and development (particularly foreign aid) policy have been. Remarkably similar, indeed. They also show some distinct similarities to the more unfortunate effects of welfare provision. (By ‘welfare provision’ I do not mean the aged pension or health or education services; I am talking [...]

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The law tells it as it was

June 14, 2012 – 5:16 am

One of the more irritating historical memes is the preposterous notion that the American Civil War was not “really” about slavery, it was about tariffs and states rights. Fortunately, it is easy to demolish this claim for the historical canard it is. All one has to do is to read the Constitution of the Confederate [...]

By Lorenzo | Posted in Economics, History, Law, Public Policy | Also tagged Abraham Lincoln, American Civil War, American Revolution, australia, Australian politics, Belgium, British Crown, Canada, Civil Rights Acts, Confederate States of America, CSA Constitution, Federalist papers, Federation, Founding Fathers, free trade, Habsburgs, indigenous issues, land hunger, Low Countries, nativism, Patrick Henry, Robert Fogel, Samuel Johnson, secession, slavery, Somersett's Case, states rights, tariffs, Thomas Paine, Thomas Sowell, trade policy, US Constitution, US Declaration of Independence, US politics | Comments (7)