The Radford Free Press – Page 115 – All life is problem solving.

Economics, Politics / Balibar, capitalism, democracy, libertarian economics, marxism, plutocracy /

Let’s All Blame Capitalism

September 2, 2015

Well, actually let’s not. Just as much as I decry single minded adherence to what I have called the binary vision of our world, as in markets are great, the state is bad, I also object to laying all the blame for our multitude of ills at the feet of capitalism. Simple answers to complicated questions […]

Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, economic theory /

Mea Culpa: Storytelling Part Two

August 26, 2015

I have been accused of a few things. I appear to have upset some people. For this I apologize. I need to explain in order that we can all move on. Let me begin my stating my belief that economics, in all its multiple instantiations, is a vital discipline. It seeks to get at the heart […]

Economics, Politics / capitalism, democracy, Hayek, Keynes, libertarian economics, Milton Friedman, Oscar Lange /

Libertarian Economics

August 25, 2015

Economics is contextual. At its inception this context was the struggle for power as entrepreneurial and landowner citizens tried to wriggle free of the impress of ages old monarchical rule. As political freedoms steadily grew and different societies obtained an ability to critique their rulers and as they managed to change the institutional set up in which […]