Voter attitudes generally reflect a conventional wisdom that is shaped by
the corporate media and statist educational system. A whole series of
buzzwords comes to mind--ideological hegemony, the sociology of knowledge,
reproduction of human capital--but they all boil down to the fact that a
Is it just me, or does the discount for take-out dining seem way too
low? You avoid paying a tip, yes. But you save the restaurant the cost
of waiters, tables, space, etc. You might say that space is not really
scarce except at peak times, but still, most dining is down during those
peak
I think you're underestimating the massive effects of state capitalist
intervention not only individuallly, but the synergy between them.
Regarding transportation subsidies alone, Tibor Machan wrote a good article
for The Freeman (August 99, I think) against not only transportation
I think this topic is getting too far afield for armchair. Take it off
the list, if you please. :-)
--
Prof. Bryan Caplan
Department of Economics George Mason University
http://www.bcaplan.com [EMAIL PROTECTED]
He wrote a
I considered the online book dealers a positive development from the
beginning. The mail-order and internet vendors are, in some ways, a
throwback to the days of the Sears Roebuck catalog, when the alternative to
local mom and pop retailers wasn't the big box store, but rather a network
of
Kevin Carson wrote:
Voter attitudes generally reflect a conventional wisdom that is shaped by
the corporate media and statist educational system. A whole series of
buzzwords comes to mind--ideological hegemony, the sociology of knowledge,
reproduction of human capital--but they all boil
