By Sam Vaknin Author of "Malignant Self-love: Narcissism Revisited" There are as many health systems and models as there are countries. This is because healthcare is a public good and, thus, reflects the social and cultural values of the societies that design and adopt...
The other day, i heard the funniest thing: Obama bails out Wallstreet. How can you fix something inherently broken? (It's like i keep saying about the Standard Model in physics.) Now i never claimed i can 'solve all your problems' but some of humanity's 'issues' i could...
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This article is the source for a story by Ezra Klein this morning. I don’t want to rip off Ezra, but the source story says it all. Here is how I interpret it, and Thirty-Aught-Six and others will set me...
I would love to have trickle down economic theory put before Mythbusters, but of course, these guys stay within the realm of physical science mostly. Trickle down " “(economics) Describing...
We grew up during the late 50s and 60s in a comfortable middle/middle-class American environment. We lived in relatively small to medium-sized homes, in a relatively small and insular neighborhood, but with the benefit of a panoramic view of the Manhattan skyline, no ...
There are many people who look for the middle; but the middle can be found in any number of places. The middle between private sector and public sector can be found in both preventing the other from doing its job; or it can be found in both being able to do their work and...
There is a precise positive prelationship between how good the place is and how easy it is to leave. Places that are good to their people do not need to fear people leaving it in critical numbers, and those who do leave will be replaced by a greater number of people coming...
Surely, life is not all about chasing after and securing more money. However, the promoters of the capitalist doctrine have been able to condition people to hold the view that chasing after money is the direction in which they should proceed in order to be successful as...
opinion by agora | 2 years ago 126 views | 2 recommendations | 2 comments
Allowing the Bush tax cut to expire is a no-brainer. As some leading Republicans say, it will reduce the debt by $13 trillion. While economists are fearful about deflation, my view is that they are operating on an...
“four pounds in spending reductions for every pound in tax increases” Now you are talking. Reduce the size of government by 25% or more as I recommend for the USA. Stop the wars and Nation Building. That is...
Private ownership of capital Capital refers to assets available for transformation via processes to a higher order of asset value. Capital can be materials, property, and money owned by people or businesses....
Sharing reminiscences of the tragedy and aftermath of the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing, making note of the rage and hatred focused on the Obama administration and Washington D.C., from Tea...
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Economic thought is of enormous use in psychology. An economist knows when someone is being unfairly compensated, falsely advertised to, stolen from, or slandered and injured in order to keep them in a raw deal. This essay will show some situations where economic...
Every belief has its inherent logic, possessing of potentials that affectuate whether or not they are consciously articulated or believed. This is true for both religious and secular ideologies, and the history of major beliefs show exactly what these potentials...