Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Oct 5, 2008	Will capitalism collapse?
By ATİLLA YAYLA: The crisis in the financial markets and financial institutions that has affected the US and the UK and has the potential to slowly spread from these countries to other countries throughout the world has given the circles that hate the monster known as capitalism the chance...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Oct 5, 2008	Mises vs. Marx (Hax0r edition)
I saw this in the Mises Institute Blog today: Background : In the 1920s, way before the collapse of Socialism and central planning, Ludwig von Mises (and later his student F.A. Hayek) argued that socialism was unworkable , because the socialist system couldn't 'calculate' . There was...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 30, 2008	Democratic socialism
Reflections of Fidel: I did not want to write a third consecutive reflection, but I can not leave this until Monday. There is one accurate response to Bush’s "democratic capitalism:" Chavez’ democratic socialism. There couldn’t be a more accurate way to express the great...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Sep 28, 2008	The goal that cannot be renounced
Reflections of Fidel: AROUND 35,000 Cuban health specialists are providing free or paid services in the world. Furthermore, some young doctors from countries such as Haiti and others among the poorest of the Third World are working in their homelands thanks to the assistance provided by...... [view]

Posted By:  Linkss Posted On:  Aug 8, 2008	Homage to the 2008 Olympic Games – China
Como os mais espertos dentre nós sabemos, os Jogos Olímpicos de 2008 são uma estratégia lançada pela aliança entre as Potências Capitalistas Mundiais e a 'Ditadura Imperialista-Comunista-Capitalista Chinesa' com o objetivo de usar a nossa aspiração de construir uma nação humana...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 21, 2008	SAARC eviction and Property Rights
(Pic courtesy: The Daily Mirror ) In view of the SAARC summit, the Sri Lankan government decided to demolish the homes of a bunch of poor people living in 'unauthorized dwellings'. Apparently aesthetics are more important for the government than life and property of people....... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 15, 2008	Lies, Damned lies and Naomi Klein
Cato's Johan Norberg has a detailed rebuttal on Naomi Klein's superficial claims about Milton Friedman and free-market policies made in her book, The shock doctrine . Here's a video of Norberg explaining how Ms Klein misrepresents what Friedman said: Also see this follow up video . I...... [view]

Posted By:  deane034 Posted On:  Jul 15, 2008	Creative Capitalism
Inspired by Bill Gates' speech at the World Economic Forum, someone has created a creative capitalism blog with an impressive list of contributors, ranging from Gates to Buffet to this latest piece from Jagdish Bhagwati . Even the late Milton Friedman makes a reappearance. Do Check...... [view]

Posted By:  ioanap Posted On:  Jul 1, 2008	In the summertime, when the weather is high... students are looking for a job
I've just come back home. I was out for a job interview. Oh, the heat! There are over 30 degrees Celsius out there! (that is over 86 Fahrenheit degrees according to this ) The stupid tube! I had to wait for 15 minutes for it. Anyway, I got there running up the stairs, all red, but I got...... [view]

Posted By:  zephyr Posted On:  Jun 19, 2008	The Elephant and The Ant
REFLECTIONS OF FIDEL: IT would seem there's no topic worthy of addressing that would not bore our patient readers, after the “Round Table” program of June 12, which dealt with the new edition of a book published in Bolivia 15 years ago, featuring now a prologue I wrote. During this...... [view]

Posted By:  ighih Posted On:  Mar 30, 2008	Let’s flip Capitalism.
Yesterday I had a very interesting discussion with a professor at my college about sustainable development. Sustainable development, as defined by the Brundtland Commission in Our Common Future , is “meeting the needs of the present generation without compromising the abilities of...... [view]