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Renegen, you are correct that this is theory; but it is philosophical theory founded on an analysis of the whole process and system. I have recognized that to keep the current system, one needs to use the current available measures - but what I'm saying is that we need to keep in mind how...

indexer, I think it was you who said that it has nothing to do with markets balancing themselves, being dynamic... and you also mentioned concern for the workforce in USA by outsourcing. Clearly, you are not promoting free markets - in employment or free trade, but an interventionist...

Renegen, you are saying that fair trade comes before education. I disagree. Unfair trade is a systemic failure. This systemic failure needs correction, and to think that intervention is the solution is fundamentally flawed. If you keep intervening on a market, the market reacts and will...

Ok, it seems you did a little 180 degrees here... I agree that one needs to adapt to the emerging markets, and balance out the deficiencies in current commerce systems - like tariffs, market access etc. But that is because there are currently no free markets! I am a strong supporter of...

indexer, are you really saying that USA invented markets, adaptation, evolution, information, time? Are you by any chance a strongly religious person who adheres to blind faith? :D You speak about resisting the changes by strong foreign policy - like objectivism, protectionism...

indexer, what you are referring to are just the structural deficiencies of a system - and how it's being exploited. Just as anyone taking advantages of any system - be it cheap labour overseas or trade agreements - it's a dynamic balance that is driven forward by adaptation, markets...

I totally agree. The imbalances of old are getting eroded, and the advantage is waning. With better education, you can still hold a competitive advantage over others - but (information) technology is levelling the playing field for everyone. In the end, there will be changes - no matter...

peilthetraveler, I live in Brazil since around 1999 and some things are relatively cheap here, but overall it's expensive. Basic food is cheap, generic drugs are cheap and some services are cheap. Anywhere in the universe where there are structural deficiencies, something will exploit...

Just a continuation of some philosophical musings a made in another thread - but on a similar theme... As we are not similar to most insects, reptiles or others who abandon their offspring at birth to fend for themselves - we take care of our children up to a particular age. When should a...

As we are not similar to most insects, reptiles or others who abandon their offspring at birth to fend for themselves - we take care of our children up to a particular age. When should a parent no longer have to pay for their child? That age is set by us all - society - because we have chosen...

The problem is not really the people - it's the trust-model that you attribute to trusting the judgement of ordinary people or strangers. If you have seen some of my posts about e-democracy and the transition from today's open democracy into an e-democracy using representative direct...

VoodooMMI, as a general rule, paying for everything yourself is reasonable. There are some difficult areas, like if you have five kids and three of them are chronically ill or have disabilities etc. Then we could talk health insurance policies, and if insurance was mandatory so that no...

Is libertarian just a word for "really smart people"? :)

I wonder... is there any more perfect and realistic model for a "perfect competition" economy than the fairly executed reverse auction or tender process coupled with open exchange and futures market? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Perfect_competition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Reverse_auction

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Something else that can be seen as partly defused are some of the conspiracy theories that are sometimes rampant. Something like the Bilderberg Group is in practical terms certainly not a place where world plots and geopolitical strategies are being formed. However, there is something which...

Father's right: DNA testing should be mandatory on all births. That will be the biggest influence on promiscuous sex - ever. :D

On another level it seems like the daughter doesn't buy the religious smack of her mother... Mom had all the fun, and wants to keep her daughter away from it, so she toughens the moral standard at home?

About the 17 year old... Not so sure that marrying at that age is the best thing to do. There is so much that she still will want to do, at least that's normally the case in today's society. Maybe they can suppress any of those urges with religious talk and "morals" - but on the other hand -...

One thing is sure - the story will get spun by everyone and it has absolutely minimalistic bearings on the direction of the next administration. :p