From Evolutionist-X” In Defense of Planned Parenthood On numerous occasions, this blog has argued that Republicans could support abortion as a way of reducing entitlement spending and crime, which I discuss further here. The usual rebuttal is that this is the policy of Margaret Sanger and other liberals. Maybe fifty years ago, but nowadays if… Continue reading Abortion & Healthcare Policy
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The Free Trade & Globalization Debate
From Vox Day: The Price of Free Trade In the context of this debate, ‘free trade’ includes exports, offshoring, and insourcing & outcsourcing (of labor), or just simply globalization. The problem with macro economics is with the exception of the fundamentals (like comparative advantage), there is seldom a consensus, unlike subjects such as mathematics and… Continue reading The Free Trade & Globalization Debate
Resource Optimization & The Role of the State
Interesting article: There’s No Escaping Competition Scarcity is a defining characteristic of the human condition, and scarcity means there will be competition over who gets what. Market capitalism has the great advantage of channeling that competition through the price system, which not only ensures an ongoing supply of goods but also encourages their efficient production.… Continue reading Resource Optimization & The Role of the State
Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia May Lower Healthcare Costs
California Legalizes Assisted Dying for the Terminally Ill To clarify the subtlety between physician assisted suicide and euthanasia: Physician-assisted suicide refers to the physician providing the means for death, most often with a presciption. The patient, not the physician, will ultimately administer the lethal medication. Euthanasia generally means that the physician would act directly, for… Continue reading Physician Assisted Suicide and Euthanasia May Lower Healthcare Costs
America the Intellectual Capital of the World, or Why Smart People Deserve More
With the Nobel Prize nominations in the news, the alleged ‘dumbing down’ of America is mostly anecdotal, like an old wives’ tale regurgitated by liberal pundits until many hold it to be truth. For example, America leads the world in Nobel Prize laureates, and this is most evident in the high-IQ science categories: The United… Continue reading America the Intellectual Capital of the World, or Why Smart People Deserve More
NRx Should Be Anti-Populist
As discussed earlier, NRx is almost indistinguishable from Red Pill, both of which also share many similarities to paleoconservatism. IMHO, the problem with Paleoconservatism is that, like the far-left, it tends to be populist. For the far-left, it’s ‘the prole vs. the rich, big corporations’; for the populist right, it’s ‘the prole vs. big govt.,… Continue reading NRx Should Be Anti-Populist
The British Origins of HBD
This story is kinda old, but UK TV presenter Katie Hopkins recently got into hot water by the UK liberal left for suggesting that dementia patients ‘blocking beds’ is an ineffective use of public resources, especially since they have little or no sensory perception. I agree, public goods (such as public healthcare) should be optimized… Continue reading The British Origins of HBD
Falsifiability, String Theory, and Policy
An interesting post by Noah Theory vs. Data in economics. This is related to the long-standing debate over falsifiability and science, and this ties into Popper’s demarcation problem: Logically, no number of positive outcomes at the level of experimental testing can confirm a scientific theory, but a single counterexample is logically decisive: it shows the… Continue reading Falsifiability, String Theory, and Policy
‘Trickle Up’ Economics; Silicon Valley Technocracy; Neo Liberals
From AVC Trickle Up Economics I would like to propose another approach that I call “trickle up economics” in which we lower the tax and other burdens on the lower and middle class, we invest in educating their children (and them), we make sure they have the skills to get good jobs in the economy… Continue reading ‘Trickle Up’ Economics; Silicon Valley Technocracy; Neo Liberals
Purple Policies, Part 2
From Charles Murray: The Trouble With Kids Today Again, my underlying point is simple. IQ has a substantial direct correlation with measures of success in life, and it is also correlated with a variety of other characteristics that promote success—perseverance, deferred gratification, good parenting, and the aspects of personality that are variously called “emotional intelligence”… Continue reading Purple Policies, Part 2