Increasingly, whenever anyone tries to talk about political or economic facts, no one listens, because it is assumed that all “facts” are really opinions and that the evidence in inconclusive, with an equal amount of distortion by all sides and parties involved. However, the result of this kind of thinking is that it becomes absolutely impossible to inform people, because any factual evidence that contradicts a person’s preferred position will be assumed away as “media bias”.
Category: Economics
Concerning the nature of man and the economic system, and how best the latter can be structured to augment the former.
Debunking Metaphors: “Government is like a Business”
“Government is like a business”. You’ve heard the metaphor before. In order to make it easier for a lay person to understand a complex political issue, pundits and politicians will try to relate it to something familiar, and one of the most frequently chosen metaphors is the business or household. Mitt Romney’s candidacy for US President is predicated on the notion that, because he has successfully run businesses, he can successfully run the government.
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The Imaginary Debt Crisis
Lots of people think the United States has a debt problem. Lots of people are wrong. Here’s why.
Benjamin Studebaker 