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Competition Shall Not Set You Free: The Mirage of Competition and Freedom

May 7, 2018 Homo Stupidus

One of the fundamental dogmas of laissez-faire capitalism is that the presence or absence of competition in any given industry is a sure indicator of

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The No-Tech, Low-Tech Revolution

March 23, 2018 Homo Stupidus

There is a widespread belief that whatever employs the most technology is necessarily better than an alternative that employs little or no technology. Hence, it

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The Eternal Mystery of Life

February 22, 2018 Homo Stupidus

Water is H2O, hydrogen two parts, oxygen one, but there is also a third thing, that makes it water, and nobody knows what it is.

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The Breakdown of the Social Bond: The Important Difference between Small, Stable Communities and Large, Anonymous Cities

February 8, 2018 Homo Stupidus

Former British prime minister Margaret Thatcher was a great admirer of Friedrich Hayek, who, together with Ludwig von Mises, Milton Friedman, and Ayn Rand, were

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The Historical Context of Books

February 2, 2018 Homo Stupidus

The vast majority of books do not outlive the particular time and place in which they were written. I am not speaking of the actual

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  • Act I: Philosophical Misadventures
  • Act II: Free-Market Folly: Why Economics is not a Science
  • Act III: The Glorious Miracle of Life
  • Act IV: Our Relationship with God
  • Act V: The Only Way Forward is the Way Back
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