Politics
The Emergence of Conflict – Steven LeBlanc
Synopsis: The behavioral school of thought vis-à-vis armed conflict is perhaps most effectively expressed in Steven LeBlanc’s book Constant Battles. According to LeBlanc, a so-called ‘risk threshold’ operates as the behavioral device which initiates, deters, or limits conflict. Such a… Read More ›
Did America declare Independence on July 2 or July 4, 1776?
I knew it! The official date of American Independence was never set into stone at first, even as late as the height of the Federalist Party’s existence. According to John Adams, not all Americans in those days actually thought that… Read More ›
Additional Notes on Democratic Capitalism
In recent years, it has become fashionable to insinuate that Democratic Capitalism is in a crisis. The crisis began with the Subprime Mortgage Crisis that contributed to the Great Recession, followed by the rise of Populism throughout the Western world…. Read More ›
Russian mercenary chief says his forces are rebelling, some left Ukraine and entered city in Russia | Associated Press
(AP) The owner of the Wagner private military contractor made his most direct challenge to the Kremlin yet, calling for an armed rebellion aimed at ousting Russia’s defense minister. The security services reacted immediately by calling for the arrest of Yevgeny Prigozhin. In… Read More ›
Economic Socialization in Mainland China?
Back on Wednesday, I mentioned that I needed to find more evidence to determine Mainland China’s recent Recession is compelling Beijing to start turning its back on the Private and Foreign Enterprises of its Socialist Market Economy. The Chinese economy… Read More ›
On Digital Taxation Regimes (Pt. II of II)
Back in Part I, I devoted a detailed discussion about the Internet Tax Freedom Act (ITFA) from the purviews of Production for Profit and Production for Utility. Here, I will be delving into the same legislation in the context of… Read More ›
Radio GDR Podcast: The Human Rights Dictatorship – The GDR Objectified
From an outside perspective, it would seem that human rights would be an idea that the East German regime would have had great difficulty reconciling itself with. However, in a conversation I had with Dr. Ned Richardson-Little for the Radio GDR… Read More ›
A Reading of “Why There is no Economic Conservatism in America”
In Political Science, the formal technical term for Neoliberalism or Liberal Capitalism is “Economic Liberalism.” As I had pointed out in my Treatises, the Economic Liberalism goes together with Social Liberalism and the Political Liberalism. All of this implies a… Read More ›
On Digital Taxation Regimes (Pt. I of II)
In The Digital Realm (1st Ed.), I argued that “Digital Taxation” is one of the emerging signs of a Digital Economy, regardless of whether we are talking about the National Intranet or the World Wide Web (WWW). The Digital Economy,… Read More ›
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