The US Pension System was as much a product of American Federalism as it was a product of wartime conditions. This is significant as European-style Pension Systems were the byproduct of Social-Democrats who successfully agitated for such measures, as was… Read More ›
Work-Standard
Update (12 July 2022)
My next upcoming Blog posts include the second half of “Work-Standard Critiques of Pensions,” where I will be discussing the fundamental problems of American Pensions, and another post that also has to do with the Work-Standard. The other post in… Read More ›
“‘Council State’ or ‘Corporate State?'”
Anyone who reads The Fourth Estate will know that I tend to republish comments responding to monthly posts on the ARPLAN Blog. While my Blog is more focused on post-1945 discussions of Political Science and the fields which intersect with… Read More ›
Update (11 July 2022)
Having finished the first half of “Work-Standard Critiques of Pensions (Pt. I of II),” I was astonished that this post took longer than expected. At first, I thought it was going to take me about an hour or two, not… Read More ›
Work-Standard Critiques of Pensions (Pt. I of II)
In The Work-Standard (2nd Ed.), the concept of the SSE (Socialist Student Economy) provides clearer definitions on how the Student–the “Self”–defines their own future. The Entry entitled “The State’s Educational Policies and Ranking System” identified four specific areas where they… Read More ›
Update (10 July 2022)
Keeping with the idea of having each week be dedicated to a particular theme in mind, I am currently thinking about whether I should devote this week to a specific theme in mind or two. Both will no doubt be… Read More ›
Conservative Socialism: On Julius Krein (Pt. II of II)
In another American Conservative publication, American Compass, Julius devoted an article to the question of economic planning within Hamiltonianism. He maintained throughout “Planning for When the Market Cannot” that there will always be a necessity for economic planning in any… Read More ›
Conservative Socialism: On Julius Krein (Pt. I of II)
There are two articles which are worthy of mention here. Even though The Fourth Estate is strongly in favor of promoting a political discourse that is neither Left nor Right nor even Center, that does not mean the Blog should… Read More ›
Update (3 July 2022)
Due to having already set plans for the weekend since the beginning of this month, I currently have nothing ready for posting at the moment. Tomorrow may be different as I am thinking of setting aside time to write what… Read More ›
Economic History Case Studies: Asian Tigers (Pt. III of III)
Taiwan, formerly known as “Formosa,” has historically been an island contested by various colonial powers vying for control of neighboring Mainland China. Its geographical location also made it ideal for facilitating trade between China, Korea and Japan, which was exactly… Read More ›
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