Celebrating humanity's flourishing through the spread of capitalism and the rule of law
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in energy economics, environmental economics, global warming Tags: nanny state, political correctness, regressive left
By Paul Homewood h/t Ian Magness From the Telegraph: NatWest is telling customers to stop eating meat and to drive electric cars after combing their accounts to calculate their carbon footprint. A “Carbon Footprint Tracker” on the bank’s mobile app uses the transaction data of customers and makes recommendations on how […]
NatWest combs customer accounts – and tells them to go vegetarian
03 Nov 2023 Leave a comment
in economics of crime, economics of education, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, politics - USA Tags: Middle-East politics, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, war against terror
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in liberalism, Marxist economics, Thomas Sowell Tags: regressive left
Tweet… is from page 38 of Thomas Sowell’s 2023 book, Social Justice Fallacies: The Progressives of the early twentieth century shared more than a name with Progressives of a later era, extending on into our own times. While these different generations of Progressives reached opposite conclusions on the reasons for racial differences in economic and…
Bonus Quotation of the Day…
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in defence economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
The Māori Party and Māori medics have something in common: they have diagnosed what’s gone wrong in the Middle East and prescribed a remedy for the Israel-Hamas conflict. They are pressing for a Free Palestine. The mainstream media seem not to have noticed that the Māori medical professionals have taken sides in a matter with […]
Māori doctors reckon they have the right medicine for the Middle East – but will they be joining Médecins Sans Frontières?
31 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of education, economics of religion, law and economics, laws of war, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, Israel, Middle-East politics, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
About ten days ago I had an hourlong conversation with Richard Dawkins for his Substack site, “The Poetry of Reality“. The video, from YouTube, is embedded below. As Richard says in his written introduction: We covered a myriad of controversial topics plaguing our world today: from the religious conflict in Gaza to modern-day struggles with […]
My conversation with Richard Dawkins
31 Oct 2023 1 Comment
in defence economics, laws of war, war and peace Tags: Gaza Strip, Israel, Middle-East politics, regressive left, war against terror
Everyone who pays attention to the UN knows that it has repeatedly condemned Israel but barely goes after countries like North Korea, Russia, or Iran (all UN members), even though it’s pretty clear that these countries violate human rights far more often than does Israel. The UN seems to have an obsession with condemning Israel, […]
UN repeatedly condemns Israel, but Palestine (and Hamas) get off scot-free
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in defence economics, economics of crime, economics of religion, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics, war and peace Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left, war against terror
Nick Cohen wrote an article in the Spectator that’s paywalled for most of us, but thank Ceiling Cat he also published it on his Substack site, “Writing from London.” It was originally called “Why the far Left supports Hamas“, but the title was changed when the piece moved to Substack. The original title was more…
Nick Cohen on the embrace of Islamism by the “progressive” Left
29 Oct 2023 1 Comment
in economics of education, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
The University of California at Davis is embroiled in a controversy involving one of its faculty threatening “zionist journalists” in a violent tirade on X. UC Davis Professor (and undergraduate adviser) Jemma Decristo posted the screed on October 10th referencing the homes and family of those who support Israel as possible targets. The university is […]
University of California Professor Threatens Pro-Israel Journalists and Their Families
20 Oct 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of education Tags: affirmative action, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
UPDATE: See a positive review of this new book (as well as a related one by Yacha Mounk) at The Economist. This week, Jon Haidt’s short Substack piece (click on title screenshot below to read it), does four things: he introduces a new book, explains why University leaders remained largely silent (or waited a few […]
Jon Haidt on a new book, the silence of university leaders, self-censorship, and America’s loss of confidence in higher education
09 Sep 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economics of crime, economics of media and culture, gender, law and economics, liberalism, Marxist economics Tags: free speech, political correctness, racial discrimination, regressive left, sex discrimination
20 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
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in law and economics, liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
11 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in discrimination, economic history, gender, labour economics, labour supply, law and economics, poverty and inequality, property rights Tags: political correctness, regressive left, sex discrimination
07 Apr 2023 Leave a comment
in liberalism, politics - Australia, politics - New Zealand, politics - USA Tags: free speech, political correctness, regressive left
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in liberalism, politics - New Zealand Tags: free speech, regressive left
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