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by asift 11y ago
>Wealth, or relative wealth or a class society is zero sum. Relative wealth is zero sum. Wealth is not zero sum. You shouldn't muddle the terms like this.
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by asift 11y ago
>What surprises me is is the minimum weight requirement: 250 grams Why does this surprise you? If the assumption is that the FAA is altruistic organization that seeks nothing but the public benefit, I suppose I can see how this is surpri
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by asift 11y ago
The sweatshops claim is ridiculous. Tough industrial working conditions are needed to grow into a developed country, but it's misguided to attribute the improvements in working condition to regulations. Regulations tend to lag industry
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by asift 11y ago
I said predacious monopoly. There is an important distinction between a company with monopoly status because they provide the highest value among options freely chosen by consumers and a company with monopoly status because they are benef
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by asift 11y ago
Based on what definition? It's only common convention that has associated regulation with government action. Competition is a regulating force. It's a force outside of oneself that governs and influences how they behave. I would
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by asift 11y ago
Why do you suppose Uber created a reputation system and vets their drivers? They certainly weren't required to, but they profit from reducing asymmetry because consumers want to know their ride will be a pleasant experience. Mandating
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by asift 11y ago
I never said Uber was operating in free market or that they wouldn't turn around and become rent seekers themselves (as they already have), but the reality is, Uber is subject to more market forces than yellow taxis were/are. Th
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by asift 11y ago
Or maybe we'll learn that governmental regulation isn't the only form of regulation. Uber is better than yellow taxis by a wide margin because of market regulatory forces (reputation, repeat business, competitors, etc.) which are
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by asift 11y ago
How do they legally get less of your money? Unless you are engaging in some type of tax fraud, this really isn't true.
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by asift 11y ago
Depending on where you live, it might be that certain court/legal records can never be expunged. I know a guy who was sober (determined by multiple breathalyzer tests), but arrested for public intoxication. The case was immediately thr
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by asift 11y ago
>This unholy alliance Classic "Bootleggers and Baptists"
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by asift 11y ago
I just copied and pasted the first thing that came up on Google. I replaced it with The Atlantic for you :-)
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by asift 11y ago
Anyone who has worked in student organizations should be able to attest that students don't have full autonomy from administration/faculty/university governance. I have no idea what role, if any, that any of these influences
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by asift 11y ago
Because mobs like these are totally open to intellectual discourse and reason. If only the professor had done more to be courteous and empathize with the students' desired ends /s http://www.theatlantic.com/politic
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by asift 11y ago
>"Elitist" connotes a passive enjoyment of privilege Any student on an Ivy League campus is among the most privileged human beings in the world (regardless of where they came from).
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by asift 11y ago
There is very little reason to believe private security providers would resort to "firefights" to resolve conflicts. This is an incredibly expensive and undesirable solution for customers. Go back ten years and have a conversation
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by asift 11y ago
In a very narrow view (i.e., how the world exists at this moment) I agree that both are necessary. Over a longer time horizon, I'm not certain how "obvious" it is governments are superior. It takes time for alternative instit
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by asift 11y ago
There are reasonable and intelligent criticisms of market institutions. This is not one of them. Exactly what recourse would I have against someone who stole my sandwich? Unless I know the person or there is solid evidence to identify the i
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by asift 11y ago
How do monopolistic entities full of self-interested humans solve problems of externalities? The economics research on public choice has done a great deal for setting aside the common yet inaccurate assumption that government agents pursue
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by asift 11y ago
Regulation is part of a free market, but governmental regulation is not (i.e., regulation imposed by a monopolistic entity). There are many forms of private governance and regulation that protect consumers. That's not to say free mar
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by asift 11y ago
Any capital invested in escape pods would be much better utilized trying to reduce the (already tremendously low) failure rate of aircrafts. I'm not convinced this OP isn't trolling...
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by asift 11y ago
> as much as I worry about the lax government You mean the same governments that are already collecting everyone's private communications and swabbing babies for bomb residue at airports under the guise of stopping these types of th
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by asift 11y ago
We live in an "austerity-era" where government budgets continually expand. Apparently a mere reduction in the rate of growth qualifies as austerity these days.
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by asift 11y ago
While I think there is truth to your point, it's also true that some loopholes are the result of unintended consequences rather than conscious creation. In these instances, there will still be companies lobbying to keep these loopholes
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by asift 11y ago
The author's reference to Morris' high-end/low-end classification of states and absolute preference for centralization seems simplistic and out of touch with economic research on the topic. I think Elinor Ostrom (the only fem
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by asift 11y ago
>I realize that formal review of drug delivery products are important for safety Can we be certain of that? How do we define safety? The FDA focuses on ensuring that no one is harmed by the use of a product, but they pay very little atte
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by asift 11y ago
Fascinating chart. Any particular explanation for the dramatic increase in unicorns within San Francisco starting around 2011? Think this trend will continue for the next 10 years?
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by asift 11y ago
Even if it were illegal, it would still happen all of the time (it would just be one more way for local governments to profit off of policing the poor). That said, I'm all for abolishing state-run lotteries. The government simply has n
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by asift 11y ago
I'm fairly new to HN, but I've found people here tend to be much more civil than most places on the web, which I think is great. >if that data can then be used to make a statement, its proof I'm not trying to be overly sem
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by asift 11y ago
The parent comment is now significantly different from when I replied to it. The articles were originally cited, but my response was in reference to their claim that their prior statement: >its been proven that its cheaper to give the ho

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