Publié le 15 de chaque
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More of Everything for
Everyone |
At any given time, I like to be reading one fiction
and one non-fiction book. Rarely, though, do my choices dovetail as
serendipitously as they did when I was reading
Abundance: The Future Is Better Than You Think alongside The Diamond Age. |
BOOKS
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BRADLEY DOUCET |
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The Housing Hustle: A
Review of Matthew Yglesias's
The Rent Is Too Damn High |
Yglesias, a liberal blogger who currently
writes for Slate.com, has written a
brisk and engaging ebook arguing that the scarcity and consequent high
price of rental housing in the US is a major problem for the country’s
economy. |
BOOK
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LARRY DECK |
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Taking on the Locavores |
Food production and distribution is a complex business, so let us begin
by making the obvious point that not all “local” food is created equal
and that some of it is perfectly fine with us.
(Excerpt from The Locavore's Dilemma.) |
BOOK
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PIERRE DESROCHERS & HIROKO SHIMIZU |
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Pourquoi la science moderne est-elle née en
Occident? |
Cette thèse ne minimise pas l'importance
d'autres facteurs, mais elle tend à montrer
que, contrairement à l'analyse marxiste, des facteurs d'ordre culturels
ou métaphysiques ont pu jouer dans la naissance de la science moderne. |
OPINION
:: DAMIEN THEILLIER |
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CO2 and The Solar Cycle
Theory of Global Warming (and Cooling) |
Researchers such as Piers Corbyn have suggested the
solar cycle theory of global warming, whereby thermal energy from the
sun fluctuates in long cyclical waves, with a wavelength that is
measured in decades. |
THE EMPEROR'S
DERRIÈRE
:: HARRY VALENTINE |
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Thou Shall Not Steal, Not Even from the State |
I am disappointed by "left-libertarians"
who claim to defend
individual property rights, while they support socialists, communists and
collectivist anarchists who attempt to seize ownership of state assets
in the name of some collective. |
OPINION
:: FRANÇOIS-RENÉ RIDEAU |
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Les libertariens ne
prennent pas suffisamment leur place |
Être libertarien est une position
politique fort problématique de nos jours. C'est un peu comme
l'adolescence, on se sent incompris par tout le monde, mais on est
certain qu'on détient une vérité à laquelle on tient... |
OPINION
:: SHAWN L. MAC FARLANE |
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Tobin or not Tobin |
La taxe Tobin est un vieux serpent de mer qui refait surface
régulièrement. L'idée meurtrière charrie toutes les luttes contre le capital et
les capitalistes. En même temps,
elle montre une nouvelle fois la folie taxatoire de tous les pouvoirs. |
OPINION
:: MICHEL DE PONCINS |
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Flourishing and Happiness in a Nutshell |
By integrating features found in the writings of Aristotle, Austrian
economists, Ayn Rand, and a number of
contemporary thinkers, we have the potential to develop a powerful,
reality-based argument for a free society full of
opportunities. |
CAPITALISM
& COMMERCE
:: EDWARD W. YOUNKINS |
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L'insécurité alimentaire
et vous |
Si des contribuables veulent donner à des
organismes de charité chargés de nourrir les plus démunis,
qu'ils le fassent. Il s'agit d'un geste noble qu'on ne peut
qu'encourager. Mais on ne doit pas les forcer à financer ces
organismes. |
LIBRE
EXPRESSION
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GILLES GUÉNETTE |
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The Prohibition on Renovating and Repairing
Your Own Property |
Imagine a regulation that makes it a criminal offense to undertake
repairs and renovations to a vehicle that you own. Or
one that makes it a criminal offense to
paint your building, repair the plumbing or undertake any renovations. |
VIEWPOINT :: HARRY VALENTINE |
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La protection élève-t-elle le taux des
salaires? |
Une nation qui s'isole par le régime prohibitif
multiplie le nombre de ses industries, mais elle en diminue
l'importance; elle se donne, pour ainsi parler, un assolement
industriel plus compliqué, mais non plus fécond, au contraire. |
LE QL EN
RAPPEL - QL no 279
:: FRÉDÉRIC BASTIAT (1801-1850) |
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