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| Military Keynesianism Military Keynesianism is a government economic policy in which the government devotes large amounts of spending to the military in an effort to increase economic growth. This is a specific variation on Keynesian economics, developed by English economist John Maynard Keynes. Instances commonly supplied as examples of such policies are Germany in the 1930s and the United States in the 1980s, although whether these assessments are accurate is the subject of vigorous debate. Military_Keynesianism | |
| War on Drugs The War on Drugs is a prohibition campaign undertaken by the United States government with the assistance of participating countries, intended to reduce the illegal drug trade – to curb supply and diminish demand for specific psychoactive substances deemed immoral, harmful, dangerous, or undesirable. War_on_Drugs | |
| Arguments for and against drug prohibition prohibition of drugs is a subject of considerable controversy. The following is a presentation of arguments for and against drug prohibition focusing primarily on a USA oriented setup. Arguments_for_and_against_drug_prohibition | |
| Samuel Alito Samuel Anthony Alito, Jr. (born April 1, 1950) is an Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States. Appointed by President George W. Bush, Alito is generally considered a fairly conservative jurist with a libertarian streak (especially on First Amendment issues); since becoming a member of the Supreme Court, he has often voted with conservative members of the court, but not to the extent of Clarence Thomas or Antonin Scalia. Samuel_Alito | |
| Steve Hanke Steve H. Hanke is an American economist specializing in international economics, particularly monetary policy.He holds a doctoral degree from the University of Colorado at Boulder. Earlier in his teaching career, he taught economics at the Colorado School of Mines and the University of California, Berkeley. , he is a professor of applied economics at Johns Hopkins University. Steve_Hanke | |
| The Right Nation The Right Nation (ISBN 1-59420-020-3) is a book published in 2004 which charts the rise of the Republican Party in the United States since Barry Goldwater's defeat in 1964. It was written by two British journalists, John Micklethwait and Adrian Wooldridge.The book is composed of four parts History, which comprises a discussion of the government careers of the Bush family, a discussion of George W. The_Right_Nation | |
| Defense of marriage amendment Defense of marriage amendment is a term used to describe two different kinds of U.S. state constitutional amendments. The first prevents a state from legalizing same-sex marriage, civil unions and domestic partnerships, while the second kind bans only same-sex marriage. Defense_of_marriage_amendment | |
| Roger A. Pielke, Jr. Roger A. Pielke, Jr. (born November 2, 1968) is a professor in the Environmental Studies Program and a Fellow of the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences (CIRES) where he served as Director of the Center for Science and Technology Policy Research at the University of Colorado at Boulder from 2001 to 2007. Roger_A._Pielke,_Jr. | |
| Ownership society Ownership society is a slogan for a model of society promoted by former United States President George W. Bush. It takes as lead values personal responsibility, economic liberty, and the owning of property. The ownership society discussed by Bush also extends to certain proposals of specific models of health care and social security. Ownership_society | |
| Incorporation (Bill of Rights) Incorporation (of the Bill of Rights) is the American legal doctrine by which portions of the Bill of Rights are applied to the states through the Due Process Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, although some have suggested that the Privileges or Immunities Clause would be a more appropriate textual basis. Incorporation_(Bill_of_Rights) | |
| Water privatization Water privatization is a short-hand for private sector participation in the provision of water services and sanitation, although more rarely it refers to privatization of water resources themselves. Because water services are seen as such a key public service, proposals for private sector participation often evoke stronger opposition than for other sectors. Globally, more than 90% of water and sanitation systems are publicly owned and operated. Water_privatization | |
| Ownership society Talk:Ownership_society | |
| Odious debt international law, odious debt is a legal theory which holds that the national debt incurred by a regime for purposes that do not serve the best interests of the nation, such as wars of aggression, should not be enforceable. Such debts are thus considered by this doctrine to be personal debts of the regime that incurred them and not debts of the state. In some respects, the concept is analogous to the invalidity of contracts signed under coercion. Odious_debt | |
| Property and Environment Research Center Property and Environment Research Center, or PERC, is a free market environmentalist think tank based in Bozeman, Montana, United States. Established in 1982 as the Political Economy Research Center, PERC is dedicated to original research on market approaches to resolving environmental problems. PERC is primarily funded by foundations. Property_and_Environment_Research_Center | |
| Economic nationalism Economic nationalism is a term used to describe policies which emphasize on domestic control of the economy, labor and capital formation, even if this requires the imposition of tariffs and other restrictions on the movement of labour, goods and capital. It is in opposition to globalization in many cases, or at least it questions the benefits of unrestricted free trade. Economic nationalism may include such doctrines as protectionism and import substitution. Economic_nationalism | |
| Government-sponsored enterprise government-sponsored enterprises (GSEs) are a group of financial services corporations created by the United States Congress. Their function is to enhance the flow of credit to targeted sectors of the economy and to make those segments of the capital market more efficient and transparent. Government-sponsored_enterprise | |
| Jim Powell (historian) Jim Powell is Senior Fellow at a libertarian think tank, the Cato Institute in Washington, D.C., with which he has been associated since 1988. He has also done work for the Manhattan Institute, the Institute for Humane Studies, Citizens for a Sound Economy, the National Right to Work Committee and Americans for Free Choice in Medicine. Jim_Powell_(historian) | |
| Isabel Paterson Isabel Paterson (January 22 1886, – January 10, 1961) was a Canadian-American journalist, author, political philosopher, and leading literary critic of her day. Along with Rose Wilder Lane and Ayn Rand, who both acknowledged an intellectual debt to Paterson, she is one of the three founding mothers of American Libertarianism.Paterson's best-known work, her 1943 book The God of the Machine, a treatise on political philosophy, economics, and history, reached conclusions and espoused beliefs that many Libertarians credit as a foundation of their philosophy. Isabel_Paterson | |
| Health care in the United States Talk:Health_care_in_the_United_States | |
| Radley Balko Radley Balko (born April 19, 1975 in Greenfield, Indiana) is an American libertarian writer, and speaker. Radley_Balko | |
| Coercive monopoly Talk:Coercive_monopoly | |
| Competition law Talk:Competition_law | |
| Leon Hadar Leon Hadar, a global affairs analyst, journalist and author, is a research fellow with the Cato Institute, a contributing editor for the American Conservative and a regular contributor to Chronicles and Reason. Dr. Hadar has published numerous analyses and commentaries on U.S. Leon_Hadar | |
| Houston Cellular Houston Cellular was a Houston-based cell phone company which provided AMPS and D-AMPS (TDMA) service in the Greater Houston area. It was formed in 1983 and was operated as a partnership between LIN Broadcasting Corp., Mobile Communication Corp. of America and BellSouth Co.Through a series of acquisitions and mergers, within 10 years, the company consisted of a two-way parnership between BellSouth and AT&T Wireless. Houston_Cellular | |
| Pro Patria Union Pro_Patria_Union | |
| Konev/Resources User:Konev/Resources | |
| Konev User:Konev | |
| Free banking Free banking is a theory of banking in which commercial banks and market forces control the provision of banking services. Under free banking, government central banks and currency boards do not exist, and banking-specific government regulations are either non-existent or not as strict. Banking services may include bank note issue by private institutions, cheque accounts, deposit acceptance, and/or money lending. Free_banking | |
| Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. Dukes v. Wal-Mart Stores, Inc. is an ongoing () sexual discrimination lawsuit, and the largest civil rights class action suit in United States history. It charges Wal-Mart with discriminating against women in promotions, pay, and job assignments in violation of Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.The case started in 2000, when a 54-year-old Wal-Mart worker in California named Betty Dukes filed a sex discrimination claim against her employer. Dukes_v._Wal-Mart_Stores,_Inc. | |
| Fritz Machlup Fritz Machlup (December 15, 1902 January 30, 1983) was an Austrian-American economist. He was notable for being one of the first economists to examine knowledge as an economic resource.Born in Wiener-Neustadt, he earned his doctorate at the University of Vienna. Fritz_Machlup | |
| Kimble Ainslie Kimble_Ainslie | |
| Mart Laar Mart Laar (born April 22, 1960 in Viljandi) is an Estonian statesman, historian and a founding member of the Foundation for the Investigation of Communist Crimes. He was the Prime Minister of Estonia from 1992 to 1994 and from 1999 to 2002.Laar was a member of the conservative Pro Patria Union party, which in 2006 merged with the more technocratic Res Publica Party. Mart_Laar | |
| Social Security debate (United States) proposals to change the Social Security system in the United States. Social Security is a social insurance program officially called "Old-Age, Survivors, and Disability Insurance" (OASDI), in reference to its three components. It is primarily funded through a dedicated payroll tax. Social_Security_debate_(United_States) | |
| Capitalism/Archive 3 Talk:Capitalism/Archive_3 | |
| Perpetual peace Perpetual peace refers to a state of affairs where peace is permanently established over a certain area (ideally, the whole world - see world peace).Many would-be world conquerors have promised that their rule would enforce perpetual peace. No empire has ever extended its authority over the entire world, and thus nothing can be said about the ability of a universal empire to ensure world peace, but several large empires have maintained relative peace in their spheres of influence over extended periods of time. Perpetual_peace | |
| José Piñera José Piñera Echenique (born October 6, 1948, in Santiago, Chile) is an economist who was the architect of Chile's private pension system based on personal retirement accounts. Piñera has been called "the world's foremost advocate of privatizing public pension systems" as well as "the Pension Reform Pied Piper" (by the Wall Street Journal). José_Piñera | |
| Doug Bandow Douglas (Doug) Bandow (born ca. 1954) is a former columnist with Copley News Service and a senior fellow at the Cato Institute. He resigned from Cato in 2005 due a scandal involving payments for columns from lobbyist Jack Abramoff and wrote about it in the Los Angeles Times. Doug_Bandow | |
| James H. Peck James Hawkins Peck (12 January 1790 - 29 April 1836) was a son of United States District Court for the District of Missouri. He was the third Judicial officer on whom the United States House of Representatives has passed Articles of Impeachment and was acquitted by the United States Senate.Peck was appointed by President James Monroe to the federal courts in 1822. James_H._Peck | |
| Capitalism/Archive 5 Talk:Capitalism/Archive_5 | |
| Mark Thornton Mark Thornton is an American economist of the Austrian School. Thornton has been described by the Advocates for Self-Government as "one of America's experts on the economics of illegal drugs." Thornton has written extensively on that topic, as well as on the economics of the American Civil War, economic bubbles, and public finance. Mark_Thornton | |
| Libertarian movement in the United States Libertarian_movement_in_the_United_States | |
| Libertarianism and Objectivism Some individuals found their support of libertarianism upon ideological elements derived from the philosophy of novelist Ayn Rand, which she called Objectivism. The fiction of Ayn Rand is popular among even libertarians who do not consider themselves to be Objectivists. Therefore, it is perhaps surprising that some Objectivists are hostile to the libertarian movement. Libertarianism_and_Objectivism | |
| Rum-running Rum-running is the business of smuggling or transporting of alcoholic beverages or any other illegal drinks; taxation or prohibition. The term usually applies to transport of goods over water, over land it is commonly referred to as bootlegging. Rum-running | |
| Regulation Q Regulation Q is a United States government regulation that put a limit on the interest rates that banks could pay, including a rate of zero on demand deposits (checking accounts). Section 11 of the Banking Act of 1933 (12 U.S.C. 371a) prohibits member banks from paying interest on demand deposits, which is implemented by Regulation Q (12 CFR part 217).The imposed zero rate on demand deposits encouraged the emergence of money market funds and the growth of substitutes for and alternatives to banks. Regulation_Q | |
| Peter Thomas Bauer Peter Thomas Bauer, Baron Bauer (1915 - May 2, 2002) was a developmental economist. Bauer is best remembered for his opposition to the widely-held notion that the most effective manner to help developing countries advance is through state-controlled foreign aid. Peter_Thomas_Bauer | |
| Criticisms of socialism Criticisms of socialism range from disagreements over the efficiency of socialist economic and political models, to condemnation of states described by themselves or others as "socialist". Many economic liberals dispute that the egalitarian distribution of wealth and the nationalization of industries advocated by some socialists can be achieved without loss of political or economic freedoms or reduced prosperity for a populace. Criticisms_of_socialism | |
| Monetary-disequilibrium theory Monetary-disequilibrium_theory | |
| Community Reinvestment Act Talk:Community_Reinvestment_Act | |
| Loren Lomasky Loren Lomasky is an American philosopher, currently a Professor of Political philosophy, Policy and Law at the University of Virginia. Lomasky earned his PhD from the University of Connecticut, and has previously taught at Bowling Green State University in Ohio, the University of Minnesota in Duluth, and the Australian National University in Canberra. He has also been a contributing editor to Reason magazine. Loren_Lomasky | |
| Front for the Advancement and Progress of Haïti Talk:Front_for_the_Advancement_and_Progress_of_Haïti |
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