From: Reason (reason@exratio.com)
Date: Fri Nov 15 2002 - 02:47:27 MST
--> Max M
> Well that's funny. I have a hard time taking libertarians seriously
> because they keep on insisting that they have the insight into economics
> that the rest of us lack.
>
> And whenever one engages in a discussion with a libertarian the burden
> of proof is very quickly reversed. They don't have to proove that
> Libertarianism works because it supports current economic theories, but
> the rest of us has to proove that it will not work.
Read the daily article for a few weeks; it should improve your understanding
of non-State-centric economics no end. Austrian economics does a better job
of explaining and predicting many aspects of economics than more Keynesian
theories.
> Even thouh there has never been a libertarian society anywhere, they
> claim it to be better than socialism. Which has at least been able to
> produce stable societies. Like here in Scandinavia ie.
<trots out frosted Iceland c900-1200 again>
That looked pretty Libertarian to me. Three hundred years is a nice long
stable society in my book.
> I find such certainty in extreme viewpoints a bit scary!
>
> Both the absolutely liberal and the absolutely social view of economics
> are interresting as extremes, to be able to better guess the
> consequences of economic meassures. But I don't think either are very
> viable as a practical implementations of an economy.
The very fact that you speak of an "implementation" is a problem. Economies
are not implemented; or at least ones that succeed are not. They just
happen; an economy is self-organization in planned action and distribution
of resources. The most efficient economies are those that are left alone by
the State.
Reason
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