Category Archives: EPISTEMOLOGY AND SCIENTIFIC METHOD
Corruption Kills: Not Simply “Oh Well SSDDDP (“Same Shit Different Day and Place)”
Anti-Corruption The Global Compact Anti-Corruption principle is derived from the United Nations Convention against Corruption. Principle 10: Businesses should work against corruption in all its forms, including extortion and bribery Corruption is recognized to be one of the world’s greatest challenges. … Continue reading
Israel’s Gaza Genocide Redux
Israel’s Gaza Genocide Redux Post Categories: Afghanistan Francis A. Boyle | Monday, September 1, 2014, 5:48 Beijing May it please the Commission: You have heard the statutory declaration and evidence provided so far for your information. My purpose here now … Continue reading
The Arrow-Debreu Obsession: Reality is For Those Who Cannot Handle Drugs or Metaphysical Theory
The Arrow-Debreu obsession August 31, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments from Lars Syll I’ve never yet been able to understand why the economics profession was/is so impressed by the Arrow-Debreu results. They establish that in an extremely abstract model of an … Continue reading
Russian Report on 1980 “October Surprise” of Reagan-Bush: History Redux or How Dare the U.S. Lecture Anyone About ‘Democracy’?
1980 “OCTOBER SURPRISE” The Consortium – The Russian ReportOn Jan. 11, 1993, Russia ‘s Supreme Soviet sent a secret cable to the U.S. Congress. The cable claimed that Russian national security files held evidence that two U.S. Presidents and two … Continue reading
Adam Smith on Justice
Adam Smith on justice August 30, 2014EditorLeave a commentGo to comments Smith’s commitment to “equity” for the working class was behind the vehemence of his opposition to mercantilist (“business economics”) arguments for policies that would protect or promote the profits of … Continue reading
Draghi Speaketh
Draghi Speaketh August 29, 2014merijnknibbeLeave a commentGo to comments From: Erwan Mahé (guest post) 29 August 2014 Mr Draghi’s speech at the Jackson Hole symposium was definitely the highlight of late last week. A lot of ink has already been spent … Continue reading
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas
How Israel Helped to Spawn Hamas http://online.wsj.com/news/articles/SB123275572295011847 By ANDREW HIGGINS Updated Jan. 24, 2009 12:01 a.m. ET Moshav Tekuma, Israel Surveying the wreckage of a neighbor’s bungalow hit by a Palestinian rocket, retired Israeli official Avner Cohen traces the missile’s … Continue reading