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The Profit Motive; A response to Francois Tremblay

Friday, August 29th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics, philosophy | 2 Comments »

Oh, it's late. Anyway, here's the original link... Workers in general do not care about profits nearly as much as they care about their own wages and well-being. I'm not sure whether or not you fell off the definitional rails here. To ...

The Price of the State

Monday, August 4th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | No Comments »

Dear readers, At the risk of a bit of self-promotion, well, here I am self-promoting a bit. I'm very pleased to announce the unveiling of the English version of Cena Štátu, The Price of the State. The website is an overview of the ...

Parsing the politicization of childbirth

Wednesday, July 23rd, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics, people | 3 Comments »

The American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists, with the backing of the American Medical Association, loves mothers. They love babies, too. Of course, everyone loves babies, right? In the spirit of doing only the best things possible for mothers and babies, ...

Some time away

Friday, June 20th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in diary | 4 Comments »

Nostate.com will have a week's hiatus. I'll be attending the Liberty English Camp in Vrútky, Slovakia. It is organized by INESS, the Institute of Economic and Social Studies, a Bratislava-based free-market think tank, and The Language of Liberty Institute. Depending on coverage, ...

It’s good having friends at the central bank

Tuesday, June 17th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | No Comments »

Someone walked away with a cool €13 million or so. Not bad for a day's trading. Another victory for the market? Certainly a victory for having the right connections to the masters of the currency universe. From The Guardian: Slovaks open probe ...

Put up prices: go to prison

Monday, June 9th, 2008 by Mike Gogulski | Posted in economics | 1 Comment »

That Robert Fico and his government are utterly ignorant of how markets work should come as a surprise to nobody. But then, they do say that ignorance is bliss... Me, I'm off to go jack up the rates I charge to ...