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Yes. I think disease killed at most 80%. ...Yes. I think disease killed at most 80%. However, the arguments by the Libertarians had no sources, as usual.
however, Diamond does give the figure of 95% in his most famous book:
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Humans are born anti-social?I'm wondering if there is any evidence of this and I'm afraid to ask Libertarians as they just defend these statements while making no sense.
"Nothing, however, is as ill founded as the assertion...
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Mises Institute: Christopher Columbus never committed genocide?The article actually says that there might have been at least 90 million in the Americas, which is not outside of mainstream scholarship:
--1491, New Revelations of the Americas Before...
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Notice how Graber points out that markets and...Notice how Graber points out that markets and currency emerged from plunder!
As for the ABCT, basically it works like this:
Say you're in a restaurant, and they two different types of items. ...
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MURDOC is your typical crazy Austrian. These...MURDOC is your typical crazy Austrian. These people are crazy and they don't leave until banned.
Saying Central Banks = central planning is just like saying universal protection of property is...
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http://johnquiggin.com/2009/05/03/austrian-busines...http://johnquiggin.com/2009/05/03/austrian-business-cycle-theory/
It's also been proven that bubbles could exist in any economy.
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Austrian economists should be banned from this...Austrian economists should be banned from this forum. Recessions were actually longer and more severe when we had a gold standard. Furthermore, when deregulated, banks engaged in FRB to an even...
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:eek: ^^^ I can't believe this turd is posting...:eek: ^^^ I can't believe this turd is posting south park videos in a thread about one of the greatest atrocities in human history.
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Java also has garbage collection.Java also has garbage collection.
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I should add I agree with all your political...I should add I agree with all your political points on microsoft and so on. I just disagree it's really "capitalism's false" that we don't use lisp machines. It would also have to be the fault of...
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I'm not sure how much of this I agree with. C,...I'm not sure how much of this I agree with. C, C#, java, all have a similar lineage. Java, for instance, took heavily from the design and implementation of C++. The theoretical foundations are...
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http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/what-is-deb...http://www.nakedcapitalism.com/2011/08/what-is-debt-%E2%80%93-an-interview-with-economic-anthropologist-david-graeber.html
so much for theory of money and credit and other crappy books by...
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Interestingly, I have been following the German...Interestingly, I have been following the German Coalition to Abolish the Death Penalty website. One of the cases they talk about is Steven Woods, who is in his late 20s/early 30s, and on Texas death...
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How is the continued growth since the 50s, and...How is the continued growth since the 50s, and the fact that depressions have been shorter in duration, evidence of free-market capitalism? That seems to be evidence of corporate capitalism, and...
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Apparently, this guy cited Mises and Hayek in his...Apparently, this guy cited Mises and Hayek in his manifesto. He also references articles at Mises.org.
And, furthermore, made entries into the anti-Islamic Atlas-Shuggs blog (and check...
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Free-will is an IllusionThe clearest argument against free-will I have seen, and some comments from an ecology professor. Fallacious statements like "all human action is purposeful" or even "I think" cannot stand up to...
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Anarcho-capitalist prefers human extinction to taxes:The Libertarian Sasha Volokh on his blog argued that it would be immoral to tax people to stop an asteroid, regardless of how much damage it would do. But it's also immoral to tell people about it,...
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Why communists can never accept anarcho-capitalist rulesWhy communists can never accept anarcho-capitalist rules and ideas (the classic, "you could have your own anarcho-communist commune in anarcho-capitalism" argument):
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Great Job, Movie Critics: ‘Atlas Shrugged’...Great Job, Movie Critics: ‘Atlas Shrugged’ Producer Scrapping Plans For Pt. 2 & 3, Blames Reviews
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Printing more money causes deflation? Prices...Printing more money causes deflation? Prices would fall?
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No, they can't go bankrupt. You need to take an...No, they can't go bankrupt. You need to take an economics course to understand why, as Revolution starts with U said. I could possibly try to elaborate, though, if you want.
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^^^Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize winner in economics...^^^Stiglitz is a Nobel Prize winner in economics and very highly educated. That said, even the most educated of people will make grammar errors in the context of speaking in order to conform to...
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lol. That video is terrible how did you find it.lol. That video is terrible how did you find it.
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I'm back in Utah again. Actually the article is...I'm back in Utah again. Actually the article is correct. There are a lot of gold nuts here. I even have progressive friends who are gold nuts. They don't know what the hell they're talking about. I...