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xerographica (25)in #steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Steemit Suggestions and Rationale. I hope that this will make people think their own thoughts.
Thanks for the welcome but I've been here for 7 months. Initially I participated a decent amount but the quality of the interactions wasn't high enough for me to stick…
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xerographica (25)in #steemit • 8 years ago
RE: Steemit Suggestions and Rationale. I hope that this will make people think their own thoughts.
My grasp of economics is far better than my grasp of cryptocurrencies. Is voting somehow necessary for cryptocurrencies? Or did Steemit just decide that voting would somehow…
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xerographica (25)in #politics • 8 years ago
RE: Transcend Politics For Real Solutions: Agorism
Why can't Netflix subscribers use their fees to communicate their valuations of their favorite content? In other words, why isn't Netflix a market? It's simply because people…
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xerographica (25)in #economics • 8 years ago
RE: Steemonomics: Competition, Cooperation, and Complementarity
I really don't see how Steem is more likely to do good than any other similar website. Why did Hayek dislike the term 'society'? Which term did he prefer? Well... I'm just…
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xerographica (25)in #economics • 8 years ago
RE: Steemonomics: Competition, Cooperation, and Complementarity
The more popular a Facebook post is, the more "likes" it will receive. So we can quickly discern how popular a post is simply by looking at the number of times it has been…
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xerographica (25)in #economics • 8 years ago
RE: Steemonomics: Competition, Cooperation, and Complementarity
It's really neat how you juxtaposed economics and ecology! However, there are a few issues. You say that resources can't be efficiently allocated without prices... but then…
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xerographica (25)in #economics • 8 years ago
RE: State Capitalism: A Contradiction in Terms?
Demonstrating preference? Rothbard correctly diagnosed that the fundamental problem with government is that taxpayers don't demonstrate their preferences for public goods like…
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xerographica (25)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Let Life Grow! - [PT. 3] - "Self Destructions"
But you're forgetting about the subscription model... Netflix, Spotify, Amazon Kindle Unlimited, the government. You have to pay taxes anyways... so why not allocate your taxes…
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xerographica (25)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Let Life Grow! - [PT. 3] - "Self Destructions"
Bob grows poison oak while Samantha grows artichokes. We need to pay Bob to grow poison oak in order to pay Samantha to grow artichokes later? The point of paying people is to…
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xerographica (25)in #government • 8 years ago
RE: (deleted)
Yes, people should send proper market signals. But people don't want the opportunity to do so because they don't understand the importance of doing so. If you can help…
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xerographica (25)in #government • 8 years ago
RE: (deleted)
The protection rackets are just a manifestation of the problem. Can you blame protection rackets on the fact that Netflix users don't want the option to choose where their fees…
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xerographica (25)in #life • 8 years ago
RE: Let Life Grow! - [PT. 3] - "Self Destructions"
A popular Youtuber? First you used "his/her" to refer to this person's video. Then later on you went with "his" subscribers and "his" videos. What happened? At first you…
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xerographica (25)in #taxation • 8 years ago
RE: Why Higher Taxes Will Destroy Our Economy(ies)
The problem isn't taxes... the problem is that we have socialism in the public sector. Lowering taxes is good in the sense that it reduces the size of the problem... but as long…
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xerographica (25)in #economics • 8 years ago
RE: Observations from an amateur economist (no degrees-self taught).
Underneath your story it currently says "$0.00". Does this accurately reflect/communicate how much you value your story? Does it matter how much you actually value your story?
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xerographica (25)in #government • 8 years ago
RE: (deleted)
My solution is to allow taxpayers to choose where their taxes go (pragmatarianism). What's your solution?
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