https://youtu.be/8ir26bzOYGo The simplest definition of economy is the effort to maximize the availability of limited resources (and just about every resource is limited) to meet as many human demands as possible. Tools, capital, and innovation are the keys to this...
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In Defense of Huemer’s ‘Progressive Myths’
by Keith Knight | Nov 11, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Featured Articles
In a blog post last month, Dr. Tyler Cowen listed a number of books he is currently reading, and specifically mentioned a book which I think is one of the greatest intellectual achievements of all time. Here is what Cowen said: "Michael Huemer, Progressive Myths. ...
Why Ron Paul Was Right: Focus on Incentives
by Keith Knight | Nov 9, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/9V_VpWvsWns When facing any issue in society, it’s important to ask which group of people have the knowledge to improve the situation and the incentive to make such changes arise. The most well-meaning people in society cannot “solve” poverty or...
How I Lost 110 Pounds w/ Dr. Ken Berry & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Nov 7, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/9UqKSmRzhf0 “For 99.99 percent of human existence on this planet, humans have been slim, fit, and diabetes-free. We never, as a species, ate the amounts of grains and low-fat dairy that are recommended by the USDA Food Pyramid and MyPlate...
Is it Genocide? w/ Jeremy R. Hammond & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Nov 1, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/kQw2fQyN33w How many mass murder campaigns (often called “wars”) will governments have to be involved in before Progressives admit that the state is the very threat to society that they claim to be protecting us from? - Keith Knight, Domestic...
Is Unsolicited Advice Immoral? w/ Justin Tosi & Keith Knight
by Keith Knight | Oct 30, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/FOZyecmNSOc [W]ealthy societies did not get rich by extracting their wealth from elsewhere. Rather, they did so by becoming more productive and thus creating more wealth. - Why It's OK to Mind Your Own Business Justin Tosi is an Associate Professor of...
Dumbest Venn Diagram of All Time?
by Keith Knight | Oct 30, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone, Economics, Featured Articles
I believe that every argument should begin with commonly understood definitions. Capitalism is a social system based on the explicit recognition of private property and voluntary contracts. Communism is the abolition of private property altogether. And socialism is...
A History of Communist Ideas From Karl Marx to COVID Lockdowns
by Keith Knight | Oct 28, 2024 | Don't Tread on Anyone
https://youtu.be/5uWiRyxewxo What was singular in Cambodia was the all-encompassing “year zero” ambition of the Khmer Rouge. Here Communism was reduced to its essentials, as a negation of everything existing, a war of the young on the old, a social leveling of society...