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Culture Not Understood by Americans – Ownership, Power, Humanity

Posted on December 11, 2013 by Brian

I stumbled across the Pineapple Story presentation by Missionary Otto Koning. The fact that he was a missionary is incidental to my observation, which has more to do with the realization that culturally, the tribes he worked with were different.

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Loss of Private Goods

Posted on July 29, 2013 by Brian

I recently had a chance to read Economics: A Very Short Introduction, by Partha Dasgupta, published in 2007. Page 52-54 is a passage teaching the definition of private goods, public non-exclusable goods, and externalities, and then applying these terms as … Continue reading →

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Fairness and Equality and the Common Good

Posted on February 10, 2013 by Brian

What is fair and equal? There are the four choices.  We need to pick one of these.

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Gift Giving Economies vs. Capitalism

Posted on November 9, 2012 by Brian

We’ve changed in the last 20 years.  When Saddam Hussein invaded Kuwait, it was because he saw his richer brother nation and wanted to take what they had and use it for himself.  The world responded with horror and we … Continue reading →

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Bucket Polls – Betting Against America

Posted on October 24, 2012 by Brian

Obama leads all the foreign opinion poles of who should be President, by rather large margins. IMHO, this is pretty much prima facia evidence that Obama’s policies are best for everybody else except America. Let me explain.

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