Wonderful! Thanks, Midcan. I had the Murray and the Boaz on my list, and I'll add the Nozick -- best to find out where anarchy fits into all this on the front end, perhaps.
I take it you are not a great fan of Libertarianism.... [
I guess. You find that political beliefs are similar to religious beliefs. We all like to think we are thinking, but what we are doing is something different, for if thought were broad enough to include all possibilities our conclusions would be more complicated than mere labels. How for instance could we include consequences, do we ignore them. Here's an analogy for how I feel about libertarianism and an example of why quoted at end.
If you are a Christian you are one of some denomination or sect, Baptist, Episcopalian, Christian Scientist. If for instance you are at what I would call the extreme side, you believe that God manages life, and whatever happens, God is at the control panel. This is fine until one of your children is sick and prayer is not sufficient. So what do you do? If you are religious you cling to your belief system and whatever happens is the will of God. Substitute libertarian beliefs in my analogy and you can guess where I place libertarianism.
From: 'National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers'
"....382 pages and describes in detail how other nations discriminate against U.S. services and products. Here's a snapshot:
The European Union: After many years of negotiations, the European Union maintains "significant barriers" to U.S. products, "despite repeated efforts to resolve them."
Japan: "The U.S. Government has expressed concern with the overall lack of access to Japan's automotive market, as well as with specific aspects of Japan's regulatory system that limit the ability of U.S. automobile and related companies to expand business in the Japanese market,"
China: "Many U.S. industries complain that they face significant nontariff barriers to trade .... These include regulations that set high thresholds for entry into service sectors ... and the use of questionable ... measures to control import volumes."
What's most troubling about the 2011 report is that it contains nothing new; every year the report reads the same as the year before. The types of barriers change, but the obstacles remain, with the same result-many of our products cannot be sold in other countries.
What can be done?" Quoted here: p253 'The Betrayal of the American Dream' Barlett and Steele
As you read above think 'free market' or 'free trade.'
2013 National Trade Estimate Report on Foreign Trade Barriers | Office of the United States Trade Representative
The American people have to fight for themselves for corporations and government are doing a terrible job - especially for the working classes. See book quoted above for another view of libertarianism. Support companies that make here. And yet many buy Japanese cars, not that GM is saintly.
http://www.usmessageboard.com/clean-debate-zone/299281-good-books-on-libertarianism.html#post7416460
FN I have personally seen (and tried to intervene) the death of a boy of only 15 who was raised in a religion of the extreme noted above. They hide him when the authorities came.
