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Is Alan Greenspan an Objectivist?

Aug 03 '11 at 06:36 Rick ♦539
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Is fractional-reserve banking legitimate?

Oct 02 '12 at 07:15 anthony99
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Why is wealth not a zero-sum game?

May 10 '11 at 15:36 Diana Hsieh ♦1000424
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Should we advocate restraint to avoid over-exploitation of natural resources?

Oct 13 '10 at 22:36 John Hoffman ♦190
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Is "economic force" a valid concept?

Jul 31 '12 at 22:25 user890249
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Why would America's industrial workers embrace global capitalism when it is likely to eliminate their jobs or slash their wages?

Oct 09 '11 at 14:50 Justice50
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Are countervailing tariffs justifiable according to Objectivism?

Feb 17 '11 at 09:06 Michael Labeit70
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What is the best source for technical economic knowledge?

Oct 08 '10 at 07:30 Andrew Miner ♦976
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Why are so many of the top billionaires democrats or worse?

Mar 25 '12 at 13:13 anthony99
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Is "game theory" a valid approach?

Oct 12 '10 at 22:40 John Hoffman ♦190
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Can the laissez faire model be applied to markets without creating a wildly chaotic economy?

Feb 16 '14 at 11:23 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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What is the Objectivist view of Praxeology?

Nov 24 '10 at 01:24 JJMcVey ♦630
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Is America the only place that the Objectivist movement can flourish?

Jun 05 '11 at 15:25 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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Is Laissez-faire capitalism a utopian fairy tale?

Feb 19 '14 at 17:59 anthony99
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Does a wide income gap necessarily lead to social instability?

Jun 20 '11 at 00:52 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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What do you think about the short-term success of China's authoritarian "capitalism"?

Sep 03 '11 at 21:16 Danneskjold_repo248
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Shouldn't small businesses get a fair shot at success on a level playing field?

Oct 19 '12 at 15:15 JK Gregg ♦427
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Is the existing distribution of property tainted by its historical evolution?

Oct 25 '12 at 22:40 user890249
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Doesn't capitalism also ration healthcare?

Feb 04 '13 at 20:16 user890249
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Is blacklisting as part of "economic warfare" a legitimate concept?

Jan 31 '13 at 13:23 anthony99
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Is "trickle down economics" legitimate?

Sep 28 '10 at 17:06 Andrew Dalton ♦1000944
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Is freedom itself a Pollyanna concept for unstable parts of the globe?

Feb 14 '12 at 13:59 Danneskjold_repo248
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Is it possible to be successful despite majority opinion?

Mar 09 '13 at 15:31 anthony99
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What do you think of John Mackey's "Conscious Capitalism"?

Apr 07 '11 at 16:28 DarthGalt109
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In what manner would currency exist in a global Laissez-Faire economy?

Apr 10 '13 at 13:58 Kyle Haight ♦1290
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What is "rent seeking"?

May 03 '11 at 16:24 Kyle Haight ♦1290
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Should government employees get a retirement pension?

May 23 '12 at 00:25 PhilosoScience50
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Has the banking business model been the cause of major depressions?

Jul 10 '13 at 11:33 lukas50
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Did government intervention bring about the current flood crisis?

May 21 '11 at 17:19 dream_weaver ♦663
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Are Objectivists more sympathetic to the Austrian or to the Chicago school of economic thought?

Jul 21 '12 at 16:09 Greg Perkins ♦♦1002425
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Would an Objectivist support an embargo on a dictatorship?

Jul 07 '13 at 15:50 anthony99
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Is foreign aid justified for distressed economic partners?

Dec 09 '12 at 17:39 El Manantial60
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What's the difference between "socially objective value" and "subjective value" in a free market economy?

Aug 30 '13 at 10:24 Greg Perkins ♦♦1002425
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Has Greece actually recovered economically? If so, then how?

Oct 15 '10 at 14:20 Greg Perkins ♦♦1002425
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Should I continue to contribute to retirement savings?

Jun 03 '11 at 10:44 c1992w50
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What is the culpability of Wall Street in the financial collapse?

Apr 05 at 14:02 c_andrew ♦404
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Did Alan Greenspan pull a Francisco d'Anconia on the looters?

Sep 04 '12 at 16:02 CarGuy60
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Must Objectivists oppose the distribution of financial products by the treasury department?

Dec 09 '10 at 00:55 JJMcVey ♦630
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What is the Objectivist position on ecosystems in nature versus property rights ?

Sep 07 '12 at 10:32 Danneskjold_repo248
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Is government regulation of pollution and property both necessary and warranted in a mixed economy ?

Mar 07 '14 at 11:35 Danneskjold_repo248
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Was NAFTA a step in the right direction according to Objectivist politics?

Jan 26 '11 at 12:59 Greg Perkins ♦♦1002425
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Are there any limits to what one does with one's own property ?

Jul 19 '11 at 09:38 Danneskjold_repo248
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Do people donate to charity when the economy does well?

Jan 17 '13 at 15:02 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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How is "new money" created in a laissez-faire economy?

Mar 09 '14 at 15:07 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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How does one defend global free trade in today's economic climate?

Aug 03 '11 at 09:06 Danneskjold_repo248
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Should we reduce inequality in order to achieve full employment?

Jun 01 '14 at 18:17 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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Is the diffusion of responsibility responsible for the free-rider problem?

Dec 20 '10 at 19:46 Mindy Newton ♦(suspended)
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Do large-scale, beneficial projects like the Interstate Highway System ever get created in an objectivist society?

Sep 09 '11 at 13:25 Raman ♦548
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Does Objectivism uphold the Puritan Work Ethic?

Aug 19 '14 at 22:14 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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What is "free market fundamentalism"?

Dec 23 '10 at 01:20 Ideas for Life ♦4677
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