... Generally the problem is the loose nut behind the steering wheel with the cell phone in one hand, coffee in the other, and brain still stuck in front of...
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Lee Daniel Crocker
lee@...
Jun 22, 2000 6:36 pm
... In other words, have the government create the monopoly, and then subsidize those damaged by it. Why not just limit the patent in the first place? Make...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Jun 23, 2000 4:17 am
... I'm going to treat that rhetorical question as a literal question. Because not all research is successful. The successful research in effect subsidizes...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Jun 30, 2000 11:21 pm
"Privatizing Probation and Parole" NCPA Policy Report No. 233 June 2000 Those released on probation (nonincarceration) or released early from prison could be...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Jul 27, 2000 6:45 pm
This non-technical paper proposes a new form of government. Comments welcome, though no rush as I'll be on vacation for the next three weeks. ... ...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Jul 29, 2000 6:44 am
... Thank you for publishing that paper. I found it very interesting. I had been thinking along those lines myself for some time, altho I came to different...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Jul 30, 2000 7:28 pm
... You are most welcome. ... That is what I had in mind with the end of my answer, but I'll make itmore explicit. ... I don't have a convincing answer, but I...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Jul 31, 2000 5:12 pm
... OK, I see. ... ISTM that in combination with insider trading, this could potentially be a problem. Ie, an insider with deep pockets or an accomplice ...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Aug 17, 2000 3:22 am
... I've just put these paragraphs into that section: If it were not clear to speculators how a proposal would be interpreted and implemented, then speculators...
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jmlib
jmlib@...
Aug 17, 2000 6:39 pm
David Beito posted an interesting article to Libprofs-announce regarding the problems in Somalia, and how most business owners seem to think that the...
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Perry E. Metzger
perry@...
Aug 17, 2000 6:39 pm
... Very obviously, rather than establishing a government, they should be attempting to directly establish a legal framework suitable for private enforcement. ...
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Nicholas Albery
rhinos@...
Sep 6, 2000 6:26 pm
Social Innovations Awards 2000 For its 15th birthday in September 2000, the UK-based non-profit think tank, the Institute for Social Inventions, announces the...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Sep 26, 2000 4:32 pm
The Stakeholder Society, by Bruce Ackerman and Anne Alstott. Yale University Press, 1999. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/0300082606/o/ This book...
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Nicholas Albery
rhinos@...
Sep 26, 2000 7:19 pm
The Institute for Social Inventions gave this Stakeholder Society scheme an Social Innovations Award in 1999 and detailed it at: ...
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Robert E. Lewis
rlewis@...
Sep 27, 2000 10:11 pm
... If they wish to give 21-year-olds the ability to buy a house, start a business, or pay tuition, wouldn't it be simpler (and cheaper) to have the government...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Sep 27, 2000 10:15 pm
... While I haven't read the book, it resembles ideas I'm familiar with. Sometimes, and IMO preferably, it's in the form of diversified stock rather than raw...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Oct 21, 2000 7:27 am
I'll describe the problem by quoting Bruce Schneier in CRYPTO-GRAM, October 15, 2000: [In commercial software ...] "The market rewards better capabilities,...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Nov 22, 2000 11:16 pm
"Unemployment Insurance Savings Accounts" BY: MARTIN S. FELDSTEIN National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) Harvard University DANIEL ALTMAN National Bureau...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
Nov 22, 2000 11:23 pm
Journal Of Public Economics Vol. 72 (2) pp. 183-211, 1999 If we knew ability, how would we tax individuals? Erik J.S. Plug Bernard M.S. van Praag Joop Hartog ...
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Karl R. Peters
u1006057@...
Nov 23, 2000 8:36 pm
Another amusing idea; with my IQ of 140 and my 5+ years of college schooling, I'd be liable for about 10 times my current income in taxes. Let's stick with...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
Nov 27, 2000 3:55 am
... I have to agree with Karl. ISTM any attempt to measure potential income is mere tea-leaf reading at this point, and probably will remain so for a long...
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Chris Rasch
crasch@...
Jan 14, 2001 5:48 am
Hi, I've written an essay outlining a method for funding open source software development that I think offers a solution to the "free rider" and "assurance"...
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dennis morgan
dynamorg@...
May 1, 2001 8:08 am
(This is a proposal that is meant to stimulate discussion on a reform in the penal system for those on death row, those in maximum security facilities and ...
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Robert E. Lewis
rlewis@...
May 2, 2001 2:19 am
Speculative fiction writer Robert A. Heinlein wrote about a future society that dealt with those criminals who would not submit to psychological readjustment...
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Tom Breton
tob@...
May 2, 2001 2:34 am
... [etc as expected] I'll accept the goal of avoiding the death penalty as a premiss, altho I can't accept your arguments. ... Heinlein. I think the story...
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Dcalei@...
May 2, 2001 7:45 am
Why make the death penalty controversy so complicated? I'm sure those who support it out-of-hand, as well as those who oppose it because of the possibility of...
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Robin Hanson
rhanson@...
May 4, 2001 1:33 am
Imagine a regression predicting student evaluations of teachers, including terms not only for individual teachers, but also for individual students, grades...
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Radford Neal
radford@...
May 4, 2001 3:23 am
A paper proposing a student grading scheme along these general lines is available at http://ftp.isds.duke.edu/WorkingPapers/96-20.ps: Valen E. Johnson. An...
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dennis morgan
dynamorg@...
May 13, 2001 7:01 pm
Without getting into the controversial politics surrounding the death penalty, suffice it to say that a significant number of people have philosophical ...
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dennis morgan
dynamorg@...
May 13, 2001 7:02 pm
The proposal has a two-prong approach to prison reform. One approach is to work within the current penal framework to treat short-term criminals as victims of...
