John Moore | January 29, 2005
Rent control is a way to steal from productive people – landlords – for the intended benefit of the renters. It is remarkably perverse in its side effects and in most cases ineffective in its original goals. The perversity is due to human nature, which seeks to defeat the rent control. From a human [...]
John Moore | January 29, 2005
This lesson addresses property valuation in the context of nationalization, and specifically the Allende attempts to nationalize copper mines. It is a simplified approach to give the ideas behind property evaluation, and is not meant to be complete. I am not an accountant.
In the case of Chile and copper mines, compensation for nationalization was [...]
John Moore | January 29, 2005
This post was created as a short reference defining characteristic the relationship between Capitalism and governing ideologies.
Capitalism is an economic ideology. It is often mistakenly placed in the same category as governing ideologies that may contain complete economic ideologies, such as Marxist-Leninism or Fascism. It functions under almost all kinds of governments and governing [...]
John Moore | January 29, 2005
Even at this late date, Kerry supporters are threatening, harassing and suing Vietnam veteran activists who helped defeat his presidential bid.Not know is wheter Kerry approves of these actions, but his political future may depend on suppressing or discrediting these former soldiers. He has threatened John O’Neil with a libel/slander suit, to which O’Neil has [...]