Another excellent talk from Dr. Yaron Brook. In this talk he focuses on the welfare state in Scandanavia, Norway in particular. I love that more and more emphasis is being placed on the moral issues involved in questions about whether the welfare state with its focus on egalitarianism is good or not. The Q&A session, my favorite part of many of Yaron’s talks, is very good as well. During the Q&A Yaron mentions a book by Hernand Desoto,
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Wel-Fare, Always Low Wages
Ah, the holiday shopping season is upon us and with it comes renewed outcries against Black Friday shopping and one of the statists favorite whipping boys: Wal-Mart. Mixed in with the calls to boycott Wal-Mart, obstruct entrances with protests, or vandalize their stores by replacing signage are the usual complaints about the “low wages” offered by such big retailers, citing that significant (supposedly) numbers of employees have to rely on welfare to make ends meet. Usually such