Economics Archives - Scott Bradford: Off on a Tangent

Scott Bradford has been putting his opinions on his website since 1995—before most people knew what a website was. He has been a professional web developer in the public- and private-sector for over twenty years. He is an independent constitutional conservative who believes in human rights and limited government, and a Catholic Christian whose beliefs are summarized in the Nicene Creed. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Public Administration from George Mason University. He loves Pink Floyd and can play the bass guitar . . . sort-of. He’s a husband, pet lover, amateur radio operator, and classic AMC/Jeep enthusiast.

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Underlying most arguments against the free market is a lack of belief in freedom itself.

If all values are only subjective, so is the value of tolerance.

The world is more threatened by those who tolerate and encourage evil than by the evildoers themselves.

There is a kind of selective memory that afflicts men when they view the past. They see the good and overlook the evil.

For the worship of idols not to be named is the beginning and cause and end of every evil. For their worshipers either rave in exultation, or prophesy lies, or live unrighteously, or readily commit perjury; for because they trust in lifeless idols they swear wicked oaths and expect to suffer no harm.

There is no subtler, no surer means of overturning the existing basis of society than to debauch the currency.

The whole idea of our government is this: If enough people get together and act in concert, they can take something and not pay for it.

One of the strongest walls in our mental prisons is a thing called history. And history isn’t even real.

Our patience will achieve more than our force.

The world’s great men have not commonly been great scholars, nor its great scholars great men.

We must not expect God to transform us without our bringing something to be transformed.

Then they will call upon me, but I will not answer; they will seek me diligently but will not find me. Because they hated knowledge and did not choose the fear of the LORD. . . .

Thus while walking along the road one needs not to be thinking of the end at every step.

I often wonder whether the politicians of the future, who are responsible for maintaining the prestige and effectiveness of their party, will not endeavor to train politicians who are at the same time propagandists.

Who are to be the electors of the federal representatives? Not the rich, more than the poor; not the learned, more than the ignorant; not the haughty heirs of distinguished names, more than the humble sons of obscurity and unpropitious fortune.

Property rights create self-monitoring, which tends to be both more effective and less costly than third-party monitoring.

The knot of Eve’s disobedience was untied by Mary’s obedience: what the virgin Eve bound through her disbelief, Mary loosed by her faith.

The way to combat noxious ideas is with other ideas. The way to combat falsehoods is with truth.

Computers make very fast, very accurate mistakes.

Gandhi’s philosophy of nonviolence was effective with the British precisely because they were not inclined to use excessive force against unarmed civilians. Instead, they behaved in a civilized manner, and they left. Would Gandhi’s tactics have worked with the Nazis?

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Owning Plexus

Fear Mongers and the ‘Brexit’

Puerto Rico Defaults on PFC Bond Payments

Greece Defaults on IMF Loan

Cuba, Iran, and Diplomacy

A Six-Month Balanced Budget Plan

Legislation Based on Measurable Outcomes

Wilson, Obama, and the Fiscal Cliff

The Fiscal Cliff and Shared Sacrifice

I, Pencil

‘Quantitative Easing’ and Inflation

The Silver Line and ‘Big Success’

So Far, ‘Affordable’ Health Care . . . Isn’t

Will the Euro Last?

Failure is an Option for the ‘Super Committee’

Basic Reasoning: The Greek Default

On ‘Occupy Wall Street’

We’re Not Stupid

Too Little . . . Maybe Too Late

Chrysler: Good News, Bad News

Time for Some (Competent) Leadership

Pretending Nothing’s Wrong

Driving Down the Dollar

The Budget: Pick Your Poison

SPR Draw-Downs: Not Necessary (Yet?)

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