Petri Kajanderdemocracy http://www.petrikajander.com Inspirational, thoughtful, mind-provoking, insightful and sometimes artful writings, ideas, visions, and practical knowledge covering various aspects of life. Sun, 07 Feb 2010 15:15:51 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 en hourly 1 You will find inspirational, thoughtful, mind-provoking, insightful and sometimes artful writings, ideas, visions, and practical knowledge covering various aspects of life. Petri Kajander no Petri Kajander info@petrikajander.com info@petrikajander.com (Petri Kajander) 2006-2009 Inspirational, thoughtful, mind-provoking, insightful and sometimes artful writings, ideas, visions, and practical knowledge covering various aspects of life. Petri Kajanderdemocracy http://www.petrikajander.com/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://www.petrikajander.com Practical case of 'Make a law, make a business' http://www.petrikajander.com/blog/practical-case-in-business-of-law-making/ http://www.petrikajander.com/blog/practical-case-in-business-of-law-making/#comments Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:00:53 +0000 petri http://petercajander.com/blog/?p=30 “Dillon, Read & Co. Inc. and the Aristocracy of Prison Profits” is a good case in point how the law is turned into a business driven by high level politics.
The Dunwalke-website puts it another way: “Make a law, make a business.” — Old New Jersey street saying.

See also Rothbard’s brief outlook of Wall Street, Banks, and American Foreign Policy.

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In the twentieth century 170 million people were killed by governments. It’s the bloodiest century in all history. Read an excerpt from A Century of War by John V. Denson.

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Read the article by Thorsten Polleit.

]]> http://www.petrikajander.com/blog/sound-money/feed/ 0 The Law by Bastiat http://www.petrikajander.com/blog/the-law-by-bastiat/ http://www.petrikajander.com/blog/the-law-by-bastiat/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 15:47:54 +0000 petri http://petercajander.com/blog/?p=13

Try to imagine a system of labor imposed by force that is not a violation of liberty; a transfer of wealth imposed by force that is not a violation of property rights. If you cannot do so, then you must agree that the law cannot organize labor and industry without organizing injustice.

Read the famous essay of Frédéric Bastiat.

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Here is the Golden Rule of sound citizenship, the first and greatest lesson in the study of politics: you get the same order of criminality from any State to which you give power to exercise it; and whatever power you give the State to do things for you carries with it the equivalent power to do things to you. A citizenry which has learned that one short lesson has but little more left to learn.

Read the essay from here.

Another great essay from Nock: Life, Liberty, and … which can be found from the introduction to his book Our Enemy, the State.

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