Petri Kajanderpolitics

Episode 9

petri — Thu, 26 Feb 2009 11:03:44 +0000

This 25th of Feb guest appearance on Don Nicoloff’s Evident Footprints show talks about Fragments of Reality, law and order, silence and economical situation among many other issues.

(Next guest appearances on Evident Footprints on 12th and 25th of March at

10:00 PM – 11:00 PM (PST)
1:00 AM – 2:00 AM (EST)
6:00 AM – 7.00 AM (CET – the 13th and 26th of March)

The shows can be listened to for free from BBS Radio at the above stated times and they will also be later available as recordings.)

Episode 8

petri — Thu, 12 Feb 2009 00:48:19 +0000

This almost two hour guest appearance on Don Nicoloff’s Evident Footprints show talks about belief systems, Fragments of Reality and responsibility among others.

Social Welfare by Government Actions?

petri — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 15:42:29 +0000

The purpose of this essay is to address the role of government for private market and to find out the extent and the scope that government’s involvement with private establishments can be justified by economics. It seems to be assumed that government has a fundamental and necessary role in the business of private enterprises. This is not merely an assumption—it is the current paradigm and dogma.

Download the essay Can Government Increase Social Welfare (Utility) by Its Involvement with Private Market? (a pdf-file) or read it online.

What central banks should do?

petri — Wed, 30 May 2007 09:02:57 +0000

Gary has very clear advice: nada de nada.

The impossibility of 'Just Tax'

petri — Sat, 14 Apr 2007 17:39:47 +0000

There are only net tax payers and net receivers in any given society where government coercion is practised. See why, explained by Murray Rothbard.

The U.S. vs. John Lennon

petri — Thu, 05 Apr 2007 19:57:37 +0000

Go and check this out The U.S. vs. John Lennon. A well-made documentary that shows the other side of John Lennon that focused on social and political issues. The official web-site.

Economics is not politics

petri — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 07:36:42 +0000

“The intrusion of politics into the field of economics is simply an evidence of human ignorance or arrogance, and is as fatuous as an attempt to control the rise and fall of tides. Since the beginning of political institutions, there have been attempts to fix wages, control prices, and create capital, all resulting in failure.”

Frank Chodorov from The Rise and Fall of Society.

Read the first chapter.

Chapter 6: The Humanity of Trade.

Practical case of 'Make a law, make a business'

petri — Mon, 02 Apr 2007 15:00:53 +0000

“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.

Governments are killing you

petri — Sun, 25 Mar 2007 19:27:04 +0000

“Too many people living in democracies are lulled into believing that they are free because they have the right to vote and elections are held periodically. If you take conscription for military service as an example, I think you would find that if it was proclaimed by a sole monarch, the people would revolt and disobey. However, in a democracy, when the politicians vote for it, the people comply and still think they are free.”

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.

The Gold-Plated Sting

petri — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 09:30:28 +0000

Why don’t we use gold as money anymore?

The Gold-Plated Sting by Gary North.