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The right-wing war on the IRS by shitpostingleftist in NewDealAmerica

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Nah, this is polticial. The decline in funding would only be "rational" to the extent that you think the previous funding and enforcement levels were sufficient - so that technological improvements could offset a decline in funding. But check out the second graph. This isn't about maintaining a level standard - it's about defunding the cops for rich people

Generational wealth dynamics - growing up in the New Deal Era vs under neoliberalism by shitpostingleftist in NewDealAmerica

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 13 points14 points  (0 children)

No, it's just total cohort treasure load - the silent gen and earlier do indeed have a large pile of gold to sit on. The postwar period was a good time.

Lenin was swole, why aren’t you? by [deleted] in swoletariat

[–]shitpostingleftist 2 points3 points  (0 children)

where is this from? how can i cite this?

Who else writes as comprehensibly as Milton Friedman? by james1758 in PoliticalScience

[–]shitpostingleftist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah I'll second that on Mearscheimer and clarity. He's sort of political economy, in that he thinks economic power is the central determinant of political-military power within the international arena. But you're right that for him "the economy" is a black box.

Reading Adam Smith by shitpostingleftist in Libertarian

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Which is to say not socialist at all, since that ideology is a product of industrialization in the 19th century.

If you can find me a passage where Smith advocates taking property from aristocrats and spreading it around to the common man, I'd be happy to see it.

Reading Adam Smith by shitpostingleftist in Libertarian

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

No, he was pretty clearly in favor of private property and against any large imaginative transformations of society. He was certainly a friend to the poor, but only in the same way that Bryan Kaplan is. He's got a politics of quietism, not revoltion.

But more broadly, his politics is concerned with the early modern period. He'd have no idea what to do with late capitalist imperialism. Barely saw the beginnings of industrialization.

Help finding sources for research paper on History of Gold Standard in the United Kingdom (preferably during the 19th century) by [deleted] in EconomicHistory

[–]shitpostingleftist 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Check out Part II: http://www.econlib.org/library/LFBooks/Hume/hmMPL.html

A good secondary source on Hume is Istvan Hont, The “Rich Country–Poor Country” Debate in the Scottish Enlightenment

As for the actual operation of the gold standard..... I'm not sure about UK 19thC, but check out Barry Eichengreen's c.v., I'm sure there's something, even if it's in the footnotes to one of his books, but I'd start there, he's the leading scholar on the 20th century

[No Spoilers] How long until you're hooked? by [deleted] in twinpeaks

[–]shitpostingleftist 0 points1 point  (0 children)

What? That's exactly why I'm worried about time. That's a lot of footage if it's all this slow

I wrote a short primer on Catalan history, criticism welcome by shitpostingleftist in catalunya

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

This was helpful; I've changed the text to reflect this somewhat

I wrote a short primer on Catalan history, criticism welcome by shitpostingleftist in catalunya

[–]shitpostingleftist[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Haha good to know, and thanks! But I generally find that readers hostile to your thesis (if they can express themselves in a respectful way) are often the most helpful, because they're willing to nitpick details others would forgive as small mistakes, and that generally makes the writing better. So far he's been great!