by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Feb 11, 2023 | bookchin, caucus, decentralization, ecology, hayek, housing, human action, infrastructure, planning, pollution, public choice, social liberty
The Libertarian Party (US): a political party in the United States that promotes civil liberties, non-interventionism, laissez-faire capitalism, and limiting the size and scope of government. The party was conceived in August 1971 at meetings in the home of David F....
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 4, 2023 | mises, planning
1. Planning as a Synonym for Socialism The term ‘planning’ is mostly used as a synonym for socialism, communism, and authoritarian and totalitarian economic management. Sometimes only the German pattern of socialism — Zwangswirtschaft — is...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Jan 4, 2023 | hayek, monopoly, planning
Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek, 1944 cartoon summary Contents Chapter I. The Abandoned Road Human will has made the world what it is — The individualistic basis of modem civilization — Liberalism not a stationary creed — But it has not been allowed to develop...
by Alan Forester-Kaiser | Dec 22, 2022 | open space, planning, zoning
From Chico Enterprise Record 12/06/22 CHICO — Valley’s Edge, the largest development project Chico has seen, got a 5-2 recommendation last week from the planning commission and seems to be on its way to becoming a reality. The plan, which is about 14 years in the...
by Social Liberty | Dec 22, 2022 | art, bastiat, economics, planning, zoning
Frederick Bastiat In the department of economy, an act, a habit, an institution, a law, gives birth not only to an effect, but to a series of effects. Of these effects, the first only is immediate; it manifests itself simultaneously with its cause — it is seen. The...
