July, 2007

Fighting Pessimistic Bias

by Brink Lindsey

July 25th, 2007

In his post on “Escape from Freedom,” Julian offers some interesting observations and speculations about various ways in which freedom’s momentum could be throttled or reversed. Of course one must always keep such dark possibilities in mind — eternal vigilance and all that.
But I really think that, while I may be a cockeyed optimist, [...]

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Why Worry about Entitlements?

by Brink Lindsey

July 25th, 2007

Matt observes that entitlement spending has been rising over the past few decades, and that I think the past few decades have been pretty good ones. So, he asks, why should I worry about the continued growth of entitlements?
C’mon, Matt, you can do better than that. I think you’ll grant as well that recent times [...]

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