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 2007/02/05 - Albert Esplugas BoterTen Easy Arguments against Government InterventionBelow, I lay out ten easy libertarian arguments to use during debates around the coffee table. It is worth having a few arguments at the ready that, because of their simplicity, overwhelming logic and visual power, appeal directly to a person's common sense and are able, at least, to plant a seed of doubt.
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 2006/08/29 - Antonio Mascaró RotgerNo Turning BackIn the West, the idea of having the state act as a central economic planner gained enormous prestige after winning World War II. It didn’t seem to matter the defeated powers had used this same method of socialist warfare with terrible results. With the United Kingdom leading the way, developed nations launched themselves down the social-democratic path.
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 2006/08/25 - Daniel Rodríguez HerreraFrom the Green Revolution to the GM RevolutionScientist Norman Borlaug is known, though not enough, as "the man who fed the world." During the 1950s and 60s, he made innovations in agricultural production that were dubbed the "green revolution," increasing the amount of food per planted hectare.
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2006/06/30 - Daniel Rodríguez HerreraPraise for Bill GatesNow that the president of Microsoft has announced his retirement from managing Microsoft to concentrate on his eponymous foundation, it is perhaps the best moment to engage in something as politically incorrect as highlighting his enormous contribution, allowing me to write this article and you to read it –among many other things.
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