Pertinent Category: Archive

Inquiry and Action: An Introduction to Transactional Viewpoints

– July 18, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. I, No. 1, 2002, Winter Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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Hayek, the Mind, and Spontaneous Order: A Critique

– July 18, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. II, No. 3, 2003, Summer Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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Dewey and Democracy: A Critique

– July 18, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. I, No. 3, 2002, Summer Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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The Transactional View and Autopoietic Biology

– July 18, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. II, No. 2, 2003, Spring Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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Dewey’s Reconstruction of Modern Philosophy

– July 18, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. I, No. 2, 2002, Spring Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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Another Court Blow to Freedom

– July 17, 2017

The free market — indeed, a free society — is founded on individual rights, including the right to one’s justly acquired property. If the government’s rules regarding the use and disposal of property are “flexible,” a free society is doomed. 

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The Hidden Message in the Everyday Price Index

– July 14, 2017

Aggregates can provide a reasonable summary but can also be deceiving. AIER’s monthly Everyday Price Index rose 0.1 percent in June after being unchanged in May. Over the past 12 months, the EPI has risen just 0.9 percent. In aggregate, the performance …

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Counterrevolution: Bitcoin Startups Stifled by Regulation

– July 14, 2017

The American Revolution is still being fought, and the Washington-based administrative state is the biggest enemy.

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A Theory of Action: Pragmatism and the Creativity of Action

– July 13, 2017

Behavioral Research Council Transactional Viewpoints, Vol. I, No. 4, 2002, Fall Quarterly Letters on the Transactional View, the Sciences and the Arts

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Market-Based Medical Care for All

– July 13, 2017

Uncertainty surrounding Obamacare and the Republican effort to reform its health-insurance rules has given an opening to those who want the government to be the sole payer of Americans’ medical bills.

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The Never-Ending Woes of State Enterprise

– July 12, 2017

History is something you can try to escape, but sometimes you can’t, as millions of train riders find out every day. They can’t escape Penn Station falling apart along with Amtrak, New York City commuter railroads, and the New York City subways. Every …

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Texans May Be Writing Gold-Backed Checks Early Next Year

– June 30, 2017

Texans’ writing checks as good as gold is just a few months from reality. In June, Texas state authorities selected the builder/operator and administrator for a depository that will store gold and other precious metals. The builder/operator, Austin-bas …

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