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Author Archives: moshe
Capitalism and Greed. Our Greed
Moshe Feiglin wrote: “It is our gas!” cry the witch-hunters. Every reporter, publicist and populistic MK have suddenly morphed into Robin Hood – robbing the rich to give to the poor. But if they are so right, why aren’t they … Continue reading
Posted in Private property and private owners' rights, social justice outcomes
Tagged capitalism, moral, Political economy
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Notes on New and Old Military Justice, Army’s ethics & Morale
Modern military Justice punishes officers and soldiers of democratic nations’ armies for their military success. “Excessive use of force” and similar artificial judicial constructions undermine incentives of army officers, making the military machine virtually inoperative. Artificially abridged Army capability prevents … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy & Intl relations, Pure & Mixed Public goods, Pure public goods, Security and Terrorism
Tagged Law of War, Military Justice, Political economy, Political Science, Quakity Pure public goods
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How to import modern Western Institutions Suppresses Economic Growth?
The Guide to the Book “Institutional Constraints on Modern Economic Growth” uploaded at SSRN and at RePEc. The Russian edition was published in 2011 in “Delo” publishers. Projected title of the book English version is “How to import modern Western … Continue reading
Posted in Data Economic Growth in Very Long Run, Institutions preventing economic growth, Private property and private owners' rights, Public choice, Pure & Mixed Public goods
Tagged Institutional Economics, Political economy, Public Choice
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Why some minorities are more equal than others?
Why not all minorities are “minor enough”; why unfair enforcement is fair for somebody: here is 1st draft of the new paper “The Puzzle of Selectivity in Fighting Discrimination: A Public Choice Approach”. Advocates of the war against discrimination and … Continue reading
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What these parties stand for, really? XX Knesset Elections
Why people less and less interested in the parties’ electoral platforms? Why Leftists in spite of numerous failures in security (“Peace Process”) and in spite of poor performance in economic issues are going on in pushing their radical ideas and … Continue reading
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Revisiting Terrorism studies: new papers’ 1st draft
We had started a series of short studies of terrorism “supply” and counter-terrorism “under-supply” incentives since 2004. After few years of break we returned to the issue starting with well forgotten story: how Oslo “peace” process was explained and advocated … Continue reading
Posted in Pure vs. Mixed Public Goods, Security and Terrorism
Tagged Middle East conflict, Political economy, Public Choice, Terrorism
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How to measure Democracy and Economic Freedom?
How to measure Democracy? See Polity Indices! How to measure Economic Freedom – see EFW Indices. How to measure Political institutions quality for better assessment of economic growth dependency on the Freedom and on Democracy? Try ours’ indices. One, who searching for … Continue reading
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Why modern armies of Democratic countries fail to win a war?
How safe is it, to Confuse Defense with Care? available at: http://ssrn.com/abstract=2236354 The correlation of state spending on pure and mixed public goods reflects the making of fundamental choices about state functions. The statistics data and the cases are composing the picture … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy & Intl relations, Institutions preventing economic growth, Pure & Mixed Public goods
Tagged Guns and Butter, Military Expenditures, Political economy, Public Choice, Public spending
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Elections as a choice between terrorists’ gangs
Could be Democracy a “quality good” (in economic sense) for somebody, in the violent conflict zone? Sure, and here is some evidences from Arabian Autonomy (Israel) and Chechen Republic (Russia): http://ssrn.com/abstract=2458837 (: Democracy: a Conflict Extinguisher or a Fuel for Terror?). The … Continue reading
Posted in Foreign Policy & Intl relations, Institutions preventing economic growth, Just published
Tagged conflict resolution, Democracy
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IDF “Protective Edge” in Gaza – déjà vu
Israel Defense Forces (IDF) just started new operation “Protective Edge” against HAMAS terrorists in Gaza. The most prominent right-wing leader in Israel – Knesset vice-speaker Moshe Feiglin loudly objected the operation (The Knesset security Commission seating in Sderot – discussion in … Continue reading
Posted in Pure & Mixed Public goods
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