January 27, 2016
by Moshe
Comments Off on The Cologne New year: “where the men?”
The people asked after the event: “Where were German Policemen December, 31”? The smart journalist is asking the more general question on Cologne: “Where were the German men?” The journalist’s own answer: “Postmodern cultural totalitarianism has changed the very nature … Continue reading
January 4, 2016
by Moshe
Comments Off on ONS (Social Sciences and Contemporary World) Journal 2015 Content
The leading Russian Social science interdisciplinary Journal “Obshestvennye nauki i sovremennost” (ONS, Social Sciences and Contemporary World) kindly provided us the Journal’s 2015 Content. Among the key issues covered by the Journal’s articles’ authors – discussion on Social Liberalism, Russian society … Continue reading
December 27, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on Political factors behind Surges and Cuts of Government spending
Our new paper just uploaded at SSRN: “Political Factors of the Cuts and Surges in Government Spending: The Effects on Old Market Democracies and Post-Communist Countries“. Based on the comparative analysis of the experiences of both old and new market … Continue reading
November 4, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on Anti -parent bill lost, 5th Commandment won by … leftists, feminists votes
Anti – parent bill “Parents and their Kids” (see M.Feiglin’s comments on the bill) was defeated today in Knesset 41:42. The bill adoption’s main consequence would be aggravated enforcement in Israel so called Convention on the Rights of the Child (hereafter, CRC). … Continue reading
September 16, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on Syrian “refugees” invasion
Syrian “refugees invasion actualizes problems we addressed in our book. First and foremost it is an issue of corruption of incentives by welfare state. Politicians encouraged to “import” voters, bureaucrats to “import” new clients, supportive to their claim for more … Continue reading
July 4, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on 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
March 31, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on New paper: on selective enforcement of anti-discrimination Legislation
The paper: “The puzzle of selectivity in fighting discrimination: A public choice approach” is very preliminary draft of the text for the coming books on new way to fight Freedom, “fighting minorities’ discrimination”… of course, selectively fighting. Advocates of the … Continue reading
March 2, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on XX Knesset Elections: What Do These Parties Really Stand for?
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
February 9, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on Businessman executed in PRC: versions and implications
“A Chinese mining tycoon (Liu Han) linked to former security tsar Zhou Yongkang has been executed, according to state media.” Officially, Liu Han, 48, “was found guilty of 13 charges – including murder, organising casinos, running a mafia-style gang and illegally … Continue reading
January 18, 2015
by Moshe
Comments Off on 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