Daily Quote 7.20.14

John Hospers

 

 

 

 

” An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government’s taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation — more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.”

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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John Hospers Compares John Ross’s Unintended Consequences And Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged

Unintended Consequences And Atlas Shrugged

 

 

 

Published on May 2, 2012

” John Hospers was professor emeritus of philosophy at the University of Southern California. He was also the first Libertarian Party Presidential candidate in 1972.

  In this lecture from an International Society of Individual Liberty conference in 1996, Hospers compares John Ross’s novel Unintended Consequences with Ayn Rand’s Atlas Shrugged. Hospers was a personal friend of Rand during her lifetime. He passed away in 2011.

  Download the .mp3 of this lecture here: http://bit.ly/KvAzAh “

 

 

 

    “Unintended Consequences” is a book that is as powerful in it’s own right as is Atlas Shrugged and is much over-looked or perhaps more accurately , derided as cheap fiction . Such couldn’t be further from the truth and it is very refreshing to witness someone of Professor Hospers intellect and reputation giving the book it’s due . If you are not familiar with “Unintended Consequences” you should find a copy today . 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Daily Quote 7.16.13

John Hospers

“An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government’s taxing and spending more, now absorbing nationail output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation — more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.”

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Daily Quote 12/05

John Hospers

 

 

 

 

 

 ” An economy cannot long remain prosperous by government’s taxing and spending more, now absorbing national output at a rate equal to the entire income of every American living west of the Mississippi. If this trend continues, America will gradually sink into the status of a Third World nation — more unemployment, more shackles on production, more poverty.”