What has been proven throughout history in the form of trail and error, is that for business to truly thrive, government needs to mess with it as little as possible. Both examples explained by Dr. Burt

Question posted by @darevan: What impact did these robber barons have on not only the economic development of the U.S. but on the relationship between U.S. government and its market? Reponse: In the example

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Image Source: Question from @stonemasoner: Why do you think so many people oppose a UBI even when nearly everyone can acknowledge that our current social safety net is deeply flawed. Response: One thing

Image Source: What are your personal objections to the idea of a universal basic income, and why? How realistic do you this idea of Universal Basic Income is in today's United States government? What would

Image Source: Question posed by @macie.mcpeak: What are the positive and negative aspects of the United States healthcare system? There are many pros to being a healthcare customer in the United States,

Image Source: What is pushing medical students away from becoming doctors? What is different about Asian healthcare compared to United States healthcare system that makes it so much better? If you were

Image Source: Why do people fear Artificial Intelligence? The common opinion on the topic of artificial intelligence in the modern world usually revolves around one of two opinions if not both. That either

Image Source: Question by @llyran-noble: What should be done about the progression of innovation, and what should be done for the people that are displaced along the way? In terms of what should be done

Image Source: When in comes to future outlook, especially in terms of machine learning and artificial intelligence, respected figures in the industry always seem to give optimistic predictions on how fast

Image Source: What is Federalism? Since the name would allude to it advocating to a larger "federal" government, federalism actually refers to states rights, and powers it has against the federal

Image Source: This post is in response to the question posed by @dbruce: "In the U.S. we have separation of powers to prevent one branch of the government from becoming tyrannical and federalism to

Image Source: Why should we support state autonomy? What are laboratories of Democracy and how do they effect government? Which of the three paths are the most agreeable to diffuse the tension between

Image Source: Why Socialism Sucks: One thing the speaker pointed out about living in a socialist country that I found interesting was how socialism destroys peoples incentives to sell. Since there is no

Image Source: Question: Is public perception of socialism representative of what its practice actually entails? Response: Throughout the lecture on how "Socialism Sucks", many examples of countries

Image Source: If socialism means "getting rid of all private property", does that violate natural humans rights? If even in the most pure forms of socialism could not completely eliminate all

Image Source: Argument Against Socialism According to the early political planners and writers, such as Tocqueville, socialism cannot, by definition, be implemented smoothly with any form of democracy.

Image Source: Argument Against Socialism According to the early political planners and writers, such as Tocqueville, socialism cannot, by definition, be implemented smoothly with any form of democracy.

Image Source: Question: In your own opinion, which country in the world right now has the worst form of government and human rights protection? How could we, the United States of America, help said country?

Image Source: Has there ever been an example of a totalitarian system that has worked in history? As stated by Bylund in a previous class, socialism inevitably leads to dictatorship, do you agree with