SHARE | PRINT | EMAIL I. Introduction We live in a world awash in perverse incentives. A perverse incentive is when the rules, structures, or practices of any system reward bad behavior or sociopathic outcomes. I had to come up with my own definition because all of the official definitions claim that perverse incentives are […]
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This Is Not Freedom, America: The Profit Incentives Driving the American Police State
This perverse mixture of government authoritarianism and corporate profits has increased the reach of the state into our private lives while also adding a profit motive into the mix. And, as always, it’s we the people, we the taxpayers, we the gullible voters who keep getting taken for a ride by politicians eager to promise […]
UK Gov’t To Pay ‘Incentives’ To Doctors For Every Patient They Sign Up For Sex Change Drugs
It seems the British government are intent on increasing the growing number of transgender citizens in the country. Family doctors in Britain will be paid financial incentives by the government whenever they provide hormone-altering sex-change drugs to transgender patients. BYPASS THE CENSORS Sign up to get unfiltered news delivered straight to your inbox. You can […]
Green light for incentives to vaccinate young Māori
coercion = criminal Supermarket vouchers, iPads, food trucks, concert tickets – whatever the incentive, Māori health providers have got the backing of the Government to be innovative when it comes to vaccinating rangatahi In an interview with Newsroom on Wednesday the associate minister of Māori health, Peeni Henare, said he was all ears to innovative ideas for […]
Here Are The Vaccine Incentives Being Offered In Each Of The 50 States
All the states are now offering insane, mind-blowing, once-in-a-lifetime offers to get you vaccinated. From lottery prize winnings to burgers and fries, all these prizes can be yours if you just go get the jab. Want to know what kind of incentive you can get where you live? We’ve compiled the incentives for each of […]
Incentives: Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin possible moves – Donbass crisis.
April 11, 2021 By David Sant for the Saker Blog Several analysts have written articles about how Russia is likely to respond in the theater to an offensive by Ukraine to restart the Donbass War. My purpose in this article is to look at the psychology and incentives of Joe Biden and Vladimir Putin and […]
Un-Merry Christmas: The Perverse Incentives to Over-Consume and Over-Spend
Isn’t it obvious that if we set out to design the most perverse, toxic and doomed system possible, we’d end up with the Keynesian Cargo Cult’s insane permanent growth/Landfill Economy? Few topics are off-limits nowadays: the personal and private are now splashed everywhere for all to see. One topic is […]
Study reveals that green incentives could actually be increasing CO2 emissions
Globally, from China and Germany to the United States, electric vehicle (EV) subsidies have been championed as an effective strategy to boost production of renewable technology and reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). But a new study by Concordia economics professor Ian Irvine shows that subsidizing EVs in the North American […]
Open Letter To White Police Officers: Why Do White Officers Aggressively Police Black Communities?
A.) be resident of the jurisdiction you’re working for. B.) At least be urban, we need you to be a make up of the people you’re supposed to be ‘protecting and serving’ just like Chinatown and the Jewish communities. C.) Stop the Aggressive Policing tactics and styles. We have seen far too often and in […]
Venezuelan National Assembly Approves New Supreme Court Magistrates and Historic Grassroots Seed Law
Jonas Holldack (VA) : This Wednesday, Venezuela’s outgoing National Assembly approved 13 judges to the Supreme Court and passed the long-awaited “Anti-GMO and Anti-Patenting Seed Law”. Both were approved with a simple majority of PSUV (United Socialist Party of Venezuela) legislators in the National Assembly The project for a seed law was submitted to parliament […]