Smart Links 26 March 2012

Paul Summerville • March 26, 2012

Tags: Canada, Cities, Defence, Liberal Party, Race, United States, Women, Yes

Commentary on visit parking, brain in a box, US defence spending, Black while walking, and what Harper and Mulcair have in common.

Where can you park around here?

New York Times – When a Parking Lot Is So Much More
NO ONE loves a parking lot.

Related.

Economist -- A dearth of parking places riles the new middle class

Related.

Joni Mitchell – Big Yellow Taxi

There is more to us than brains in a box. Thanks to David of London.

Spectator – Brain Drain
There are many reasons for believing the brain is the seat of consciousness.

The military industrial complex.

The old problem.

Independent -- Rupert Cornwell: The murderous demon of race still stalks this land
Out of America: The killing of Trayvon Martin has again ruthlessly exposed the faultlines that underlie Obama-era America.

Related.

American Interest -- A Conversation with Peter Thiel
Francis Fukuyama talks with the renowned entrepreneur.

Shoot to kill.

CBC -- Mulcair, Harper allies in plotting Liberals' demise
NDP's new leader looks to reshape Canada's political landscape.

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Twin Virtues: Inequality of Outcomes & Equality of Opportunity©

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Ultimately, the most successful societies find the balance between the twin virtues of inequality of outcomes and equality of opportunity.

The new politics must marry the twin virtues of unequal outcomes and equality of opportunity.

When too few get too much everybody ends up with less.

Can it be that striving for equality of opportunity however imperfect the process not only benefits the individual but also creates benefits for the society as a whole that are unintended but wonderful?

Economics must be a 'moral enterprise' as much as politics claims to be. Economic outcomes need to be framed in terms of right and wrong not just efficiency if only because these often align in surprising ways.

My vision of Canada is that any Canadian child from a family of limited circumstance can expect to have a chance at lifetime of unlimited opportunities.

Tax policy should be founded on the principle of generating steady tax revenues sufficient to maximise environmentally sustainable economic growth in order to fund fair government.

Public policy should be designed to decrease inequality before the law and increase equality of opportunity.

Capitalism is not the problem; the problem is what we do with capitalism.

Content is always more difficult to argue than conspiracy.

Let the state regulate and the market operate (most things).

Welfare strategies are best designed as a hand up not as a hand out.

Political debate should not be fact free fighting.

Explanation lasts longer than eloquence.

Always favour empowerment over dependency.

The most enduring public figures are embraced for the causes they fought for and not the concept of themselves they hoped others would remember them by.

Find your voice and don't be the echo of somebody else.