Author: John Mitchel

Political class freedom redistribution (Part 2) After last week’s post we received some push-back on OCGJ’s notion that Dennis Anuszewski’s 10-year history of downloading and viewing child pornography is arguably a victimless crime. To some, it’s black and white; if you...

The Anuszewski-Zinn Paradox For the past ten weeks OCGJ has focused on those sectors of the political economy that benefit most from redistributed citizen wealth. Lobbyists, lawyers, non-profit executives compensated by tax dollars and pay-to-play kickbacks to elected officials characterize...

Political class wealth redistribution (Conclusion) For the past nine weeks OCGJ has focused on various sectors of the political economy that benefit most by citizen wealth redistribution. Politicians, lobbyists, political consultants, earmark recipients, the military-industrial complex, academia, not-for-profit organizations, attorneys and...

Political class wealth redistribution (Part 9) Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen recently expressed grave concerns about the “growing gap between the rich and everyone else…..” (Source: Martin Crutsinger Associated Press, Dayton Daily News, 10/18/2014).  Crutsinger observes this is unplowed ground...

Political class wealth redistribution (Part 8) In “Truth and the legal battle”, Hirschleifer and Osborne analyze the two main factors that determine relative litigation success….. (1) The truth and (2) resources expended by each litigant. (Source: Jack Hirschleifer and Evan...