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How Big Government Breeds Vice: Perverse Incentives of the Welfare State -- Video
A new video presentation by Mr. Stolyarov is aimed at rendering his essay, “How Big Government Breeds Vice: Perverse Incentives of the Welfare State,” available in another medium and to a broader audience. This video discusses how even a perfectly well-intentioned government engaging in “social welfare” programs will make large numbers of people far less virtuous in their conduct than they would have been in a world of solely private charity. This presentation provides an in-depth argument for why even sincere efforts to uplift people from poverty by means of government aid will end up accomplishing the opposite effect and producing generations of unproductive, irresponsible dependents.
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G. Stolyarov II is an actuary, science fiction novelist, independent philosophical essayist, poet, amateur mathematician, composer, contributor to Enter Stage Right, Le Quebecois Libre, Rebirth of Reason, and the Ludwig von Mises Institute, Senior Writer for The Liberal Institute, former weekly columnist for GrasstopsUSA.com, and Editor-in-Chief of The Rational Argumentator, a magazine championing the principles of reason, rights, and progress. Mr. Stolyarov also publishes his articles on Helium.com and Associated Content to assist the spread of rational ideas. He holds the highest Clout Level (10) possible on Associated Content and is one of Associated Content's Page View Millionaires. Mr. Stolyarov has also written a science fiction novel, Eden against the Colossus, a non-fiction treatise, A Rational Cosmology, and a play, Implied Consent. You can watch his YouTube Videos. Mr. Stolyarov can be contacted at gennadystolyarovii@yahoo.com.
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Learn about Mr. Stolyarov's novel, Eden against the Colossus, here.Read Mr. Stolyarov's comprehensive treatise, A Rational Cosmology, explicating such terms as the universe, matter, space, time, sound, light, life, consciousness, and volition, here.