{"id":6787,"date":"2022-06-02T11:21:00","date_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:21:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/?p=6787"},"modified":"2022-06-02T11:21:00","modified_gmt":"2022-06-02T15:21:00","slug":"subject-for-every-political-conversation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/jim-babka\/subject-for-every-political-conversation\/","title":{"rendered":"What subject should you introduce to every political conversation?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Your political conversations are incomplete if they neglect this topic.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-6788\" src=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand.jpg\" alt=\"Shelves of goods in a warehouse\" width=\"1200\" height=\"630\" srcset=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand-300x158.jpg 300w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand-1024x538.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand-768x403.jpg 768w, https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/06\/SupplyDemand-100x53.jpg 100w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>You&#8217;re likely familiar with concepts like the \u201cfree market\u201d and the \u201claw of supply and demand.\u201d You&#8217;re probably well-informed enough to explain\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Hayek\u2019s \u201clocal knowledge problem\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Milton Friedman\u2019s \u201cpermanent income hypothesis\u201d<\/li>\n<li>Mises\u2019 \u201ceconomic calculation problem\u201d<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>But do you fully appreciate the difference between violent prices versus non-violent prices?<\/p>\n<p>Wait, can a price really be violent or non-violent?<\/p>\n<p>Yes it can be, and your political conversations will be more effective and meaningful if you share this way of thinking in your conversations.<\/p>\n<p>Perry Willis explains the details in this classic article.<\/p>\n<p style=\"color: #000000; font-family: Roboto, RobotoDraft, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 16px;\" align=\"center\"><strong style=\"font-size: 18px;\"><span style=\"font-family: tahoma, geneva, sans-serif;\"><a style=\"color: #ffffff; background-color: #b90f10; border: 1px solid #b90f10; border-radius: 6px; display: inline-block; font-size: 1.2em; line-height: 1.25em; text-decoration-line: none; width: 350px;\" href=\"https:\/\/zeroaggressionproject.org\/strategy\/show-political-violence\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Violent Prices<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ZAP The State and have a nice day,<\/p>\n<p>Jim Babka, Co-creator<br \/>\nZero Aggression Project<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This will always fit<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":6788,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[37],"tags":[752,753,25,754,755,40,756,380],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>What subject should you introduce to every political conversation? 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