tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-30609086117704893612024-03-19T12:52:31.146+08:00Libertarian in Self-ExileA self-exiled native of former Yugoslavia living in Hong Kong & blogging about the cause of liberty.Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.comBlogger32125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-58377248589225101972018-11-08T01:53:00.001+08:002018-11-08T01:53:57.015+08:00Libertarian Minute 1 - What Does it Mean to be a Libertarian?Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-35616124944058111922017-01-01T00:58:00.001+08:002017-01-01T01:01:09.472+08:00Happy New Year 2017!Dear fellow libertarians, wishing you a happy, free, and prosperous New Year 2017! May this year be filled with even more friendship and cooperation with each others (both online & offline), and may our quest of turning collectivists into freedom lovers and bringing them into our fold be more successful than ever.
For liberty, onwards!
Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-21518848071618458992016-12-26T00:44:00.001+08:002016-12-26T00:44:14.724+08:00A Personal Confession of Practicing Self-censorship Due to Fear of Being Labeled a 'Russophile'The other day on Facebook I saw this very cool and unmalicious video clip from Russia, but had no courage to share it even with my closest friends, let alone as a public post, for fear that I might be labelled a Russophile. Concerned about the possible adverse consequences, I chickened out. :) Even though I really had a great desire to share it. What kind of libertarian am I? Shame on me!
Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-73089375366144321232016-11-16T02:17:00.001+08:002016-11-16T02:17:44.862+08:00Plato's Allegory of a Cave as a Window Into the Reality of Media Puppeteers Indoctrinating the Public at LargeRegardless of a shocking disappointment, grief, and subsequent week-long rampage of a large number of Hillary Clinton supporters, it is optimistically realistic that the sheer number of dirty tricks that went on in the attempt of the mainstream media to secure the Clinton victory is now coming to bite the media industrial complex. Just like the release of a slave in Plato's Allegory of a Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-61404684067752742752016-07-19T15:39:00.002+08:002016-07-21T00:30:13.518+08:00It's Time to Trash Political Correctness and Defend Values of the West From Jihadist Extremism
A teenage refugee from Afghanistan wielding an axe and yelling the words "Allah akbar" attacked and wounded passengers on a train in Germany, BBC has reported.
And now you are going to tell me that this young man has committed a crime? If you think so, you are obviously either innocently ignorant or have your head stuck up in your ass and don't want to face up to the truth. And the truth is Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-39423120329453515512016-07-15T19:14:00.000+08:002016-07-15T19:14:08.610+08:00Terror attack in Nice - another blowback from military interventionism and political correctnessTerrorists have struck France again, this time it was a truck running over crowds of people celebrating the Bastille Day, July 14th, 2016. And what does the French government say? It was an act of horrible atrocity that will never break the will of the French nation in fighting terrorism. So yet again, no honest self-reflection as to the causes. Media around the world Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-50010189446901783702016-07-15T02:21:00.000+08:002016-07-15T02:21:22.331+08:00Economic self-regulation is always better than supranational regulation - even when it is less pro-market
The following is my comment to a blog posting on European Students for Liberty website titled The Myth of EU-induced Regulation, written by Daniil Gorbatenko. The author claimed that the fact that most EU member countries set their economic regulations higher than what the EU mandates at minimum is the solid indicator that EU economic interventionism is minimal. The author perhaps Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-81797120540996699152016-06-10T19:27:00.000+08:002016-06-10T19:28:02.989+08:00Corporations have responsibility only to their shareholdersCorporations have responsibility only to their shareholders, and for that end they do whatever brings them profit. Or as Milton Friedman simply put it: "The business of business is business," Take that fact into consideration the next time you think about social responsibility of the media towards the public. What motives drive those who tailor your truth? How much trust do you have in their workYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-19019131800426641412016-03-10T03:00:00.001+08:002016-03-10T03:00:40.288+08:00Why do we throw money at the funders of terrorism? - UKIP Deputy Leader ...Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-4168185554817888302015-11-19T07:30:00.002+08:002015-11-22T22:59:29.996+08:00Grieving With People of France, Outraged by Militarism of Western Governments
Coordinated terror attacks claimed by ISIS Islamic terrorists of the Islamic State on Friday, November 13. 2015. in Paris, which resulted in hundreds of people killed and wounded, have caused a wave of solidarity by people across the globe with people of France. Social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, Google + and others have been abuzz with generic messages of Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-70350444760395381712015-02-05T00:37:00.000+08:002015-02-05T00:37:28.431+08:00Libertarian cooking? Why not!I don't want it to appear as if this blog has all of a sudden become all about cooking instead of libertarianism, but I do like to experiment with cooking all sorts of foods, and for this particular post I do have something that brings libertarianism and cooking together. Just recently I was inspired by David Friedman's post about Icelandic Turkey medieval recipe, where he experimented withYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-82707757043886180072014-10-10T18:38:00.000+08:002014-10-16T04:44:34.920+08:00Hong Kong Protests: Clash of Titans and a Sidetrack Struggle for True DemocracyIt is an admirable cause to want to protest in fight for
being allowed to choose your own representative dictator without outside
interference. It is exactly what Hong
Kong protesters have been gathering in streets for. They want freedom to elect their Chief
Executive, without Beijing's prior approval of the candidates.
Regardless of how things will play out in the end, who willYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-39005548537142801232014-08-05T09:38:00.003+08:002014-08-05T10:09:40.504+08:00Ukrainians Burning Military Drafts - Cowardice Will Save the World!
Ukrainians are burning their military drafts, refusing to hand over their sons to the Ukraine's Ministry of Defense. I salute this brave act of these brave and independent thinking people. Only if the rest of the world was like this, the wars would become the thing of the past.
Another more recent video:
And if anyone needs further Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-38363653314103866132014-07-24T05:27:00.002+08:002014-07-27T20:28:21.765+08:00Israeli-Palestinian Conflict: the Heretics Speak Truth to PowerIn my pre-libertarian years, I have to admit that despite my complete ignorance about the issue of violence in the land of Palestine, back then I still would have not hesitated to give my opinion about it if asked. It was as if I somehow knew with confidence what was going on in Palestine and who the good and the bad guys were. I guess it was my subconscious memory at work,Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com5Palestine31.952162 35.23315400000001330.226547500000002 32.651367000000015 33.6777765 37.814941000000012tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-31186395070656584042014-07-14T17:38:00.001+08:002014-07-26T03:03:52.221+08:00Public vs Private Land Ownership: The Case for More Affordable, More Abundant, and More Efficient Land Use in Hong Kong
One of my ongoing personal frustrations about Hong Kong has been in regards to my inability to start my own property development firm here, despite the fact that this industry is highly lucrative in the territory. Yes, I too quickly figured out where the best money is! Over time I have learned the reasons for this situation, as is perhaps most prominently detailed in the now famous Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-57537771622309999502014-07-10T17:01:00.002+08:002014-07-10T17:01:42.250+08:00Hong Kong's Public Housing Waiting Problem: Freedom is the AnswerBackground information:
Public housing in Hong Kong is a set of
mass housing programmes through which the Government of Hong Kong
provides affordable housing for lower-income residents. Learn more on Wikipedia.
Not only are the low income people offered subsidized housing, but they are given choices in doing so. While waiting for public housing to be available, they are given up Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-73857782954174532322014-06-19T14:54:00.000+08:002015-01-23T19:11:33.448+08:00A Conversation With David FriedmanA conversation with Dr. David Friedman about some of the solutions and
potential issues of anarcho-capitalism, as well as possible ways of
advancing ideas of free society and turning them into reality.
Watch the entire interview in a YouTube playlist and with better resolution here
Part 1:
Chaos, Anarchy, Capitalism, and Anarcho-capitalism.
Part 1 transcript available Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-12534755336130753562013-10-25T14:41:00.000+08:002014-07-26T02:59:29.970+08:00Interview With Ron MannersA 3 part interview with Ron Manners, the Chairman of Mannwest Group
Australian based mining consultation, international serial entrepreneur
and an Australia's mining legend. Ron is also a passionate libertarian
activist who made great contributions to the libertarian movement in
Australia and beyond. In 1975, Ron helped start and run Australia's
first libertarian party. In 1997 he founded Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-84434258138176444472013-08-31T00:48:00.000+08:002014-07-10T13:43:37.412+08:00Failure of Yugoslavia's Worker Self-management: Kardelj vs. FriedmanA select look into some of the flaws of Yugoslavia's worker self-management enterprises and their failed privatization
There exist few other topics that are still subject of such hard felt emotions and bitterness towards politicians in the countries of the former Yugoslavia as the fact that there are still thousands of factories rotting throughout the region and are being sold off in secret Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-31631726236128076722013-08-09T00:43:00.000+08:002014-07-10T13:38:46.245+08:00Milton Friedman 2013 Legacy - Repeated Multigenerational Failures to Recognize and Embrace the Ideas of Milton Friedman in Countries of Western BalkansLion Rock Institute 2013 Milton Friedman Legacy Cocktail in Hong Kong.
I. Final third speaker Jadranko Brkic talks about how repeated multigenerational failures to recognize and embrace the ideas of Milton Friedman have led to missed opportunities for economic prosperity in countries of Western Balkans.
II. Closing remarks by Bill Stacey, Chairman of the Lion Rock Institute.
The Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-10321385682020003992013-07-01T13:35:00.000+08:002014-07-10T13:36:56.875+08:00How I Self-Exiled to Preserve My Morality and Find LibertyFleeing the Plague of Corruption and Bureaucracy in the Post-Yugoslavia Era
What do you do when you grow old enough to realize that the society you were brought up in runs on deep, institutionalized corruption? What do you do when the realization of your own dreams is dependent upon throwing your own moral principles out the window and playing in that same unethical game?
My story begins backYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-60656702066796367362012-12-26T15:24:00.000+08:002014-07-26T03:38:17.339+08:00Interview With Miroslav Prokopijević: Free to ChooseIn late summer of 2012, I had a chance to team up with Borislav Ristic, liberal philosopher from Croatia, for an interview with a renowned Serbian liberal economist Dr. Miroslav Prokopijevic about Austrian school of Economics and his 2010 book titled "Sloboda izbora" (engl: Free to Choose).
See video below or watch on YouTube with a higher resolution. English captions Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-66264706672254004302012-12-06T01:29:00.000+08:002014-07-10T13:31:57.225+08:00"Let's Make Money" Documentary: Interesting and Informative, Wrong ConclusionsJust the other day on Croatian website Dokumentarci.com.hr I came across an Austrian documentary titled “Let's Make Money” (see below) that was produced in 2008. For some odd reason it didn't come to my attention much earlier. Though it is kinda late to comment on it, I feel the need to say a few things, especially because this film largely caters to the conventional collectivist wisdom thatYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-62885606463133929272011-11-10T15:00:00.000+08:002014-07-26T03:40:02.318+08:00Interview with Ken SchoollandOn behalf of Freedom and Prosperity TV, in November of 2011 my wife and I visited with and interviewed professor Ken Schoolland, an associate
professor of Economics and Political Science at Hawaii Pacific
University in Honolulu Hawaii. Professor Schoolland is an economist,
academic, author, and political commentator. He is most known amongst
libertarian circles around the globeYadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3060908611770489361.post-22158704409431041042011-01-22T01:26:00.000+08:002014-07-10T13:30:17.340+08:00A Few Arguments for Market Competition in Education in Bosnia and Herzegovina
In one of my earlier posts under the name Public transportation for BiH students must be free. Really?, I had briefly touched upon the subject of education, by stating that the best way for the government of Bosnia and Herzegovina to help students is to dismantle the government monopoly in education and allow for market competition to deliver students the best education possible.
In Yadrankohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02423269186396156511noreply@blogger.com0