This book consists of three parts: In the first one, various theoretical models of discrimination are explored. In particular, some crucial assumptions of some of the pioneering models by Gary Becker and Lester Thurow are examined. The second part consists of three essays that examine the...

The socialist experiment proved to be a failure. It proved not only an isolated failure, but also a global one - every political and economic system influenced by socialism suffered from a severe crisis in the last decades of the 20th century. The soft socialism of the democratic welfare states...

John Searle has argued against the viability f strong versions of artificial intelligence. His most well-known counter-example is the Chinese Room thought experiment where he stressed that syntax is not semantics. We reason by analogy to highlight previously unnoticed similarities between Searle...