The great French free-market economist Frederic Bastiat (pictured above) was considered by many to be the master of the reductio ad absurdum approach that he used quite effectively to expose the ...

A conclusion that doesn’t follow from or is a negation of its premise is an example of reductio ad absurdum, be it in logic or in discourse about democracy. In social constructs such assertions are ...

California Gov. Jerry Brown fired up his rhetoric – and his Latin – to reassure scientists fearful of changes under President-elect Trump. “Reductio ad absurdum – reduce to absurdity,“ the governor ...

We’ll send you a myFT Daily Digest email rounding up the latest UK banks news every morning. From Mr Neil Jeffares. Sir, The downgrading of a dozen UK deposit-takers (“Moody’s hits 12 British lenders ...

Sir, Fiduciary competence and fiscal obligation to investors lie at the heart of any well-run entity. So it comes as no surprise that, according to the OECD, corporation tax receipts have dropped as a ...

question about the Civil Rights Act of 1964. To be philosophically consistent, the Civil Rights Act of 1964 presents a challenge. As an abiding principle, having the government dictate private ...

Via Jonathan Martin, I see that John McCain floated a rather curious criticism of Barack Obama this afternoon in Florida: "Barack Obama's only answer is to double-down on the Bush Administration's ...

The Internal Revenue Service has demonstrated many times its belief that when nine states adopted the community property system, they did so for the sole purpose of frustrating the transfer tax (and ...