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Those Darn Conspiracies
As a born-in resident of the nation-state known colloquially as America, I recognize my thumb lies not on the pulse of the Canadian citizenry. But even so, I can postulate that being firm allies of United States global hegemony, Canucks
Laughter at the Central Bank
Defying the stereotype of the central banker as a serious and staid personality, it turns out those who formulate policy at the Fed have been known to crack a joke or two while on the job. A forthcoming article in
The IMF’s Search for Relevance
As the old saying goes, never let a crisis go to waste. No one has grasped the importance of this adage more than the International Monetary Fund (IMF). Over the last five years the organisation has been breathed a second
The Meaning of Giving Back
“Giving back” is a phrase often attributed to altruism. Giving back to the community; giving back to the church; giving back to those who helped you – these are just boisterous slogans that stand only for offering time, money, or
Earth Day 1970 (The Drama Queen Files, Exhibit #4)
Reprinted from NoFrakkingConsensus.com Earth Day was first celebrated back in 1970. That year, the editors ofRamparts, a radical magazine, packaged a collection of essays together as a book. Released by mainstream publishing house Harper & Row, it was titled Eco-Catastrophe. The
The Climate Circus Leaves Town
Read the full article at WeeklyStandard.com If you had told environmentalists on Election Day 2008 that four years later there’d be no successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol, that a Democratic Congress would not have enacted any meaningful climate legislation,
Debt, Growth, and the Illusions of Social Scientism
For all the politicians and economists who have been doggedly nonchalant about escalating levels of public debt, this was a good week. Making their week was the revelation that the statistical calculations in an influential paper were off. It is
The Boston Ratchet Effect
The recent bombing at the finish line of the Boston Marathon had America scared – until the next fad in reactionary emotion begged for attention. Before the shootout and present manhunt began, the incident was slowly drifting out of the
Country and Critics
Last month, journalist Robert Huber wrote a provocative article for the periodical Philadelphia on a subject off-limits for what passes as informed discussion: race relations from the point of view of a white person. The piece was titled in politically-incorrect
Rajendra Pachauri’s Conspiracy Theory
Reprinted from NoFrakkingConsensus.com Climate skeptics are routinely accused of being conspiracy theorists. For example, Rajendra Pachauri, the chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), has claimed that much of the criticism directed at his organization relies on “unsubstantiated
North Korea and Drums of War
Reprinted from The Dollar Vigilante newsletter At the time of writing, the North Korean government is once-again threatening war with its neighbor to the South and the devil country across the Pacific. Precautions are being taken by the U.S. military
What’s Going on with Gold?
For those of us who think that the world’s central banks have been placing too much faith in the money printing press as a means of rousing sluggish economies, last week was bewildering. Gold closed the week below US$1500 per
The Problem with Canmore
Canmore, Alberta is in the midst of a real estate bubble and its principle wealth-creator (tourism) is based on the same phony economy of low interest rates. Perhaps as a result of these economic fundamentals, the town’s expansion into a
A Golden Opportunity
In a new twist to the Cypriot saga, a European Commission assessment has called on the Mediterranean country to sell its gold holdings to fund its looming bailout. With the country currently holding 13.9 tonnes of the shiny metal according to the
MSNBC and the Child Ownership Doctrine
Libertarians and conservatives are often accused of finding encroaching totalitarianism in every miniscule piece of government legislation. Free reign to search homes, cyber monitoring, the extrajudicial murder of foreigners accused but never proven of terroristic crimes – bringing attention to
Chicago School ‘Market Socialism’
Reprinted from LewRockwell.com In the April 8 issue of the Wall Street Journal George Schultz and Gary Becker advocated a massive new carbon tax. Their arguments are based on very poor economic reasoning and an extremely naïve view of politics
Bitcoin up $20+ in just over 12 hours
Reprinted from PeterCEarle.com I certainly didn’t intend for the blog/commentary section of my site to become immersed in coverage of Bitcoin developments, but it’s a timely issue with implications for the economy in general, Austrian economics, and market anarchism/anarchocapitalism, so,
Fast Food Strikes
Complaining about low pay is nothing new for the everyday worker. In lunchrooms and in front of water coolers, cheap insults thrown at the “bossman” are a welcome part of small talk. It’s of little relevance whether the employee enjoys
A Message to Bill Gates
Republished from the Dollar Vigilante Newsletter – By some estimates, the death toll in Africa alone from unnecessary malaria resulting from the restrictions on DDT has exceeded 100 million people. – Robert Zubrin, Merchants of Despair – The abundance of
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