Reprinted from LewRockwell.com William Kristol knows what is wrong with the United States. As he wrote recently in the flagship magazine of the neo-conservatives, the Weekly Standard, the problem with the US is that we seem to have lost our
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Gray Markets Meet Social Networks
Reprinted from PeterCEarle.com I’d heard a bit here and there, but yesterday I came across an article definitively alluding to the “sharing economyâ€, a cutesy term for describing the marrying of what are sometimes called gray markets with the now-familiar
Give Me a King
Leftists today find themselves in a terrible contradiction. On one hand, they hold to the rigged principle that society needs governing by a domineering state. The commoners are not to be trusted so it takes badges and guns to maintain
How Greenpeace Defines Happiness
Reprinted from NoFrakkingConsensus.com Yesterday was the first UN-declared international Day of Happiness. When tweeting about it Kumi Naidoo, the Executive Director of Greenpeace, couldn’t help himself. He had to cover it in green slime. “Let’s not buy anything on the
The Misguided Crusade Against Hidden Bank Accounts
 With its latest budget – sorry, “economic action plan†– Canada’s government has taken a morally ominous turn. A provision in the budget proposes to empower the Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) with the ability to reward individuals who provide information
On the Rich
Try as he might, JP Morgan CEO Jamie Dimon will never shake the label of being an overly privileged, money-grubbing banker elite. In business and politics, used to be heralded as a man of impeccable character. President Obama once called
A Message to Bill Gates
The abundance of “rich-hating” in today’s Western culture has reached disgusting levels. Wealth is no longer seen as a sign of virtue and hard work but as a symbol of exploitation. For all his problems (wishing to “run” a country
The New Pope’s Bad Economics
As the commentary continues to pour in regarding the new Pope, Francis I, the discussion has been relatively sparse concerning his views on economics – at least about those that relate to the economics of polities and societies. When it
Cyprus and the reality of banking: Deposit haircuts are both inevitable and the right thing to do
Republished from detlevschlichter.com I, too, was shocked yesterday morning. Not so much by the news that depositors at Cypriot banks would face a haircut, or a ‘levy’ or a ‘tax’, on their deposits as a contribution to yet another Eurozone bailout
The State and the Death Penalty
The Maryland House of Delegates recently passed a measure to repeal the state’s death penalty. It’s expected Governor Martin O’Malley will sign the bill into law, making Maryland the 18th state to ban capital punishment. As a true blue liberal
So Much for Deposit Insurance
The Cypriot people are in an uproar and very rightly so. While the details may yet change, the government of Cyprus is proposing a tax on depositors as part of a bailout package to save the country’s banks. Deposits of
Boobus and Trivial Concerns
Nothing stinks more than the sanctimonious stench of the average news watcher. This widespread group of self-described “informed voters†takes comfort in the half-hour nightly news they habitually watch before flipping the television set to gawk at personalities more interesting
Paul Krugman’s Old Time Climate Religion
Reprinted from NoFrakkingConsensus.com A Nobel laureate says people who question climate dogma deserve to be “punished in the afterlife.†Paul Krugman has been employed as a columnist by the New York Times since 1999. Additionally, he works as an economics
Is Anyone Anti-War Anymore?
Back in 2003, President George W. Bush declared war on the nation of Iraq. As a second year college student at that time, I became actively involved in the anti-war movement. I, like most Libertarians today, am still anti-war despite
Perez Hilton Mentions Austrian Economists in Retweet
Check out the retweet of a post by “TaylorSwiftForeva.” Over 6 million people saw the phrase “Austrian Economists.” James E. Miller is editor-in-chief of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada. Send him mail
It’s Always Something (the 1924 edition)
Reprinted from NoFrakkingConsensus.com Drama queen scientists have been around for at least 89 years. Scientists, as physicist Freeman Dyson has observed, are neither saints nor devils but human beings sharing the common weaknesses of our species. [The Scientist as Rebel,
Pethokoukis Wrong on the Fed
Listening to popular commentary today, one would be lead to believe the Republican Party is now the political outlet for the hard moneyism of Grover Cleveland. The great prevaricator of economic theory, Paul Krugman, calls the Grand Old Party a
Papering Over the Sappy Bill McKibben
Republished from NoFrakkingConsensus.com A new, 73-page paper about America’s “most visible environmental activist†doesn’t mention that he’s an emotional basketcase. When I began researching the climate debate I made a point of reading material from all sides of the issue.
Hugo Chavez vs. Prince Charles
Republished from NoFrakkingConsensus.com Which remarks were uttered by the heir to the British throne – and which were delivered by Venezuela’s late president? Following the death of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez earlier this week, RespondingtoClimateChange.org posted a video recording –
Wenzel on the filibuster
Robert Wenzel is out with an important analysis on the Rand Paul filibuster. Bottom line: this was a very strategic, highly sophisticated move, and couldn’t have been done without careful planning and coordination from the upper echelons. The fact that
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