It’s time for power to go back to where it belongs; to the people. With politicians and the business elite making all our decisions for us, we are losing our freedoms each and every day, and our standard of living
Archive for April, 2013
“Tax Expenditures”: Not Taxing Is Allegedly Spending
Reprinted from Mises.org Runaway government spending is among the most important economic problems of our time. It is absolutely urgent that it be brought under control and progressively reduced until it is sufficient to provide for no more than the
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Rethinking the Drug War
A number of recent polls reveal that over half of the U.S. population favors the abolishment of marijuana prohibition. This includes many young followers of Christianity who, if you consider the bombardment of “tolerance” evangelism preached everywhere, probably find it
The Great Green Con No. 1
Reprinted from Daily Mail No, the world ISN’T getting warmer (as you may have noticed). Now we reveal the official data that’s making scientists suddenly change their minds about climate doom. So will eco-funded MPs stop waging a green crusade
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Check Out Yaron Brook in Toronto
When Monday, May 6 at 7:30 PM. Doors open at 7:15 PM. Where University of Toronto Medical Sciences Building 1 King’s College Circle Room 3153 Admission Free; however, we will be accepting donations at the door. $10 is the suggested
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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
Iraq: A Decade of Hell
Redmond is the director of the Ludwig von Mises Institute of Canada.
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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
Austrians Don’t Blow Bubbles
Reprinted from The American Conservative Remember the golden days of 2007, when we were all investment prodigies? Though I couldn’t balance a checkbook or drive a car, I had raked in 25 percent increases each year on my 401k since
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
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I Become a Luddite When I Think About How the State Uses Technology Against Us
Most every human on earth has benefited from advancements in technology. For example, farming has become so productive that each farmer now feeds more than 125 people. The technologies of electricity generation and distribution have allowed billions of people around
Cuba: The Revolution Continues
Recently, the media has been abuzz with the story of Jay-Z and Beyonce’s visit to Cuba. Like Dennis Rodman’s visit to North Korea, it is beginning to appear as though the Obama administration’s new tools of foreign policy are coming
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
Fractional-Reserve Banking’s Risky Deal
CIBC and President’s Choice Financial recently announced an “aggressive” interest rate offer on savings accounts. In a bid to attract clients from their rivals the partnership will pay 2.6 percent interest on all new deposits. While normally people are wary
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
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The False Choice in Europe Between Austerity and Growth
The debate in Europe over what policies the debt ridden countries should pursue is being falsely constructed as a choice between austerity and growth. Not only is there another, more appropriate alternative, but these two alternatives themselves are not properly
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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
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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
“Tax Expendituresâ€: Not Taxing Is Allegedly Spending
Reprinted from Mises.org Runaway government spending is among the most important economic problems of our time. It is absolutely urgent that it be brought under control and progressively reduced until it is sufficient to provide for no more than the
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