Posts Tagged ‘ free markets ’

Is a Mortgage a Better Inflation Hedge Than Gold and Silver?

Mar 13th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
Sell Your Gold. Buy a House. Put Nickels in It. Normally we would not look upon buying a single family house for personal use as an investment. But these are strange times we live in. Why don’t we consider a single-family house for personal use an investment? In a completely free market (and ...read more

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The Income Gap Obsession

Nov 8th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
The word "equality" is being rammed down our throats every day, with special focus on the so-called "income gap." The presumption is that we should all denounce the gap, work to eliminate it and embrace perfect equality as an ideal. It's true that inequality is growing, but the focus on that ...read more

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Peter Schiff Takes on Cornell West and the 99%

Oct 31st, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
We were stuck in Chicago O'Hare. Our connecting flight to New York had been delayed by several hours. What made it all unbearable, however, was Cornel West. The television monitors are inescapable these days. We're not sure when it happened, but there's hardly a corner of the waiting area to hide ...read more

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Why Capitalism Is Worth Defending

Jul 29th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
As Obama demonizes the wealthy and pitches a dozen plans to restructure the economy, opponents of this program need a reminder of what exactly we're fighting for. We are resisting bureaucracy, central planning, and encroachments on our freedom and communities. Yet this does not get to the heart of the ...read more

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Freedom’s Great Big Pain in the Butt

Feb 19th, 2008 | By | Category: Macro Economics
“Liberty: One of Imagination’s most precious possessions.” — Ambrose Bierce, The Devil’s Dictionary BECAUSE I KNOW EVERYONE WILL BE WONDERING ABOUT IT as they read this, I have to disclose something right up front: I’m one of the few people you’ve ever met (if one can say that writers and their readers ...read more

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