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Why Twitter Is Amazing

May 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Technology
"I've got better things to do than broadcast a message to the world about my lunch." An uncountable number of people have said this or something similar to me about Twitter. I've stopped responding. It's the same kind of faux snobbery that causes people to look down on Facebook, YouTube, Angry ...read more

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They Wrecked Our Mowers

Apr 20th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
When I was a kid, lawn mowers worked. You pushed them and they cut grass. The grass went into the bag. Then you emptied the bag. The results were great. There was no grass to rake. It all went into the bag, because that's what lawn mowers did. Then the feds ...read more

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Despair and the State

Apr 18th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Life is hard enough on its own. Government makes it harder. I think back to the old Soviet days, which to me typify what it means for a society to be entirely under state control. The government put out a magazine called Soviet Life, and it was filled with pictures of ...read more

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Posted in Economics, Featured, Politics | 6 comments


Services Rendered (But Not At Gunpoint)

Apr 17th, 2012 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
Most people "get" that their ability to decline a service or product serves as an incentive. The seller of the service or product must convince you that the service or product is worth at least as much as the money they are asking in return. If not, and you decline, ...read more

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When Government Safety Nets Break

Apr 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
The West's governments are going to default, one way or another. Politicians cannot bring themselves to stop spending money the governments do not have. The deficits of the major Western governments are now so great as to be irreversible. The governments must now borrow money to be used to pay interest ...read more

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How to Become an American Extremist… In Style!

Mar 9th, 2012 | By | Category: Personal Liberties, Politics
Gary Gibson, Introduction.. In an upside down world of tyrants and masses of deluded sheep people, the only sensible thing for an honest soul to do is become an extremist. In today’s feature article Brandon Smith shows you why you should embrace extremism and tells you how to do it...with panache... How to ...read more

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Is Taxation Voluntary?

Feb 17th, 2012 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
Gary Gibson, Introduction... Last chance, Whiskey Shooters. Gather ye nickels while ye may... Fellow Agora Financial editor Matt Insley of the Daily Resource Hunter sent us this tidbit: "NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- The U.S. Mint is facing a problem -- especially during these penny-pinching times. It turns out it costs more to make ...read more

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All Power to the Poutine!

Nov 21st, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
A headline in the National Post (July 10) announced, “Hot Dogs and Poutine Stage Comeback After Quebec Rink's Fans Revolt.” The story revolved around the town of Lac-Etchemin, Quebec, which prided itself on being the first Canadian municipality to ban “unhealthy” food from its arena. “Now, in an admission that paninis ...read more

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How College Has Killed Wealth Creation

Oct 25th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
College is not necessary for most people. It never was. In fact, the preoccupation with college has left America bereft of its former ability to create wealth. An unhealthy cultural myth has flourished that says everyone must go to college and get an advanced degree, even if it's something for which ...read more

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Posted in Featured, Macro Economics, Politics | 11 comments


The Fallacy of the Public Sector

Oct 5th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics, Politics
We have heard a great deal of the "public sector," and solemn discussions abound through the land on whether or not the public sector should be increased vis-a-vis the "private sector." The very terminology is redolent of pure science, and indeed, it emerges from the supposedly scientific, if rather grubby, ...read more

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Posted in Economics, Featured, Macro Economics, Politics | 4 comments


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