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The Second Crisis of Socialism

Oct 12th, 2011 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Macro Economics
The world is facing the worst financial crisis since at least the 1930s, “if not ever,” the governor of the Bank of England said last week, when he explained to an increasingly sceptical and weary public the bank’s decision to print yet more fiat money and use it to buy ...read more

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Repealing Socialism in Immigration, Employment, and Drugs

Jun 3rd, 2011 | By | Category: Politics
Recent events regarding the issue of immigration have given more reasons to undo all the immoral socialist policies that have put America into turmoil. Lew Rockwell writes this week on the Obama Administration's crackdown on businesses who hire "illegal" immigrants. According to the New York Times, federal immigration officials raided 14 ...read more

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Thoughts from a Canadian on the Canadian Socialized Medical System

Apr 18th, 2011 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
A subscriber and friend, Laurence Hunt, who lives in Canada, as do I, made some comments to the effect that the Canadian socialized medical system is better than a free market medical system. This is a very prevalent attitude in Canada. Here was the main thrust of his argument: “The Canadian system ...read more

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Books to Rid the Soul of Socialism

Nov 17th, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured
There are three books that take pride of place in my Austrian bookcase. These are Socialism by Ludwig von Mises; The History of Intellectual Thought by Murray N. Rothbard; and Democracy: The God That Failed by Hans-Hermann Hoppe. In my own mind these books glow when I look at them, ...read more

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Even a Little Government Intervention Is Destructive Socialism

May 20th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
“You know,” a friend said to us the other night over a drink, “sometimes you come off like a know-it-all smart arse. It’s one thing for you to tell the Chinese they’re doing it all wrong and predict a crash. But you’re bagging out our Prime Minister and you’re not ...read more

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Government Is a Cancer

Apr 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Economics, Featured, Politics
There is no more dreaded disease than cancer. Cancer causes millions of deaths each year in America, and it is painful, debilitating, and causes horrible pain. Cancer is rarely discovered in time to cure it. Like termites in a home, cancer gnaws at the body, and until the pain begins, ...read more

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Posted in Economics, Featured, Politics | 28 comments


Snowstorm Recovery Reveals Truth About Socialism

Mar 2nd, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Politics
There is a silver lining to every snowstorm — getting to know your neighbors both good and bad. With forty inches on my block this week, I’ve learned a lot about my neighbors and, strangely enough, socialism. My corner of Baltimore seems like a good place to ride out a storm. ...read more

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Prosperity Through Road Construction

Feb 4th, 2010 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics
One of the constant themes of modern socialism (and Keynesianism) is the belief that we can create prosperity through government spending on roads. Mind you, roads can help an economy if they are located in places where they can aid commerce by making it possible for relatively cheap transportation that ...read more

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The Triumph of Socialism, the Misunderstanding of Capitalism

Nov 13th, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Personal Liberties, Politics
Do you think ideas don't matter, that what people believe about themselves and their world has no real consequence? If so, the following will not bug you in the slightest. A new BBC poll finds that only 11 percent of people questioned around the world – and 29,000 people were asked ...read more

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Detroit’s Socialist Nightmare Is America’s Future

Nov 2nd, 2009 | By | Category: Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Liberties
One of the most important things to remember about socialism – or coercion of any kind – is it fails eventually because human beings have an innate desire for liberty and a strong need for personal property rights. In fact, the origins of government lie in the need of agricultural ...read more

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Posted in Featured, Macro Economics, Personal Liberties | 33 comments


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