Archive for September, 2008
Eating Disorder: How Governments Raise Food Prices
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical on September 30, 2008
Eating Disorder: How Governments Raise Food Prices | The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. Another good article to read when you’re whining about the price of milk…
Dry-Cleaning Economics in One Lesson
Posted by in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on September 30, 2008
Dry-Cleaning Economics in One Lesson | The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. Just one more example of the law of unintended consequences.
“Buy American” rhetoric is fine, when people willingly pay more for inferior products because it makes them feel better.
However, when the government intervenes and screws everyone to hand cash to a ridiculously small minority–exactly one company in this instance–it’s literally robbery.
Didn’t we learn about the appropriateness of tariffs back before the Revolutionary War? I guess not…
Good Old Games and the “idiocy” of DRM
Posted by in RIAA, business, philosophical, piracy on September 27, 2008
ArsTechnica | Interview: Good Old Games and the “idiocy” of DRM. A great interview with some guys that actually understand how to treat customers. And yes, I purchased Fallout and Fallout 2 from them as soon as they were available.
It’s just too bad that the ideas of liberty, freedom, and respect of one’s fellow man are no longer being fought for by Americans…but I’m glad that someone’s doing it…
State Capitalism in Crisis
Posted by in business, economics, government, philosophical, politics on September 26, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: State Capitalism in Crisis | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Required reading. Especially for those of you that think any of the following:
1) We live in a free market society in America.
2) If those corporate bastards would have been properly regulated, this wouldn’t have happened.
3) The government needs to step in and bail out these companies so that “nothing bad happens”.
All of these things are blatantly false. So read this now.
The Austrian School and the Meltdown
Posted by in business, economics, freaky, government, philosophical, politics on September 26, 2008
The Austrian School and the Meltdown by Ron Paul. More on the oncoming “Great Depression–Part II”.
Inflation 101: Cause Versus Transmission
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical, politics on September 24, 2008
Inflation 101: Cause Versus Transmission | The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. A great little introduction to inflation that everyone should understand before they start asking for government handouts. The money’s got to come from somewhere, so it’s either coming from taxes, or, uh, taxes…in the form of inflation.
So the only way to truly handle things in a “fair” and “equitable” manner is two-fold:
1) Significantly reduce the size of the government
2) Implement a more reasonable tax structure
Both of these things can be started rather easily with a fantastic solution called The FairTax.
Door Number Three
Posted by in business, philosophical on September 23, 2008
I, Cringely | Door Number Three | PBS. Fantastic article.
Too bad more people don’t figure this out. Hierarchy only goes so far in fixing problems…
The ‘long run’ arrives
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical, politics on September 22, 2008
WorldNetDaily | The ‘long run’ arrives. Preach it, brother.
Ron Paul was our only political hope this year. The two bozos in the running now will just keep us headed down the wide road that leads to destruction…
Government Failure
Posted by in business, economics, freaky, government, philosophical, politics on September 19, 2008
The Goal Is Freedom: Government Failure | The Foundation for Economic Education: In Brief. Another bit of required reading, especially in light of the news that you can no longer “short” companies in the stock market.
Again, if you think that we live in a “free market” system, you’re dead wrong. And the Republicans are just as much to blame as the Democrats. For those of you that think that McCain is any better than Obama, just read the quotes at the beginning of the article.
They’re all the same–big government fat cats trying to line their pockets with the money of the people. Period.
Our Economic Past ~ The Recurring Crisis
Posted by in economics, government, philosophical on September 18, 2008
Our Economic Past ~ The Recurring Crisis| The Foundation for Economic Education: The Freeman, Ideas on Liberty. Another good perspective on the current economic situation. Please take time to understand this stuff–it’s critical that more people actually understand why/how these problems occur. Unfortunately, the American public has been a lot more interested in watching reality TV on their big screens than paying attention to economic realities.