- 2007-08 Crisis
- Autarchy
- Budget Deficit
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
- Current Events
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Federal Budget
- Inflation
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Marxism
- Motivation
- National Debt
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Poverty
- Resources
- Self-Reliance
- Self-Sufficiency
- Sociology
- Systems Theory
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
I could be wrong, but I’m not
Part of the 99%: Part of the 53%:
Propaganda: repetition and fear
A propaganda film about propaganda. Learn how the powers that be use argumentum ad metum (the appeal to fear) and constant repetition to subtly manipulate your emotions. Be sure to…
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
- Current Events
- Debt Ceiling
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Federal Budget
- Game Theory
- Inflation
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Legal Theory
- Marxism
- Motivation
- National Debt
- Notable Quotables
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Poverty
- Systems Theory
- Wealth
- Zero-sum
Occupy Wall Street demands are vaguely familiar
The protestors on Wall Street known as ‘Occupy Wall Street’ have recently been identified by a list of demands evidently posted by one of their followers. Though there are no…
Is Social Security a Ponzi Scheme?
In the last couple of Republican presidential debates, a comment made by candidate Rick Perry on whether Social Security is a Ponzi Scheme has been the center of much discussion….
The United States of America loses its AAA credit rating from S&P
(Reuters) The United States lost its top-notch AAA credit rating from Standard & Poor’s on Friday in an unprecedented reversal of fortune for the world’s largest economy. Read the S&P…
Solving the problem by adding to it and making it worse
(The New York Times) There is something you should know about the deal to cut federal spending that President Obama signed into law on Tuesday: It does not actually reduce federal…
The debt debate goes back long before Nov. 2010
(Reuters) – White House and congressional negotiators are racing against the clock to forge a deficit reduction deal that would clear the way for Congress to raise the $14.3 trillion…
The debt ceiling as a perpetual soufflé
As Veronique de Rugy explains, the debt ceiling was initiated in the U.S. in 1917 as a way to ensure responsibility in congress. Since then, government has raised it nearly…
This may bring my presidency down, but I will not yield on this.
President Barack Obama on the negotiations for short term extension of the debt ceiling. (Dow Jones)- President Barack Obama threatened to veto any short- term extension of the debt ceiling,…
Planned economy or planned destruction?
The more things change, the more they stay the same. This cartoon was published in the Chicago Tribune in 1934.
What will it take to save the American Dream?
(The Heritage Foundation) Saving the American Dream is The Heritage Foundation’s plan to fix the debt, cut spending and, above all, restore prosperity. It balances the nation’s budget within a…
The remedy for Fox and CNN
Beck Bennett charges America’s Youth with the challenge of dissecting the big issues and news and politics.
A government of Hottentots
(Washington Post) It was billed as President Obama’s big speech on reducing the federal budget deficit. But the Wednesday afternoon address sounded at times like the speech he did not…
Perspective on the proposed budget cuts
(Reuters) – Congressional negotiators on Wednesday raced against a looming deadline to craft a budget deal that would cut billions of dollars in spending and keep the government operating beyond…
A kindred spirit in effort to slay the Juggernaut
Released in 2009, Chris Martenson’s video seminar ‘Crash Course’ provides an excellent analysis of our predicament. Expanding the talk into what he calls “the Three ‘E’s”, this seminar is comprehensive…
A Marxist’s explanation of the 2007-08 crisis
In this short RSA Animate, radical sociologist David Harvey asks if it is time to look beyond capitalism, towards a new social order that would allow us to live within…
Would you opt out?
February 17, 2011 – Congressman Ron Paul joins the discussion on “Stossel” to address a point made during his CPAC 2011 speech regarding taxation. Additional topics include the media’s criticism…
What Is the Most Ridiculous Form of Government Waste Going On Now?
In ‘Juggernaut’, I explain what can be called the ‘effective demand problem’. This is the Keynesian notion that a complex economy breaks down in times of high unemployment because the…
Does size matter in government?
In his Inaugural Address, Obama stated, “The question we ask today is not whether our government is too big or too small, but whether it works, whether it helps families…