Democracy no more
(PolicyMic) A new scientific study from Princeton researchers Martin Gilens and Benjamin I. Page has finally put some science behind the recently popular argument that the United States isn’t a…
Car dealers ought to be afraid
This company is light years ahead of the competition. (Forbes) Tesla Motors TSLA -2.85% is being courted by four Southwestern states for its $5 billion gigafactory, but there’s another state…
- Austrian School
- Autarchy
- Budget Deficit
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- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Consumerism
- Culture Divide
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- Frontier Thesis
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- Political Theory
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- Tyranny
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
George Will, increasingly intelligent
“I’ve lived in Washington now for 44 years, and that’s a lot of folly to witness up close,” says Washington Post columnist George Will. “Whatever confidence and optimism I felt…
On the fall of the nation-state and the return of the city-state
(TED) It often seems like federal-level politicians care more about creating gridlock than solving the world’s problems. So who’s actually getting bold things done? City mayors. So, political theorist Benjamin…
Hyperloop pushes the envelope of what’s possible
(Businessweek) Almost a year after Elon Musk, chief executive of Tesla Motors (TSLA) and SpaceX, first floated the idea of a superfast mode of transportation, he has finally revealed the details: a solar-powered,…
I know of no country where there is so little independence of mind and real freedom of discussion as in America.
Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy In America.
Fighting corruption with corruption
How do a people protect themselves against a government when that government is the only way to protect them? (Ad-In) We heard recently that the Department of Justice will be investigating…
Stock market near all time high…so is money supply
(Freakonomics) U.S. stock markets* are flirting with all-time highs (it may happen today) but I am hearing and reading very little about it. Why is that? I can think of…
How to challenge the authorities when the authorities are in the wrong
A few videos have recently surfaced showing regular people resisting police and federal agent stops and searches. These videos will definitely get the blood pumping because of the clear examples…
The Overview Effect–the psychology of looking back from space
(The Overview Effect) Who would have thought traveling to outer space could be such a profound experience? OK, probably everybody, but these former astronauts really articulate it in a way…
Tragedy and consequence
(Ad-In) According to these numbers, the availability of guns and the legality of firearms is not what makes for a sociopathic, violent country in which people go on horrific rampages….
- Behavioral Economics
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- Zero-sum
What if money didn’t matter?
How do you like to spend your life? What do you desire? what if money didn’t matter? What if money was no object? Alan Watts explores the possibilities. Put frankly…
- 2007-08 Crisis
- Autarchy
- Budget Deficit
- Bureaucracy
- Capitalism
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
- Currency
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- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Federal Budget
- Free Land
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- Frontier Thesis
- Inflation
- Inspiration
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- Motivation
- National Debt
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- Political Theory
- Polycentrism
- Rational Choice Theory
- Self-Government
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- Self-Rule
- Self-Sufficiency
- Sociology
- Solutions
- Systems Theory
- Taxes
- Trade
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
When in the Course of human events…
In the wake of the latest election, several states have petitioned the White House to peacefully secede from the United States. Sometimes, that is all that seems to be left…
- Autarchy
- Bureaucracy
- Capitalism
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Current Events
- Economic Theory
- Free Land
- Free Market
- Frontier Thesis
- Game Theory
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Marxism
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Polycentrism
- Self-Government
- Self-Reliance
- Self-Rule
- Self-Sufficiency
- Sociology
- Welfare Statism
- Zero-sum
What to do in a divided nation?
From the Introduction of the book: During the run-up to the mid-term election in 2010, as it became apparent that scores of Democrats would be replaced by a troop of…
If The World Picked U.S. President…
…then we wouldn’t be the U.S. (NPR) The presidential election here at home is neck and neck. The Real Clear Politics average of the popular vote puts Gov. Mitt Romney…
- 2007-08 Crisis
- Autarchy
- Bureaucracy
- Capitalism
- Closed System
- Competition
- Complexity
- Culture Divide
- Currency
- Current Events
- Debt Ceiling
- Economic Policy
- Economic Theory
- Federal Budget
- Free Market
- Inflation
- Interdependency
- Keynesianism
- Legal Theory
- Marxism
- Motivation
- National Debt
- Perpetuity
- Political Theory
- Public Choice Theory
- Solutions
- Systems Theory
- Taxes
- Trade
- Wealth
- Welfare Statism
Fixing the system by working within it
Debate This! is a co-production of Rebellious Truths and The Comeback America Initiative (http://www.keepingamericagreat.org), featuring footage from The Can Kicks Back (http://www.thecankicksback.org). In this video, the youth of America speak…
A medical system on life support
ESCAPE FIRE: The Fight to Rescue American Healthcare tackles one of the most pressing issues of our time: how can we save our badly broken healthcare system? American healthcare costs…
The European crisis dramatized
She’s German. He’s Greek. Watch, enjoy, tell us what you think — and what you can spot… Music provided by archive.org. For credits and more see www.europeanbreakup.eu @econfilm #AVEBU
Freedom free fall
(Cato) Global economic freedom bounced back slightly in this year’s report. After falling for two consecutive years following a long trend of increases, the average score rose from 6.79 in…