At this point, I’m starting to become frustrated with the Mises Institute’s constant bashing of the Bitcoin currency by various authors who do not have a firm grip on just what Bitcoin actually is or what it represents. The latest anti-Bitcoin article to grace the pages of Mises’ website was written by Patrik Korda, a...
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Pierce Willans, a political science student at Seton Hall University, recently penned an article on PolicyMic that purports to demonstrate seven wonderful laws that “Big Government” has given us. In this article, I would like to address each of these claims, in order to show that none of them actually improved the human condition more than if people had simply...
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I often say that violence is incapable of solving social problems, but I also often fail to address just what exactly will solve social problems. In this article, I want to discuss a few hypothetical pieces of technology that would change the world we live in for the better. In today’s society, we...
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A 50 year old Navy veteran with a service related back injury attempted to setup an appointment with the VA to see a back specialist. The VA ended up telling him that in order to see the specialist, he had to submit to a psychological screening. The veteran refused to see the psychologists that were...
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A quick overview of what our nation would look like under a democracy: Weed would be legalized. Social Security would be means tested and the income cap would be removed on taxes. The Federal Reserve would be abolished or have its power diminished. America would return to a gold standard. The auto industry bailouts...
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Recently one of my favorite economists, Prof. Walter Block, gave an interview in which he discussed possible forms of punishment for crimes in a stateless society. While I agree with the good professor on 99.9% of his views, I’ve come to have some major disagreements with his philosophy on crime and punishment. In this article,...
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From Information Liberation: Police officers in Omaha, Nebraska were caught on tape violently arresting a man over a parking dispute by grabbing him by his neck in a choke hold and flipping him over slamming him on the ground. The man, 28-yr-old Octavius Johnson, did not appear to be resisting, and the officer grabbed...
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Watch as a female police officer demands entry to a home without a warrant, and then arrests two young men who refuse to comply with her demands. FYI, you do not legally have to open your door for the police if they do not posses a warrant. Of course, the video demonstrates what will happen if...
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One of the fascinating things about the state is its ability to get away with crimes that normal citizens would be imprisoned or executed for. In a world awash in rules and regulations, I find it fascinating that virtually none of the rules apply to the people who are doing the ruling. I’ve created...
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