Bitcoin, Easter Island-ism, and the Cowardice of Green New Dealers
A pox on hypocritical environmentalists who are nowhere to be found in demanding a stop to pointless, energy profligate Bitcoin.
Read more...Category Archives: Free markets and their discontents
Postal Service Saboteur Louis DeJoy Is Making Biden And Congress Look Impotent – Or Worse
Louis DeJoy deserves a special place in hell…although a permanent MOF audit might be an adequate punishment.
Read more...Why Can’t the IRS Just Send Americans a Refund – or a Bill?
Believe it or not, it’s not the fault of the IRS that tax return prep is such a hassle.
Read more...End Vaccine Apartheid Before Millions More Die
More on the vaccine atrocities perpetrated by Big Pharma, aided and abetted by first world countries.
Read more...The Bullshit Economy Part 2: Payday Loans 2.0, aka Early Paycheck Apps
Payday loans suck. Giving them a new name does not make them suck less.
Read more...How Employers Punish Workers for Forming Unions
How employers play dirty tricks even after unions are voted in. The PRO Act, up for a Senate vote, would stop the worst practices.
Read more...Another Blow to Tax Evasion and Money Laundering: UK Targets Art Market After US Goes After Anonymous Shell Companies
The US and UK are making life a bit harder for tax cheats.
Read more...Stock Market Leverage Spikes in Historic Manner: Another WTF Chart of a Zoo that Has Gone Nuts
In an investment environment where nothing matters anymore – until old fasioned worries like leverage suddenly do.
Read more...The Free Press versus Facebook and Google
Are Facebook and Google the new ‘public square’? Or are they publishers swiping content from others?
Read more...The Full Case Against Ultra Low and Negative Interest Rates
Why unprecedentedly low and negative nterest rates will probably not stimulate demand and may even threaten financial stability.
Read more...Legalise It: Prohibition’s Repeal and Its Unintended Impact on Public Health
How the US Prohibition remains widely misunderstood and why that matters.
Read more...Michael Hudson and Paul Craig Roberts: It Is Time To Remove The Debt Barrier To Economic Growth
Why it’s time for a widespread debt writedown.
Read more...Yanis Varoufakis: Draghi’s Outrageous Deployment of McKinsey, Europe’s Predicament, DiEM25’s Proposals
Yanis Varoufakis decries how McKinsey is undermining democracy in a putative first world country, a big step up from South Africa and Saudi Arabia.
Read more...The Long Term Damage of Economic Downturns
As the well off sail on, either unaffected by or profiting from Covid’s impact, for many, the economic damage is severe and lasting.
Read more...Biden Stimulus Plan Shores Up Weakest Multi-Employer Pension Plans Rather than Taking on Private Equity Abuses
A Biden rescue of the sickest private pension plans goes largely under the radar.
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