December 2008
45 posts
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ListenFinally, Tom Keene, who runs a great show,...
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related: “U.S. Woes Open Door for China” via the WSJ. Sheesh.  If the WSJ cannot see through this fog of war over ideas, is it any wonder that markets retreat under misplaced blame even as government, emboldened, grabs yet more power?  Not all is lost, but we must endure still darker days.
Dec 23rd
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“Fry’s Exec Funnelled $65 Million To Himself For Gambling Debts”
– via Techdirt
Dec 23rd
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“Saving Capitalism No Sure Thing as Statism Undermines Economy”
– via Bloomberg
Dec 23rd
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“President Bush’s executive decision to bail out the Big 2.5 automakers is...”
– via Reason Magazine
Dec 22nd
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“The government itself runs a fraud much bigger than Madoff’s.”
– Congressman Ron Paul
Dec 22nd
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Dec 21st
“Working families czar.”
– I’m sorry, folks, but this whole wheels-off situation is just so danged absurd.  There is no stopping the damage wrought by government.  It’s simply grown too large and surreal.
Dec 21st
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“Countries are now playing a game of “Top This” to see who can do the...”
– via Mish
Dec 20th
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“Don’t Count on Asia to Rescue the US”
– via NC
Dec 20th
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“On Wall Street, Bonuses, Not Profits, Were Real.”
– via the NYT
Dec 20th
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“I think there’s nothing but sunshine hanging over me.”
Dec 20th
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“Another aspect of journalists’ remarkably credulous and fatuous attitude towards...”
– “The Failure of the Journalists, Part II” via Peter Klein with a hat tip to The Austrian Economists.
Dec 20th
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“The credit crunch is not nearly as severe as the U.S. authorities appear to...”
– “What Credit Crunch?” via mises.org quoting Reuters
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Book’s recommended
Dec 14th
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ListenLew Rockwell interviews Jim Rogers
Dec 9th
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“How bad was today’s jobs report? The unemployment rate rose to 6.7 percent, its...”
– “Workers Give Up” via the NYT
Dec 6th
“Who really cares about it being unconstitutional?” said council member...”
– “The Law of the Land” via Reason Magazine
Dec 6th
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“If man is not to do more harm than good in his efforts to improve the social...”
– “The Pretence of Knowledge” by F. A. Hayek
Dec 6th
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“The fact that this is the worst policy idea floated in recent memory suggests...”
– Marginal Revolution’s “Their weird obsession” with a hat tip to Free Advice.
Dec 6th
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"It's not a Depression, folks, and it wouldn't be... →
Dec 5th
“$8,500,000,000,000+”
– via Matt Welch in Reason Magazine
Dec 2nd
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"Posse Comitatus Goes Belly Up" via Reason... →
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