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A recent article by Jon Miltimore over at FEE about Russell Brand’s demonetization got me thinking about this phenomenon. I think we’re all aware that there are some very shady people who really want to pull the strings of society, but even so I feel like Neo-Feudalism is one of those terms that gets treated as whack-job but really isn’t when you think about it.
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Bad Banks and Skyscrapers
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Doug French wrote an article last week called “Bank CEOs Have Their Heads in the Clouds” and he talks about how all of the bank CEOs are very optimistic, but he notes that their real estate agents are optimistic, and so are their loan officers.
Had the idea for this video after watching a couple of episodes of the Bob Murphy Show. In the first, Bob has Oren Cass on. Oren did some really excellent work debunking the economic hysteria around climate change, but these days he seems to be going down an oddly protectionist pathway. Bob lets him talk without too much pushback (because Bob’s a nice guy and is genuinely interested in giving opposing views a fair shake).
On Friday, September 8, 2023, the governor of New Mexico, Michelle Lujan Grisham, unilaterally and unconstitutionally ordered that open and licensed concealed carry of firearms was banned in all counties above a certain threshold of violent crime. A U.S. District Court judge quickly blocked her order with a temporary restraining order, but the safe money is on the governor getting away with this attempt to curtail the liberties of the people of New Mexico with no personal consequences.
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The Enemy Is Scarcity!
Breaking down a really economically illiterate article by Caitlin Johnstone, who has some good positions (on say, censorship and government surveillance) but economics apparently isn’t one of them…
The structure and details of investing is one place pop “economists” seem to love to be ignorant. For example, we have the eminent Thomas Piketty, who says the return on investment in capital exceeds the overall rate of growth of the economy. We’ll get into that in more detail in a minute, but first let’s start with a great example of what he’s missing: the potential downsides of investment.
First off, I cannot recommend highly enough this recent episode of the Scott Horton Show. Scott talks to Matt Taibbi about the recent court order (released on July 4, 2023) that prevented the Feds from asking social media websites to censor you.
There has been a lot of noise about some recent tweets by the Libertarian Party of New Hampshire. Apparently they’re too edgy.
I’m here to provide a different perspective. Enjoy the video!
I’m going through Human Action again, and this section just jumped out at me. It’s the most succinct, clear, and beautiful takedown of the anti-market mentality, and how democracy is inferior to markets, that I’ve read in a long time.
The corresponding bit of Human Action is here, for your own reading pleasure.