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Their subsidization of solar panel production is, believe it or not, has little or no impact on the pace of solar energy research and development. If they subsidized the production of cell phones, new faster, smaller, more reliable cell phones would still be coming out every year. The only difference...
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Inquiry & Analysis. I am interested in a discussion of the foundations of the Austrian view- as the participants of this forum understand them. I have been reading in this area and I have a lot of material at my disposal; so I am not seeking links or suggested reading; I have fundamental questions...
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Hello libertarians (and other strong supporters of liberty and--therefore--capitalism): I contacted Jeffrey Tucker regarding the idea referred to below, and he suggested I put a post on this forum. I stumbled upon a way to improve capitalism systemically and to accomplish everything any libertarian has...
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I work for a 20 person company. I make around $50k/yearas do most of my coworkers. I asked my boss if he ever had to take a loan to make payroll. He told me that he has enough money in a account to cover pay for six months. So we started talking economics a somemore. I am very comfortable with my job...
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First of all, I would like to introduce myself. I am a computer programmer from the Netherlands. I am working on a theory of money and banking derived from the "Natural Economic Order" of Silvio Gesell. "Natural Economic Order" clearly states that the root the economic and monetary...
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Monetary Evolution: Where are we today? Commerce today is dominated by “electronic” transactions. A business that does not support the use of debit/credit cards will be extremely limiting its customer base and will likely not survive. The emergence of this form of money was the credit card...
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In the midst of our economic slowdown, the U.S. Treasury Dept has issued what they are calling the "Blueprint for Financial Regulatory Reform". The highlights, as given by an article on Yahoo!'s website , are as follows: --designate the Fed as the primary regulator for market stability...
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Has anyone else seen (or rather heard) the interview with Jim Rogers on today's Bloomberg.com? He said the US government is lying about us being in a recession, that there has never been a soft landing, etc. Very Austrian. He moved to Singapore and has no investments in US Dollars, has shorted all...