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I am currently doing a dissertation on American foreign policy and at the moment I am reading William Appleman Williams The Tragedy of American Diplomacy . In it, he says that US expansionist policies gained support from industrialists and farmers in an effort to "open" and/or "find"...
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Normal 0 false false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 Earlier this week I posted my thoughts on inflation and deflation on this blog. I got a lot of good responses and others confused and contrived. Posting it allowed me internalize my thoughts and hear others opinions and piece...
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I have been under the impression that the government's inflationary policies would cause a devaluation of the dollar. This does not appear to be happening. Is it possible that it will not happen because other countries will continue to view the US economy as relatively stable, and so will continue...
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Here's a story I just wrote to help explain what the Fed's doing to wreck our economy. Please let me know if it helps. Normal 0 false false false MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 The Three Little Pigs and the Federal Reserve Crisis In their later years, they bought a yacht and sailed the seven seas...
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Is the current administration really that uninformed? or is there a method to their madness? It seems like they are making every effort to make mistakes, do the wrong thing, spend money in the wrong places - much more than you would expect a normal person to do (I do think these people are smart... somehow...
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Here in the UK I've been watching the BBC and finding myself repeatedly shouting at the TV cause I feel they treat people like idiots. Same for most stations although Channel 4 does a better job. Watching news when I was in the U.S made me feel much the same way. In the U.K the BBC reacts to complaints...
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2 hours till count down to the inauguration of America's first Black president, that is America's first most Socialist president since FDR, and 3 hours till he is the commander in chief personifying America as well as taking it's face. What truly a disgrace it is to have such an arrogant...
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The Dow Jones up 244.84 points, The US dollar looses against the Euro & Pound again, Insurgent and suicide attacks still remain a constant burden on US forces, Home foreclosures remain in the millions nationwide, and both Bank of America merged with Citigroup are in the talks of being of Nationalized...
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[quote user="sirmonty"] "The nations with the highest standards of living have strongly entrenched welfare states." How should a Libertarian address this statement? [/quote] First admit that without The State (or State Government, if he prefers to use the term government, it might...
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I came across an interesting article today talking about a manga (comic book) version of Karl Marx's 'Das Capital' selling in Japan. Although I must admit it's interesting to see ideology conveyed in this manner, at the same time it's unfortunate that people are starting to lose faith...