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Was the Federal Reserve's monetary policy the proximal cause of the financial crisis of 2007-2008? Also, what are the best free market sources for information and argumentation on this mechanism (e.g. published papers, data, forecasted predictions, etc)?
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What, if any, flaws do you think free-market capitalism has?
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There is a similar argument trending here: http://iamdavidhenderson.wordpress.com with regards to the FDA. Any input would be GREATLY appreciated!
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A friend of mine (I know, again) made the following claim about medicine and free markets: The fact is that, on average, Americans spend far more money on health care and don't have a commensurate benefit in any measure of health. In fact, Health Care is a great example of an industry that likely...
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The Best Argument Against the Free Market Anytime someone mentions anything about the free market that isn't immediately followed by "needs to be severely regulated and contained" or "is worse than a casino" or "is completely flawed, without compassion or morals"...it's...
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Personally I'm thinking Islam (sans its ban on charging interest) is the religion most in-line w/ free market and voluntaryist values. For one thing, they use real money . Also, markets in the Islamic world were some of the freest in history. They didn't see the problems which arose in Europe...
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http://mhpbooks.com/books/debt/?id=308 Claims money was established by kings/states. Denies that barter was the start of money. So far this book has glowing reviews (mostly from socialists) but does anyone who has read it know how accurate his claims are?
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I really like the idea of abundant non-fiat money explained by Douglas Rushkoff: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3z27ZvB2VU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OHMvknT_uk4 Our economy is suffering from scarce money because money is not "worked into existence". But we can also use technology with...
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Hypothetical question : If the US Treasury/ Federal Reserve were to make an announcement saying that the US will never be returning to the gold standard (and fiat currency were permanent), and the Fed would no longer hold gold in its vaults, what would be the impact? What would be the attractiveness...
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I'm wondering how courts would function in a stateless society without coercion. Let's say someone embezzles money from me, and I want to sue him. Ideally, we (or our respective PDAs) would select a mutually-agreed upon court to act as arbiter. However, what if (1) we cannot agree on such a court...