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It's basically a big scam. Phelps (a lawyer himself) racks up millions of dollars though court cases if WBC is denied permits to protest or if they are physically attacked during protests. Besides that, there's nothing inherent in Calvinism, WBC's theology, that is explicitly anti-war. I...
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hello, new here. still trying to learn :) I agree with a lot of what libertarians stand for, as well as a lot of what i read on mises, in principle. I believe that without laws and religion most people are essentially good at the start - but i do see that life experience changes them. the problem i have...
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Hey everyone, so this is my first post. i've written my ideas in essay form because other people are likely to read it and i don't like changing the introduction around. hope you enjoy and try at answering my questions. although i think the likely hood is that you will disagree with at least...
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Hey guys, I have a question regarding sound money. I'm having an argument with someone who says that sound money would inhibit investment. Here's what the guy has to say: "A strong gold-backed currency, high interest rates and so on would make money so expensive that investment just wouldn't...
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Am I stating this correctly? Temperature is measured primarily by a thermometer. The thermometer expresses the temperature in Fahrenheit, Celsius, Kelvin, etc. This means that temperature is objectively measurable. (Simply, that if ten thermometers were placed inside a bucket of 50°F water all ten...
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Not sure if anyone's read this, or any article like it, but it's pretty interesting. http://www.thehealthcareblog.com/the_health_care_blog/2008/07/doctors-who-don.html I read a long time ago about surgeons who don't take any kind of insurance, and most of them make in the millions per year...
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Due to the threat of inflation and taxation, I am wanting to know what exactly is Sound Money. I have been skimming through the Theory of Money and Credit, is this a book you would recommend? Also there is a book called Life, Inc. (which is just a simple pop science book) which introduced me to the concept...
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Ok so the word is on the street that the US Federal Reserve has been printing a lot of money. But what about other countries like, say, Sweden, Norway, Denmark, India, China, Singapore, Kazakhstan, Greece, Canada, and Germany? Have all their central banks also been printing money, and where did you find...
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Compare and contrast. What are the similarities and what are the differences? Which is better overall?
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What prevents business from operating with a private intermediary exchange? The dollar is quickly losing it's importance, there's a real possibility for private companies to sell goods and pay their workers with perhaps a digital currency. This currency is ideally backed by hard assets, maybe...