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The Fed: from bad to worse instead of good to great

Yesterday at Austrian Economists , Pete was puzzled how the political rhetoric behind the financial crisis managed to wind its way around the topic of executive rewards. Some people were using the platform to voice concerns about wealth, greed and inequality...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Fri, Sep 26 2008

Filed under: good to great, financial crisis, greenspan, leadership

My $700 billion bailout check..

My $700 billion bailout check seems to have gotten lost in the mail. Hopefully the post man brings it tomorrow. But honestly, this is an atrocity to the common sense of the American people and a travesty to the goodwill we have towards others. The government...

Posted to A Discourse on Current Events by duffmann808 on Fri, Sep 26 2008

3rd parties in America and IVR

I wrote this in a response to a question raised about 3rd parties in America. But there is a solution, I don't expect anyone here to buy into this as a way of saving democracy or justifying it, or any of the above, but at least it may help. It's...

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Fri, Sep 26 2008

Filed under: votes, democracy, electoral college, refom, governmet, elections

Is America really in a Financial Crisis?

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/09/what-financial-crisis.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Fri, Sep 26 2008

Buyouts NOT Bailouts

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/09/buyout-not-bailout.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Fri, Sep 26 2008

Filed under: bailouts, buyouts

More on Pickens: FOX offers soapbox for Pickens mouthpiece; Milloy responds

FOX offers soapbox for Pickens mouthpiece Warren Mitchell (former chairman of Southern California Gas Company and San Diego Gas & Electric, and director and head of the compensation committee of Pickens' owned Clean Energy Fuels); Steven Milloy...

Posted to TT's Lost in Tokyo by TokyoTom on Thu, Sep 25 2008

Filed under: energy, climate change, water rights, subsidies, Pickens, eminent domain, Steven Milloy

(GAY) Marriage.

Before we get into marriage itself. I believe there is something to be said against the current tax code. I am for the tax break granted to married people insofar as the smaller a tax is, the closer it is to being no tax at all, and the better. All citizens...

Posted to Attackdonkey by Attackdonkey on Thu, Sep 25 2008

Filed under: religious, state., gayness

Empirical questions about crime and economic freedom

Though I would expect that one of the benefits of economic freedom and prosperity was safety and security in person and property. There is little to no observable correlation between crime rates and economic freedom. If there was we could have an argument...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Thu, Sep 25 2008

Filed under: crime, data, international

Shocking the blind to see

Will the agreed $700bn bailout package shock the blind to see when the delayed judgment day arrives? Will people look back when trouble strikes ever more and realize that bailing companies out, inflating the money supply, and trusting the US government...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Thu, Sep 25 2008

It's (always) the economy, stupid!

The timing is odd. John McCain has suspended his campaign indefinitely to hammer (and sickle) out the current "economic crisis." Though I believe McCain should suspend his campaign definitely, a-la Mitt Romney, I offer little other disagreement...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Thu, Sep 25 2008

Filed under: john mccain, ron paul, foreign policy, barack obama, economy, mitt romney, financial policy, seventeenth amendment, presidential debate, economics

The Financial Crisis

It seems the financial crises has struck a chord with economists both near and far. The following was one of my comments from The Austrian Economists: I like to begin a lot my classes by explaining that economics is not all about boring GDP, interest...

Posted to Austrian Addiction by Austrian Addiction on Wed, Sep 24 2008

Filed under: crisis, financial markets

From the mouth of a wolf in sheep's clothing

There's much to be said about the current financial crisis. At the heart of this, as every Austrian knows, is the fault the US government holds for creating the current situation through its central bank and its inflationary policy. This fundamental...

Posted to Apropos Austrian Aphorisms by thedo on Wed, Sep 24 2008

Filed under: ron paul, inflation, federal reserve, great depression, murray rothbard, financial crisis, central bank, henry paulson, america's great depression

Cracking Down on Market Manipulation

http://freemmm.blogspot.com/2008/09/cracking-down-on-market-manipulation.html

Posted to Free Markets, Free Minds, Free Me. by ViennaSausage on Tue, Sep 23 2008

Filed under: market manipulation, free market

Short Sellers & Liquidity

Short sellers cover their positions by *buying*. Let's say that a stock falls in price. Those who shorted at higher prices provide buying pressure (i.e., liquidity) for those who are looking to sell right now. By removing short sellers from the picture...

Posted to Love of Liberty by ChrisR on Mon, Sep 22 2008

Filed under: stock market

Cambio climático

El clima Tomado de la página Inteligencia y Libertad de Francisco Capella El clima es el tiempo atmosférico medio a largo plazo (varias décadas) de una región, la descripción estadística (medias, desviaciones...

Posted to Rodrigo Diaz by Rodrigo Diaz on Sun, Sep 21 2008