free markets

  1. Occam's Banana

    What Happened When One Company Set a Minimum Wage of $70,000

    Newman: What Happened When One Company Set a Minimum Wage of $70,000 https://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/newman-what-happened-when-one-company-set-a-minimum-wage-of-70000/ Ryan McMaken (18 August 2015) Jonathan Newman writes in Mises Daily: When one CEO set his company’s minimum wage at...
  2. Occam's Banana

    Frédéric Bastiat: Slayer of Fallacies

    Frédéric Bastiat: Slayer of Fallacies The Tom Woods Show: Episode 469 - Frédéric Bastiat: Slayer of Fallacies http://tomwoods.com/podcast/ep-469-frederic-bastiat-slayer-of-fallacies/ Frédéric Bastiat, who wrote two centuries ago, got to the heart of so many of the economic fallacies that...
  3. Occam's Banana

    New Rothbard book: "Science, Technology, and Government" (previously unpublished)

    The Mises Institute has released a 1959 manuscript (previously unpublished in book form) by Murray Rothbard, under the title "Science, Technology, and Government." Hard copy: - Mises Institute: https://store.mises.org/Science-Technology-and-Government-P10987.aspx - Amazon...
  4. Occam's Banana

    Mises University 2015

    [Mises University: index of threads] [NOTE: I will try to keep this thread updated with videos of each lecture/presentation after they become available. - OB] Virtual Mises University 2015 https://mises.org/events/virtual-mises-university-2015 For almost thirty years, Mises Institute...
  5. Occam's Banana

    Man-Made Global Greening

    Man-Made Global Greening http://bionicmosquito.blogspot.com/2015/06/man-made-global-greening.html Bionic Mosquito (27 June 2015) This week’s column (PDF) from John Mauldin is good, really good. He offers a guest post from Jesse Ausubel, Director, Program for the Human Environment, The...
  6. helmuth_hubener

    Where to Buy Gold and Silver

    Colorado Gold GoldMart Gainesville Coins APJM If you stick with one of those, you should be happy. To get the best price, it can be helpful to check here: https://comparegoldprices.com To have a good overall experience, you may wish to check out the reviews here: http://golddealerreviews.com...
  7. helmuth_hubener

    Edward Snowden hails Apple as 'pioneering' for iOS 8 security measures

    Whistleblower and former National Security Agency contractor Edward Snowden lauded Apple for enabling measures like default full-disk encryption in iOS 8, in a rare editorial published on Friday. Snowden noted that some progress has been made in reversing mass surveillance not just politically...
  8. FreeBornAngel

    Debunking Crapitalism

    Crapitalism is the economic system preferred by dictators world wide, that should be your clue. Let's use walmart as our example, though it could be any big box world wide distributor. If the people that make the products and the people that distribute the goods show up to work then the...
  9. helmuth_hubener

    Uber vs. The State: The Fight Goes Worldwide

    -- http://techcrunch.com/2015/03/19/uber-faces-legal-challenges-in-france-south-korea-and-germany/
  10. Occam's Banana

    Does Free Trade Destroy Jobs?

    "Free Trade Destroys Jobs" http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/12/gary-north/does-free-trade-destroy-jobs/ Gary North (16 December 2014) One of the most popular arguments among America’s anti-free trade non-economists is this one: free trade destroys American jobs. We need to think through the...
  11. helmuth_hubener

    Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Site Offline

    No, opal, I do not think The Pirate Bay counts as a hot topic. Swedish Police Raid The Pirate Bay, Site Offline DECEMBER 9, 2014 Police in Sweden carried out a raid in Stockholm today, seizing servers, computers, and other equipment. At the same time The Pirate Bay and several other...
  12. Occam's Banana

    Politicians to Business Owners: Drop Dead

    Politicians to Business Owners: Drop Dead http://mises.org/library/politicians-business-owners-drop-dead Peter St. Onge (04 December 2014) Senator Ted Stevens once explained that the Internet is a “series of tubes” and “not a big truck.” Steven’s comments made me a little sad, since I worried...
  13. Occam's Banana

    The Crushing Case Against Antitrust: Tom DiLorenzo on the Tom Woods Show

    http://www.lewrockwell.com/lrc-blog/the-crushing-case-against-antitrust-regulation/ The Crushing Case Against Antitrust: Tom DiLorenzo on The Tom Woods Show http://tomwoods.com/blog/the-crushing-case-against-antitrust-tom-dilorenzo-on-the-tom-woods-show/ Tom Woods (28 October 2014) Tom...
  14. Occam's Banana

    Mises University 2014

    [Mises University: index of threads] 2014 Mises University videos: SUNDAY: 20 JULY 2014 SPEAKER TITLE VIDEO Woods The Role of Austrian Economics in the Liberty Movement https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jZrkb85gHmE MONDAY: 21 JULY 2014 SPEAKER TITLE VIDEO Salerno The Birth of...
  15. Keith and stuff

    The Free State Project: A Libertarian Testing Ground For Bitcoin, 3D Printers, and Drones

    The Free State Project: A Libertarian Testing Ground For Bitcoin, 3D Printers, and Drones 6/12/2014 @ 8:30AM Kashmir Hill Forbes Staff http://www.forbes.com/sites/kashmirhill/2014/06/12/the-free-state-project-a-libertarian-testing-ground-for-bitcoin-3d-printers-and-drones/ This article was just...
  16. Occam's Banana

    How the Free Market Ends Discrimination

    From Jackie Robinson to Donald Sterling: How the Free Market Ends Discrimination http://www.lewrockwell.com/2014/05/thomas-dilorenzo/how-the-free-market-ends-discrimination/ Thomas DiLorenzo (17 May 2014) When Branch Rickey integrated major league baseball in 1947 by hiring the great Jackie...
  17. HOLLYWOOD

    Colorado Pot Windfall: 1000s Lineup for City Blocks at Denver's 1st Marijuana Job Fair

    http://www.thedenverchannel.com/news/local-news/colorados-first-marijuana-industry-job-fair-to-be-held-in-denver-thursday <map id="map_67gb6t94" name="map_67gb6t94"><area coords="30,37,193,63" href="http://www.thedenverchannel.com/mobile" alt="" shape="rect"><area coords="30,0,193,10"...
  18. Occam's Banana

    NAFTA is 20 years old this month ...

    POLL: - vote for "'managed trade' is a good thing" if you think such agreements are good things in and of themselves (or even just good "on net") - vote for "'managed trade' is a bad thing" if you think such agreements are bad things in and of themselves (or even just bad "on net") - vote...
  19. Cabal

    Looking forward without the State

    Source: http://www.ronpaulforums.com/showthread.php?428049-Its-official-I-am-an-anarchist&p=5231979#post5231979
  20. Occam's Banana

    Mises University 2013

    [Mises University: index of threads] h/t Tom Woods: http://www.tomwoods.com/blog/watch-the-event-of-the-year/ Here is the Opening Lecture by Tom Woods: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DStLhWMRERM Mises University 2013 Lecture Schedule All times listed below are with respect to Central...
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