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Compromised regulators serve Wall Street, not the average American

Stealing is wrong. We all know that. Well, we should, anyway. Most of us are told so often enough when we’re small, and even in cases of...
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Conflating government, deflating society

In the ongoing struggle for a free and peaceful society, one of the biggest roadblocks is the conflation of society with government that affects...
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Seven reasons you might want to pick up a pitchfork

A lot has changed since the financial near-collapse of 2008. Here are seven reasons YOU should be raising Cain with your Congressperson, no matter...
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Why the tea party protesters have it bass-ackwards: Where are the fiscal conservatives?

There's a good reason the Republican Party has been called the Party Of No... They solidly lost the election, after eight years of exactly what...
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Coincidence? Henry Paulson was everywhere when it comes to the financial crisis

Henry Paulson, former Secretary of the Treasury, appeared today for questioning before the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform to...
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Libertarians, tea parties and economic plumbing

I’ve been on a zero-growth economics kick for some time now, but it’s led me down a few other related paths: the role of Libertarians,...
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Similarities between the NFL labor dispute and U.S. productivity

The current labor negotiations between the NFL owners and players centers around a number of issues, but the most publicized is the allocation of...
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Fat tax

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  • May 23, 2012
Being fat is a problem. You don't like it, and other people don't like you because of it. So we need to find someone to blame and tax. The...
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Let's license everyone for everything

HUMOR(?)A Fox News article listed "Ten Jobs You Didn’t Know Needed Licenses" based on a report from the libertarian Institute for...
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China to further open its capital market

BEIJING -- The China Securities Regulatory Commission (CSRC) recently announced its decision on revising the Article 6 and 12 of the Regulation for...
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