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Money Is a Monopoly Government Will Never Surrender
Money Is a Monopoly Government Will Never Surrender A major intellectual revelation from my youth came from reading Murray Rothbard’s “What Has Government Done to Our Money?” (1963). He includes a passing opinion that private markets are perfectly capable of producing money with no help from government. Under a sweeping monetary reform, private mints could […]
If You Believe
IF YOU BELIEVE If you believed they put a man on the moon Man on the moon If you believe there’s nothing up his sleeve Then nothing is cool REM – Man on the Moon The REM song Man on the Moon, released in 1992, is a haunting melancholy tune, with Andy Kaufmann and his […]
How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler
How Silicon Valley, in a Show of Monopolistic Force, Destroyed Parler In the last three months, tech giants have censored political speech and journalism to manipulate U.S. politics, while liberals, with virtual unanimity, have cheered. Users of the social media platform Parler encountered this error message as of Jan. 11, 2021, after Apple, Google and […]
The United States of Empire
The United States of Empire We’re getting close to the end now. Can you feel it? I do. It’s in the news, on the streets, and in your face every day. You can’t tune it out anymore, even if you wanted to. Where once there was civil debate in the court of public opinion, we […]
It’s Time to Retire “Capitalism”
It’s Time to Retire “Capitalism” Our current socio-economic system is nothing but the application of force on the many to enforce the skims, scams and privileges of the self-serving few. I’ve placed the word capitalism in quotation marks to reflect the reality that this word now covers a wide spectrum of economic activities, very little […]
Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me [Updated]
Yes, Google Uses Its Power to Quash Ideas It Doesn’t Like—I Know Because It Happened to Me [Updated] llustration: Jim Cooke/GMG, photo: Getty The story in the New York Times this week was unsettling: The New America Foundation, a major think tank, was getting rid of one of its teams of scholars, the Open Markets […]
If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created, Rising Inequality and Social Disorder Are Inevitable
If We Don’t Change the Way Money Is Created, Rising Inequality and Social Disorder Are Inevitable Centrally issued money optimizes inequality, monopoly, cronyism, stagnation and systemic instability. Everyone who wants to reduce wealth and income inequality with more regulations and taxes is missing the key dynamic: central banks’ monopoly on creating and issuing money widens wealth […]
Gazprom’s New Strategy of Control: Recapturing the EU Gas Market
Gazprom’s New Strategy of Control: Recapturing the EU Gas Market Britain’s exit from the European Union is a huge blow to European project with potentially devastating implications for its’ latest flagship policy – Energy Union. The United Kingdom has been one of the strongest proponents of EU energy market integration, liberalization, and diversification. By […]
Monopoly’s New Era
Monopoly’s New Era NEW YORK – For 200 years, there have been two schools of thought about what determines the distribution of income – and how the economy functions. One, emanating from Adam Smith and nineteenth-century liberal economists, focuses on competitive markets. The other, cognizant of how Smith’s brand of liberalism leads to rapid concentration […]
Factual Science and Maybe Science
Factual Science and Maybe Science I am not against genetic modification but only against the way that herbicide manufacturers are using it to justify patenting any plant in nature that interests them and then, in my opinion, trying to use the patents to gain unfair monopolies in the food and farm economy. So whenever I […]
As Banks Seek Monopoly Over Economy, “Cash Is Being Gradually Taken Away”
As Banks Seek Monopoly Over Economy, “Cash Is Being Gradually Taken Away” There is a war on for the extermination of cash. It is the ultimate monopoly game, but there are those who are willing to put up a fight to keep cash in the game. The powers that be on Wall Street and in […]
Happy New Year: America’s Largest Utility Jacks up Rates the Most since 2006 Despite Total Collapse of Natural Gas Prices
Happy New Year: America’s Largest Utility Jacks up Rates the Most since 2006 Despite Total Collapse of Natural Gas Prices The power of monopoly and regulatory capture “We want our customers and their families to know that we are here to help them make smart energy choices and save money whenever possible,” cooed Laurie Giammona, […]
Disconnect From the Grid, Reconnect With the Planet
DISCONNECT FROM THE GRID, RECONNECT WITH THE PLANET The grid: that vast network of utilities that includes electricity, water, sewage, gas and telephone lines. Most utility bills are predictably unpredictable. They maintain a monthly grip around the wallet, keeping most people tethered to one monopoly or another. For a growing number of people, the idea of […]
The Class War Has Already Started
The Class War Has Already Started Here’s what’s obvious, but unacceptable: we need a new system. Pundits and apologists are quick to chastise anyone who even speaks of class war, as if the words alone might spark what the pundits and apologists fear. The pundits and apologists dread the words because they know the Class War […]
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister
Snowden leaks reveal harmfulness of US monopoly on internet – Russian minister Minister of Communications and Mass Media of the Russian Federation Nikolai Nikiforov © Vitaliy Belousov / RIA Novosti The NSA’s mass surveillance would not be possible if the internet wasn’t controlled by just a few major US companies, Nikolay Nikiforov, Russia’s communications minister, […]
