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Everything’s Fixed–Except What’s Broken

October 12, 2022

Everything’s Fixed–Except What’s Broken Everything’s fixed except what’s no longer profitable to plunder. Underfunded, ignored, mismanaged by incompetents, it breaks. Everything’s fixed–except what’s broken. Hmm. Maybe we need to read that again. Everything’s fixed means it’s been “fixed” like a game or match has been fixed–rigged to benefit insiders while the unwary onlookers and punters have been […]

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Were the Crusades just for Plunder & Money?

July 8, 2018

Were the Crusades just for Plunder & Money? QUESTION: Were the Crusades inspired by economics? You mentioned how Venice looted Constantinople. Thank you for making history interesting KR ANSWER: To understand the Crusades, we have to first look at what was the original justification. The Catholic Church encouraged pilgrimages from the 4th century, but they began […]

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The Great Deficit Ruse

November 4, 2017

The Great Deficit Ruse Your intuition is right: tax cuts are good and tax increases are bad. If your profligate friend blew his budget on liquor, you might feel bad for him. But it’s unlikely that you would be willing to fork over money to cover his mistake. He needs to figure it out. And […]

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