Interventionism

As a Swede currently living in the United States, with actual experience of Swedencare, I have seen (and lived in) the future of American health care, and it does not work.

Pelosi urged people to quit their jobs and pursue their passions because health care would now be <em>free</em>.

By filling up the free time of children with repetitive tasks of little educational value, students were transformed into thoughtless followers of the Brahmin.

Will "tapering" trigger a "taper tantrum" in the market?

 A recent 60 Minutes piece cut into an extremely urgent problem of our day: expensive sunglasses.

At the end of the day, Friedman jettisoned the gold standard for a remarkably statist reason.

The person who epitomizes the fear of deflation best is Ben Bernanke, chairman of the Federal Reserve.

Interviewed by host Ben Stone, Mark Thornton talks about Bitcoins, fiat greenbacks, the Federal Reserve, and the Iron Law of Prohibition.

Interviewed by host Coy Barefoot, Mark Thornton talks about the NSA spying on Americans, and more.

The IRS has a history of political abuse. Hoover, FDR, JFK, and Richard Nixon all used the IRS against enemies, long before Clinton or Obama.