William Norman Grigg: Against the Police State
More New Taxes on the Way
The Canadian province of Ontario is a financial basket case. The provincial government pays nearly 10% of its tax revenue on interest to cover the $270bn. debt load (over $20,000 per Ontarian). To put this in perspective, the slow-motion train wreck state of California only pays out a little under 3% of its tax revenue on interest and the average Californian’s share of the state debt is around $3,000.
Leonard Read’s Freedom Philosophy
Leonard Read is not a household name today. That is unfortunate, because, according to biographer Mary Sennholtz, he was “one of the most notable social philosophers of our time. His name will forever be associated with the rebirth of the freedom philosophy.” In Gary North’s words, “The libertarian movement…can be traced to Read and Read’s vision.”
Old Health Insurance Policy Canceled? Your New One May Be Canceled Too.
John Goodman, the top health policy analyst, explains why Obamacare policies are also likely to be canceled. Just because they comply with Obamacare this year doesn’t mean that they will comply next year. The way the law is written guarantees that many policies will not comply for long. In addition, if your policy keeps changing, and the doctors you are allowed to see are restricted to that policy, you may have to keep getting a new doctor over and over again. That should be popular.
Is a Shift in the Austrian “True Money Supply” Pointing to a Contraction?
Michael Pollaro writes at Forbes that “deceleration” in the money supply is increasing the risk of an economic bust. Pollaro, of course is using not the standard Fed-approved measures of the money supply, but the Austrian “True Money Supply” (explained in detail here.)*
Pollaro writes:
The True “Austrian” Money Supply (TMS) as represented by TMS2, our broadest and preferred U.S.
Is anyone reading your articles?
http://www.slate.com/articles/technology/technology/2013/06/how_people_read_online_why_you_won_t_finish_this_article.2.html
http://uxmyths.com/post/647473628/myth-people-read-on-the-web
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/college_guide/blog/academics_do_a_lot_of.php
Plus, if what you want to do is build an audience for yourself, frequent publishing, and not long brillian pieces is the way to go.
http://serialmentor.com/blog/2013/11/3/no-one-reads-your-paper-either
http://www.nngroup.com/articles/how-users-read-on-the-web/
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