Gary “plastics, baby, plastics!” North discusses George Bailey’s Road to Monetary Perdition where “the buffalo gals have come out at night to vote by the light of the moon.”
In Merry Christmas, Mr. Potter!, North describes the reasons for its importance, the message of forgiveness, and the implications of fractional reserve banking.
The great sociologist William Graham Sumner explains how the imperialist war[This talk was given at the LRC Health and Wealth Conference in Foster City, California, December 2, 2006.]
The Candian National Post reports, in an article Gold’s rise points to inflation on David Ranson, president of an econometric consulting firm. Ranson
defines inflation as a decline in the purchasing power of a national currency. He prefes that definition to flawed ones like the rising cost of living or increasing labour costs.
The fantastic news that all of Mozart’s music in edited scores has been put online hit the papers two days ago. It was made possible by a $400,000 grant paid to the publisher, presumably to cover lost royalties --as if anyone could possibly calculate such a thing. In any case, it was a matter of contract, so who can complain? It’s wonderful that it is all available.
[This essay is from The Writings of F.A. Harper - Volume 2: Short Essays, pp. 39-51.]
For as long as I can remember, this country has gotten itself all worked up every four years or so trying to pick just the right person to be in charge of the executive branch. It’s always a mess, and it always turns out the same way: We elect a president, and everything goes to pot. And now I hear we’re going to have to go through this again!
