How Can Mining Asteroids in the Future Make Us Richer Today?
Bob explains how future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term.
Bob explains how future inflow of extraterrestrial riches could boost the standard of living on Earth in the near term.
Birkin bags are pricey and the producer restricts its potential buyers. Unfortunately, disgruntled customers who don‘t want to follow the company‘s rules are now appealing to US antitrust law to force Birkin to bend to their wishes. This is more evidence of the bankruptcy of antitrust law.
The Fed claims things are going very well, but Fed Chairman Jerome Powell got three questions at the press conference that he had trouble answering honestly.
Ryan and Tho talk about what Donald Trump must do if he wants to actually fix our mounting economic problems of stagnation, debt, and inflation.
The current system is based on the idea that even if whole regions of the country vote overwhelmingly against a president, they are still forced to submit to four years of that president’s rule-by-decree.
For the second time in eight years, Donald Trump defied the expectations of the “experts” and the ambitions of the ruling classes of Washington, D.C. James Bovard provides a brief tutorial on how Trump pulled off the impossible feat.
The watchword among progressives this election season is: “Nothing less than our democracy is at stake.” In truth, democracy itself is not in danger, but one can accurately say that “democracy,” as practiced in the US, endangers our lives.
Insulin prices have skyrocketed in recent years, creating a hardship on the growing number of diabetics in the US. Progressive politicians, naturally, blame the free market and want to impose price controls. However, government regulation is the reason insulin prices are so high.
Unfortunately, Trump has no plans to cut government spending, and this means there is little chance that ordinary taxpayers are going to experience any real tax relief.
Employing the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it.