Monthly Archives: March 2017

FREE MARKET GEMS

What happens in Vegas . . . will soon be broadcast live on Sunday afternoons. This week the NFL granted Mark Davis permission to move his Raiders to Sin City. There are a lot of losers (taxpayers, hotel guests, Oakland), … Continue reading

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FREE MARKET GEMS

Thank you, Ray Kroc . . . He may have been a jerk, but he was also the perfect object lesson in consumer-centered entrepreneurship. Combating bad ideas . . . is best done with good ideas. Criminalizing words just doesn’t … Continue reading

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Banks and Bitcoin . . . China appears to be embracing Bitcoin, but it’s all about control of the exchanges, not about a fondness for crypto-currency. Don’t punch that Nazi . . . Danish journalist Fleming Rose argues that the … Continue reading

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Strange bedfellows . . . The New Left and Libertarians have found agreement here: “that compulsory school attendance laws be abolished.” ~ Ralph Raico.  This speech was given in 1974, but its observations are coming full circle today. The consumer … Continue reading

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