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The Dystopian Bubble: George Orwell Meets Charles Mackay

2021-02-10

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2021-02-10

“Threats to freedom of speech, writing, and action, though often trivial in isolation, are cumulative in their effect and, unless checked, lead to a general disrespect for the rights of the citizen.”

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Politics and Ideas

2021-02-09

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2021-02-09

In the Age of Enlightenment, in the years in which the North Americans founded their independence, and a few years later, when the Spanish and Portuguese colonies were transformed into independent nations, the prevailing mood in Western civilization was optimistic.

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Title IX Will Become a Vehicle of More Injustice

2021-02-07

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2021-02-07

President Joe Biden vowed to put a “quick end” to the Trump administration’s Title IX regulations and return to Obama-era ones at universities. If this happens, the sexual misconduct hearings will be deeply impacted.

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A Penchant for Controlling Others

2021-02-06

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2021-02-06

We all want freedom for ourselves, but many people have doubts about the way others might use their own freedom. Under these conditions, the state is there to help. Get enough people to favor enough restriction, and the state is good to go, administering every aspect of life from its smallest to its largest detail.

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There’s Nothing Wrong with Short Selling

2021-02-04

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2021-02-04

The recent GameStop short-squeeze drama has riveted financial markets. Given the historic unpopularity of short sellers (e.g., Holman Jenkins has written that “short-selling is…widely unpopular with everyone who has a stake in seeing stock prices go up”), the resulting heightened invective against them is not a surprise.

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Libertarianismo – Murray N. Rothbard

2021-02-04

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Murray N. Rothbard apresentou seu discurso na Convenção do Partido Libertário de Michigan, realizada em Southfield, Michigan, em maio de 1989. O trecho também inclui uma sessão de perguntas e respostas. Agradecimentos especiais a Bob Roddis por disponibilizar este vídeo.

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There Is No “Optimum” Growth Rate for the Money Supply

2021-02-03

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2021-02-03

Most economists hold that a growing economy requires a growing money stock on the grounds that growth gives rise to a greater demand for money that must be accommodated. Failing to do so, it is maintained, will lead to a decline in the prices of goods and services, which in turn will destabilize the economy and lead to an economic recession or, even worse, depression.

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Wall Street Outsiders versus the Hedge Funds

2021-02-03

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2021-02-03

The investment world was convulsed last week when at least one hedge fund (Melvin Capital) lost billions of dollars. The sudden, massive losses happened when a tidal wave of independent individual investors, spearheaded by posts on Reddit.com, triggered a short squeeze that torpedoed the hedge fund.

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#42 physisches Gold als “ultimative Liquidität” – Golden Times

2021-02-03

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Die Themen in diesem Degussa-Marktreport: Degussa-Chefvolkswirt Thorsten Polleit sieht physisches Gold als ultimative Liquidität. Was überhaupt ist unter Liquidität zu verstehen? Welche Erkenntnisse kann man aus der Haltedauer und den gehandelten Volumina ziehen?

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Kommt jetzt der Sozialismus? (Das verschweigt man dir!) – Interview mit Prof. Dr. Thorsten Polleit

2021-02-02

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Der neue Sozialismus, Great Reset und Neue Welt Ordnung – Interview mit Prof. Dr. Thorsten Polleit

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The Great Reset, Part IV: “Stakeholder Capitalism” vs. “Neoliberalism”

2021-02-02

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2021-02-02

Any discussion of “stakeholder capitalism” must begin by noting a paradox: like “neoliberalism,” its nemesis, “stakeholder capitalism” does not exist as such. There is no such economic system as “stakeholder capitalism,” just as there is no such economic system as “neoliberalism.” The two antipathetic twins are imaginary ghosts forever pitted against each other in a seemingly endless and frenzied tussle.

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Redet Klartext über die aktuellen Zustände

2021-02-01

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Was wir in den kommenden Jahren sehen werden, kann als sozialistisches kapitalistisches System bezeichnet werden! An den Börsen wird viel spekuliert, wir sind in einem Schneeballsystem.

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POLITIK IST EIN DESASTER?! ? TOP ÖKONOM DR. THORSTEN POLLEIT ANALYSE

2021-01-31

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Dr. Thorsten Polleit aktuell über Geldsystem & Wirtschaft - Dr. Polleit analysiert messerscharf, warum die aktuelle Politik & Wirtschaft überdacht werden sollten - Dr. Thorsten Polleit über Fiskalpolitik, Geopolitik & Mögliche Lösungen aus der aktuellen Krise zu gelangen...

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? DR. POLLEIT WARNT: DAS MÜSSEN WIR SOFORT ÄNDERN! ? TOP ÖKONOM DR. THORSTEN POLLEIT ANALYSE

2021-01-30

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Dr. Thorsten Polleit aktuell über Geldsystem & Wirtschaft - Dr. Polleit analysiert messerscharf, warum die aktuelle Politik & Wirtschaft überdacht werden sollten - Dr. Thorsten Polleit über Fiskalpolitik, Geopolitik & Mögliche Lösungen aus der aktuellen Krise zu gelangen...

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Pennsylvania’s Lockdown Rules Were Arbitrary, Inconsistent, and Political

2021-01-30

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2021-01-30

On October 6, 2020, the auditor general of Pennsylvania, Eugene DePasquale, released a status update on his ongoing audit of the Pennsylvania Department of Community and Economic Development (DCED) waiver process for businesses that appealed Governor Wolf’s covid-19 closure order. To everyone’s surprise, the auditor general concluded that his office discovered inconsistencies and puzzling decisions in the business waiver process. 

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Digital Currencies Are Changing the Money Landscape

2021-01-29

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2021-01-29

Government-mandated money in the form of legal tender is a historical anomaly. For much of mankind’s history private monies and quasi monies competed alongside each other. Now, again, a new era of private money competition is resurging and reshaping our world.

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Finanzmeinung: PROF. THORSTEN POLLEIT (DER STAAT BRICHT)

2021-01-29

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Erfolg ist kein Zufall!

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Gamestop, Market Distortions, and Manipulations

2021-01-29

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2021-01-29

In the wake of the extreme price explosion in GameStop stock, driven in large part by the subreddit WallStreetBets on Reddit, there is naturally a great deal of talk about “market manipulation” and related concerns. Many people are saying that hedge funds manipulate markets.

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Why the Utes Opposed Biden’s Plans to Limit Oil Drilling

2021-01-28

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2021-01-28

Within a day of the inauguration, the Biden administration issues a bevy of new executive orders designed to please a variety of the Democratic Party’s core special-interest groups. Among these was an executive order curtailing oil and gas leasing on federal and tribal lands.

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GRÖßTE BLASE ALLER ZEITEN?! ? TOP ÖKONOM DR. THORSTEN POLLEIT ANALYSE

2021-01-28

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Dr. Thorsten Polleit aktuell über Geldsystem & Wirtschaft - Dr. Polleit analysiert messerscharf, warum die aktuelle Politik & Wirtschaft überdacht werden sollten - Dr. Thorsten Polleit über Fiskalpolitik, Geopolitik & Mögliche Lösungen aus der aktuellen Krise zu gelangen...

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