Category Archives: Politics

Brilliant Bastiat

Posted on November 4, 2012 by ben

I have quoted from Bastiat before, and will again.  Here below is something from his “Harmonies of Political Economy”, the full text of which can be found here.

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Truth is not a four-letter word

Posted on June 12, 2012 by ben

A man claiming to be Truth arrives at the temple, and wishes to meet the Dalai Lama. Announced, Truth enters, sits, and the two sit long, in silence, examining each other. Truth eventually breaks the silence, and says: “I am … Continue reading →

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Gold standards that work

Posted on June 11, 2012 by ben

In previous posts I talked about how we discovered money, and about the failed Bretton Woods gold standard.  One must ask: is it possible to have gold as our money, yet still use paper or digital currency?  The answer is … Continue reading →

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Bacq 2 Bretton Woods

Posted on June 11, 2012 by ben

I hope if you are reading this, you understand that we didn’t invent money, we discovered it, and that gold is money, or more correctly, currency.  We should really reserve “money” to describe the idea alone, and “currency” for what … Continue reading →

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Why gold, why tree?

Posted on June 11, 2012 by ben

Seeing as we still have the site up, I thought it might be a good idea to try and find all the old passwords etc, find my way in, and try to recall how to create a post here.  Done.  … Continue reading →

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Nigel Farage strikes again!

Posted on December 2, 2010 by ben

This guy knows how to spout truth about the EU!  I couldn’t agree more about the poor Irish, who have been suckered by the bankers.  If they, like Iceland, defaulted and restructured around a new Irish currency instead of lining … Continue reading →

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Let’s get physical!

Posted on November 26, 2010 by ben

Having seen that cute animation about “the quantitative easing”, I just had to give it a shot.  So I went to XtraNormal.com, signed up, and the content grew out of the limited selection of settings and characters I could use … Continue reading →

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The American Experiment in Government

Posted on November 25, 2010 by Xty

I have been watching an excellent set of interviews on a website called Uncommon Knowledge, conducted by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institute at Stanford University.  Focussing on economics and current world affairs, the quality of the interviewees is astonishing. … Continue reading →

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Crash JP Morgan, buy silver: The first google-bombing

Posted on November 21, 2010 by ben

Max Keiser offers up a very different world view than you’ll get on any of the major media.  So does Alex Jones at InfoWars (!).  The combination has recently proven explosive.  A quick googling just now for the exact phrase … Continue reading →

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The “Free” Internet

Posted on November 17, 2010 by ben

There it is folks, as “free” as it is.  Click in and try to find yourself (circa 2006). In an exchange of emails with someone on the topic of the “Free Internet”, some things came up in the discussion I … Continue reading →

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