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Dan J

POTUS, Underminer in Chief

Politicians in the United States - including the President - are deliberately undermining trust in government to gin up partisan spirits. This short-term thinking seriously endangers our civil society. If we can't trust our government, why should we allow it to exist? You know there is a problem

The irony of the global corporate tax cartel

Governments say cartels are economically harmful and even morally wrong. So why are they establishing one of the largest cartels ever created? The headline: "G20 leaders endorse global minimum corporate tax deal for 2023 start" (Reuters). And it's not just the G20, there are reportedly 140

Nothing about carrots

The New York Times recently published an op-ed proposing the United States government do something about "noxious speech". A handful of ideas were proposed; social engineering experiments aiming somewhere between improving education and promoting goodthink. Given this focus on education, it's ironic that apparently none of

Bernie "Double Standard" Sanders

According to a tweet from Bernie Sanders: "The video game industry made $43 billion in revenue last year. The workers responsible for that profit deserve to collectively bargain as part of a union." Hold on. We can talk about the union thing, but first a point of concern.

SBIR programs: Definitely an international conspiracy by the Illuminati

There is a website called HackerNews that is popular among technologists and small business leaders. They use it to post articles and ask questions. One recent question was about the Small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) program in the United States. It seems actual participants in this program think it'

Quick up: "Almost anyone can be arrested for something"

A current justice of the Supreme Court believes "almost anyone can be arrested for something" in the United States: History shows that governments sometimes seek to regulate our lives finely, acutely, thoroughly, and exhaustively. In our own time and place, criminal laws have grown so exuberantly and come

Who cares if Jeff Bezos is wealthier than all newborns combined?

Economic literacy is sadly rare. In fact, you can find downright dumb economic statements almost everywhere. And not just in places you would expect, like Congress. But also in reports from financial industry analysts, and articles from business reporters. Consider, for example, a Research Affiliates article that made the rounds

Quick up: Hooray Hong Kong!

The Hong Kongese want freedom; half-measures won't do. Last week, a million Hong Kongese protested against a bill that would allow citizens of Hong Kong to be extradited to mainland China. The government responded by pausing debate of the bill. Rather than being gratified, the Hong Kongese were

The big bad bank

The Bank for International Settlements (BIS) facilitated Nazi war crimes in World War II. The Bretton Woods conference recommended it be liquidated. Instead, it was expanded. Now it's the "bank for central banks". That's all old news. But it seems there is a new

84 years of debt and counting

Almost every American who was alive in 1934 is gone now. But their deficit spending isn't. They never paid for it. In fact, all $21 trillion in deficit spending from the past 84 years is still on the books. The United States hasn't paid off any