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Letter to the NY Times re: the fallacy that income inequality is harmful

Re: Income Inequality May Take Toll on Growth Dear Sirs: The fallacy that equality of incomes and wealth are just and beneficial goals of society to be advanced by “an aggressive series of changes to tax and spending programs” cannot … Continue reading

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A Real Whopper: The European Union Wins the Nobel Peace Prize

by Godfrey Bloom, member of the European Parliament History’s greatest propagandist, what a singular honour, Josef Goebbels warned all politicians if you wanted to lie to be believed it had to be a whopper. The Nobel Prize committee have certainly … Continue reading

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The Battle Line Is Drawn in Europe

From today’s Open Europe news summary: German Finance Minister: “In one way or another, we’ll change the EU Treaties”; UK criticises for calling for swift euro crisis resolution while threatening to veto further integration DPA reports that German Finance Minister … Continue reading

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A Foe of Keynesian Stimulus Gains Respect in China

Zhang Weiying: China’s Anti-Keynesian Insurgent This is an excellent article from the Wall Street Journal’s Abheek Bhattacharya about the rise in China of an Austrian school economist.  China’s free market reforms were sidetracked by a resurgence of Keynesian stimulus.  But … Continue reading

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A “MUST SEE”– Nigel Farage, leader of UKIP, re: the EU wins the Nobel Peace Prize

This is a “MUST SEE”  interview with Nigel Farage, leader of the euroskeptic UKIP party, about the ridiculous notion that the EU deserves the Nobel Peace Prize.  The reality is the opposite, as Farage explains.  Here in a five minute interview is a … Continue reading

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The Nobel Committee’s Ridiculous Peace Prize Decision

EU Wins Nobel Peace Prize What could be more ridiculous?  The Nobel committee grants its “Peace Prize” to the European Union, as riots break out all over Europe in protest to austerity measures that are a direct result of unsustainable … Continue reading

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Unbreakable Union: Lessons Learned from the Demise of the Soviet Union

This audio presentation of a paper prepared by Dr. Yuri Maltsev, Senior Fellow of the Ludwig von Mises Institute and delivered by Michael McKay of RadioFreeMarket.com discusses the lessons that we can learn from the dissolution of the Soviet Union. … Continue reading

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Germany Blamed for Greece’s Problems

From today’s Open Europe news summary: Thousands of Greeks protest against austerity as Merkel visits Athens; Bild Chief Editor: “The Greece that showed itself in the centre of Athens yesterday does not belong in the euro” During her visit to … Continue reading

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Failure Always Demands More Coercive Power

The vice president of the European Parliament, Senor Alejo Vidal-Quadras, has called for the Spanish military to put down Catalonia’s attempt to place a separation referendum on the upcoming election ballot.  Catalonia is a province of Spain, whose GNP is … Continue reading

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The Wages of Socialism: Padlocked Trash Bins

Re: Spain Recoils as Its Hungry Forage Trash Bins for a Next Meal The European Union’s labor laws are the most stringent in the world.  Its economic regulations are the most stringent in the world.  Its taxes are some of … Continue reading

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