The Political Defense of US Capitalism
Storm Clouds of Socialism (c) Can Stock Photo / leedsn This essay is a continuation of my previous … Read More
"There are more things in Heaven and Earth, Horatio, than are dreamt of in your philosophy."
Storm Clouds of Socialism (c) Can Stock Photo / leedsn This essay is a continuation of my previous … Read More
A collective life under socialism. (Of course, Bernie Sanders would say this is capitalism!) The Last Judgement, Hell By Fra Angelico (circa 1395–1455) – The Yorck Project: 10.000 Meisterwerke der … Read More
Standard Oil stock certificate from 1896 – A share of wealth Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Rjensen at English Wikipedia This is the fourth essay in a series of posts on the … Read More
Claim checks on wealth. Image Credit: Freeimages.com/Jon Syverson This is the third part of a series of posts on the effects of Capitalism on the culture of … Read More
Economic Temptation: Is this the danger posed by capitalism? (c) Can Stock Photo I will now continue the discussion of how desirable capitalism is as an economic system in our … Read More
Greed – Is this all there is with capitalism? (c) Can Stock Photo This essay has been inspired by notions concerning capitalism I have heard or read from a number … Read More
Janet Yellen, Chairman of the Federal Reserve System Wikimedia Commons/United States Federal Reserve Wednesday and Thursday, Janet Yellen, the Chairman of the Federal Reserve, gave one of her periodic reports … Read More
Chaos, chaos everywhere! Image Credit: Flickr.com/SantaRosa OLD SKOOL It is sometimes said that “if the only tool you have is a hammer, then everything you see looks like … Read More
Adam Smith, the builder of a majestic Gothic cathedral of economic thought. by John Kay (1742-1826)/Library of Congress (PD-1996) This is the second of two posts on the applicability of … Read More
Organization of a feedback loop Wikimedia Commons/Brews ohare – Own work My friend Chease has again proposed I consider a very interesting article concerning Adam Smith’s “Invisible Hand”. Last August … Read More
Investors in the stock market getting their thrills! Wikimedia Commons/Boris23 The last few weeks with the stock markets have certainly been an exciting roller coaster … Read More
Idols of Capitalism in front of the Frankfurt Stock Exchange, Germany, a high temple of Capitalism Wikimedia Commons/Eva K. Since we looked at the various meanings people give to the … Read More
Lamartine, before the Hotel de Ville, Paris rejects the red flag of revolution and socialism on Feb. 25, 1848. By Henri Félix Emmanuel Philippoteaux , Public Domain Late yesterday, while … Read More
Mario Draghi, President of ECB, and Haruhiko Kuroda, Governor of BOJ Photo Credits: Wikimedia Commons/World Economic Forum and Asian Development Bank Now there are two central banks living in Alice’s … Read More
photo credit: Taxes – Illustration via photopin (license) This morning I read an astonishing conjecture that something could actually be done this year about the tax burdens hobbling the American … Read More
Budget Stops Growing! (But not for long.) Image Credit: International Liberty It was not supposed to be this way! Federal spending and budget deficits … Read More
Cosmic ray intensity between March 2015 and January 2016. Image Credit: Spaceweather.com As shown in the plot above, cosmic ray intensity has intensified between March 2015 and January 2016. In … Read More
Abandon Ship! Photo Credit: Flickr.com/Just Taken Pics The flow of big corporations abandoning the United States for more friendly business climates is increasing steadily. Some of the … Read More
How many of these should we make? Image Credit: Freeimages.com/Tracy Olson As the world confronts the smoking ruin of Keynesian monetary policy [see the posts Economic Damage Created … Read More
Libya: A nation being absorbed by the ISIS Caliphate? Map courtesy of Google/Nations Online Project The release of the movie 13 Hours: The Secret Soldiers of Benghazi appears to have triggered … Read More
Hillary Clinton testifying to the House Select Committee on Benghazi. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/C-Span It is becoming increasingly apparent that whoever the Democratic Party’s nominee will be, it will not … Read More
President Obama and Secretary Clinton honor the Benghazi attack victims at the Transfer of Remains Ceremony held at Andrews Air Force Base on September 14, 2012. Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/US … Read More
Flags of Saudi Arabia and Israel Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons Saudi Arabia is suddenly finding itself very isolated and threatened internationally. At one time Saudi … Read More
Coalition air strike on ISIS positions in Kobani, Northern Syria, October 2014 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Voice of America Schuyler Moore has just published a very interesting idea about ISIS in … Read More
Sir Winston S. Churchill, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, 1940 to 1945 and 1951 to 1955 Photo Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Library of Congress/United Nations Information Office “Socialism is the philosophy … Read More
U.S. aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman in the Gulf of Oman, Dec. 25, 2015 Photo Credit: U.S.Navy/Mass Communication Spec 3D Class J.M. Tolbert Last October and November the Iranians sent us … Read More
FDR quote on Social Security Image Credit: Flickr.com/Donkey Hotey The hardest political job in cutting federal spending – … Read More
Federal government budget considerations (c) Can Stock Photo/robwilson39 I have been promising for some time now, most recently in What to Do About Keynesian Secular Stagnation, to discuss how the … Read More
The problem space: a system with chaotic boundaries Image Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Eequor In Central Planning for Chaotic Social Systems I discussed how social systems, particularly economic systems, are really chaotic … Read More
Chaotic Patterns Image Credit: Flickr.com/OLD SKOOL Santa Rosa At the end of my last post concerning the problems of the … Read More