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Movie Theater Stocks Plummet as Internet Media Threatens to Crush Hollywood

by James Holbrooks | Aug 4, 2017 | Blog

The movie theater industry is in trouble. Box office bombs and the changing manner in which people consume their entertainment have sent their stocks plummeting. From the Los Angeles Times on Tuesday: “AMC Entertainment Holdings, the world’s largest movie...

The Story of Gold and Bitcoin: Bulls Make Money and Pigs Get Slaughtered

by Mike Swanson | Jul 17, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

There is nothing wrong with being a bull in the stock market or a bear for that matter either. Nothing at all in fact. It's about seeing the trend and getting aligned with it. But being a pig in a finanical market will eventually lead one to the slaughterhouse. It's...

The Killer App Of Decentralized Law

by Zack Sorenson | Jul 15, 2017 | Blog

Anarchy, decentralized law, call it what you will. The key benefit of anarchy, from both the left and right wing perspectives, is that the cost of enforcement is integrated into the form of the law. If a certain punishment is too expensive to enforce, then the market...

The Market: Bootleg NES Classics Fill Demand Nintendo Ignored

by James Holbrooks | Jul 13, 2017 | Blog

Back in April, Nintendo announced it would cease production of the NES Classic Edition, a miniature version of the original Nintendo console that comes pre-loaded with 30 old school games, even though the system has been wildly popular. In an article titled...

The Fed Can’t Cure the Problems They Cause

by Ron Paul | Jun 19, 2017 | Economics, Featured Articles

The Federal Reserve claims it can continue "tightening" -- even though it is still leaving interest rates at historically low levels -- and begin unwinding its balance sheet, because the economy is "improving" and "will continue to improve." But that is only true if...

Austria Found a Way to Tax Google Searches and Social Media Posts

by James Holbrooks | May 1, 2017 | Blog

Austria — Highlighting the difficulty both public and private establishments can have when it comes to adapting methods in the digital age, it was reported Monday that one government is now trying to tax social media companies. From a report by Bloomberg:...

Facebook Under Fire for Allegedly Selling Emotionally Vulnerable Kids’ Data to Advertisers

by James Holbrooks | May 1, 2017 | Blog

Less than two months after announcing it would begin using artificial intelligence tools in its marketing arm, Facebook is now being accused of letting advertisers target emotionally vulnerable children. According to The Australian, a 23-page leaked document...

A Rising Stock Market Does Not Signal Economic Health

by Steven Horwitz | Dec 11, 2016 | Economics, Featured Articles

The headlines tell us that the Dow Jones is up around 1,000 points since Donald Trump won the election on November 8th. The conventional wisdom is that this shows how much confidence people have in Trump’s ability to generate a healthy American economy. The argument...

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Meanwhile, Over in Sadist Land

Palestinian baby rescued from dead mother’s womb dies in Gaza hospital

Kyle Anzalone on Judge Nap: US Troops to Ukraine?

Watch Kyle's latest appearance on Judge Napolitano's show 'Judging Freedom.' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lG37NaExv_0

If Israel’s Apologists Insist ‘From the River to the Sea’ Is Genocidal…

Apologists for Israel’s genocide in Gaza reject freedom for Palestinians and insist on Israel’s continued existence as a Jewish supremacist state.

I Met a Man

Located nearly three hours drive from Adelaide, the property rested in the South-East. The nearest township a good thirty minutes if you pushed your vehicle over dirty unselaed road. It was a job that a mate threw my way, help out some old timers that he knew through...

UN Review: No Evidence UNRWA Staff Are Terrorists

The UN’s review on UNRWA’s neutrality notes that Israel provided no evidence for its claim that staff members belong to terrorist organizations.

Joe Biden is Such a Liar

He lies about everything. This time it's his uncle Ambrose who was lost at sea during WWII. Genocide Joe lies that he was eaten by cannibals, smearing the people of Papua New Guinea, who fought as America's allies in that war.

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