Podcast: “You Know I’m Right”
I appeared on Sunny Lohmann’s popular podcast, discussing the jihadist bombing in Boston and the $100 trillion banknote that won’t buy a loaf of bread, let alone a lap dance.
Tag Archive: Values
Return to Americanism
“The public is tired of the welfare state. They would like to return to some rational Americanism, but there is no intellectual leadership. None at all.”
Rebirth of Americanism
Americanism: the self-interested, individualistic principle that regards people not as sacrifices, but as sovereign individuals with their own life, liberty and happiness.
Your Wealth is Not Yours
According to an administration official, the rich are able to accumulate “substantially more than is needed to fund reasonable levels of retirement saving.”
End Laws Controlling Consensual Adults
“It is totally improper for the law to interfere in the personal relationship between two adults. So long as it is done adults with mutual consent, it is not the province of the law.”
Bailout Philosophy Thrives 5 Years After Bear
Five years ago this week, long before “bailout” or “stimulus” became politically-charged buzzwords, the NY Fed agreed to help prop up investment bank Bear Stearns.
Chavez: “The Right to Enslave”
“Under Chavez, ownership is contingent on the whim of government. As one landowner explained, ‘At the end of the day, the government can do whatever they want.”
Fox: Employers Should Discriminate
New York is the latest city adopting a law that allows unsuccessful job applicants to sue businesses they believe hold their unemployment status against them. Should bosses be able to discriminate?
Immigration Benefits America
Would our lives really be better had Alexander Graham Bell, an illegal immigrant back in 1873, been unable to scale a barbed wire fence at the Canadian border?
Hedge Funds Look Ahead
Industry journal FINalternatives asked several hedge fund professionals to comment on their outlook for 2013.