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Did Free Markets Cause the Flint, Michigan Water Disaster? | Mises Daily

!Monopoly, #Crony Capitalism'          
In the wake of numerous cases of lead poisoning through Flint, Michigan’s government-managed water supply, some commentators immediately began looking for ways to blame the private sector. Shortly thereafter, David Brodwin of U.S. News and World Report wrote “Flint: The Big Cost of Small Government.” According to Brodwin, what caused lead-tainted water to gush forth Read More
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Why Partisan Fights over Supreme Court Nominees Are a Good Thing | Cato Institute

This article appeared on The Hill (Online) on February 23, 2016. With Justice Antonin Scalia’s untimely death, we are preparing for a new fight over the meaning of the Senate giving “advice and consent” on the president’s nominees. It’s time that we look at that those words in context of what we will be fighting Read More

A tu per tu con Varoufakis, senza peli sulla lingua (sull’Europa e non solo) – il Blog di Marcello Foa

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Visto da vicino, Yanis Varoufakis convince. Ho avuto il privilegio di intervistarlo pubblicamente a Lugano e poi di trascorrere alcune ore assieme a lui. E mi ha fatto un’eccellente impressione. Mi verrebbe dire che è un greco tutto d’un pezzo, uno spirito libero, capace di rompere gli schemi e di andare oltre le barriere ideologiche. Read More
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Planned Parenthood’s Right to Bear Arms | Cato Institute

Last week, the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, Inc., was attacked in Colorado Springs. Although many details about the perpetrator, who killed three people and wounded nine, are still unclear, Colorado Springs mayor John Suthers said that the attacker’s motive could be inferred from the location he chose. Violence against clinics raises an important legal Read More
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Mass Shootings and Gun Control | National Review Online

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Passing more laws doesn’t keep terrorists from getting guns.On Sunday, Hillary Clinton slammed Republicans for not being serious about protecting Americans from terrorism. “How many more Americans need to die before we take action?” Clinton asked in response to Friday’s shooting at a Planned Parenthood clinic in Colorado Springs. She believes that stopping such attacks Read More

Private police – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Private police are law enforcement bodies that are owned and/or controlled by non-governmental entities. Additionally, the term can refer to an off-duty police officer while working for a private entity, providing security, or otherwise law enforcement-related services. These can be firms to which the government contracts out police work (e.g. the 1975–1977 Oro Valley, Arizona–Rural/Metro Read More
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The Bait-and-Switch Behind Economic Populism | Mises Daily

Argentina will hold elections this year, and a number of provinces will be electing governors. Buenos Aires, the capital city, is holding elections for mayor, and Mauricio Macri, who is stepping down as mayor, is a favorite to become the next president. Toward the end of the year, a presidential election will be held and Read More
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Gun Control: Fashionable Prohibition for Modern Lawmakers | Mises Daily

With the latest school shooting, all humane people are expected to jump up and do something to stop the next shooting. The most popular response among media pundits and national policymakers right now is an expansion of the various prohibitions now in place against guns. For anyone familiar with the history of prohibitions on inanimate Read More
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The Future Is Decentralized | Mises Institute

LibBLog note: The decentralisation of the organisation of the present Democracy is the goal of the Iniziativa Riforma dal Basso (Bottom Up Reform Initiative): a set of tools (web-based) that serve the citizens begin to handle, “in parallel” with the institutions, government and administration of the territory. – – – – The issue is that Read More

WHOA! Mother of Marine MURDERED in Chattanooga Explains What Obama Did to Her (VIDEO) – The Political Insider

We’re still praying for the victims and families of the deadly Islamic terrorist attack in Chattanooga, Tennessee. It was a senseless tragedy, and a reminder of the evil that exists in this world. But as Cathy Wells, the mother of Chattanooga victim Lance Corporal Skip Wells, explained to Fox News’ Sean Hannity (below), President Barack Obama has Read More
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UberPop: la colpa non è dei giudici, ma dei politici – LeoniBlog

Ieri, come noto, il Tribunale di Milano ha accolto (sia pure parzialmente) il ricorso di alcune società e sindacati di tassisti, che chiedevano di “bloccare” il servizio UberPop su tutto il territorio nazionale, in quanto questo determinerebbe una concorrenza sleale al servizio di radiotaxi. Come prevedibile, l’ordinanza ha scatenato reazioni e polemiche feroci, su alcune Read More

Mises Weekends | Mises Institute

Martin Armstrong is one of the most famous economic forecasters alive, but you wouldn’t know it after the whitewashing job he’s suffered at the hands of the federal government and the mainstream financial press. The man who in the 1980s and 90s had central bankers and politicians calling him for advice is now scrubbed from Read More
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L’America che condanna Ulbricht non è più l’America di Jefferson – il Blog di Carlo Lottieri

30mag 15 Condannato all’ergastolo: con scarsissime (per non dire nulle) possibilità di vedere modificata una sentenza tanto pesante. È questa la pena che è stata inflitta a Ross Ulbricht, il fondatore di Silk Road, una piattaforma libera usata essenzialmente per sviluppare tutta una serie di commerci “illegali”. Ma qui è il problema. Per quale motivo, Read More
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▶ China’s Incredible Ghost Cities Will Make Your Jaw Drop

Empty Cities, 2012 China is the world’s most populated country but it’s full of vast, empty cities, including a replica Paris. Is it forward thinking or a crazy economic risk? For downloads and more information visit: http://www.journeyman.tv/?lid=65924&a… In the world’s most populated country there are dozens of empty cities and more are being built every Read More