Outside the Asylum
Submitted by Cant Stop the M... on Sun, 09/15/2019 - 5:00am
Come outside.
A couple of weeks ago, I began an analysis of capitalism's catechism. Here's the next entry in the series.
Milton Friedman
Some Very Smart, Shrewd Geniuses Agree, Trump is "a very stable genius”
Submitted by leveymg on Mon, 01/08/2018 - 3:02pmDonald Trump has never been accused of over-modesty. His recent Tweet that he’s a “very stable genius,” however, seems over-the-top — batshit crazy, even for him.
Strangely, and for once, he’s actually right. Some very smart, shrewd people — Nobel Prize-winners, certified geniuses — agree with him. Read on, and here’s why they may be right.
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The sun STILL never sets on the British Empire
Submitted by Tony Wikrent on Sun, 12/17/2017 - 8:35pmCross-posted from Real Economics.
“If you know the enemy and know yourself, you need not fear the result of a hundred battles. If you know yourself but not the enemy, for every victory gained you will also suffer a defeat. If you know neither the enemy nor yourself, you will succumb in every battle.”
― Sun Tzu, The Art of War
Anti-Capitalist Meetup: Thoughts on the Universal Basic Income
Submitted by ny brit expat on Sun, 08/14/2016 - 2:42pmOne of the hottest discussions we are seeing is the one surrounding the universal basic income (UBI) or citizens’ income (CI); in Britain it has been advocated by the Trade Union Unite (it was adopted at the last convention), it has been incorporated into the Green Party of England and Wales’s manifesto for a sustainable economy, the Labour Par
