Mike Norman Economics

Mathew O'Brien has the charts which show that why going back to the gold standard is a bad idea. It's a concise and short article.  The greatest trick Ron Paul ever pulled was convincing the world that the gold standard leads to stable prices. Well, maybe not the world. Just the Republican Party. After a 32-year hiatus, the party's official platform will include a plank calling for a commission to look at the possible return of the gold standard. There might be worse ideas than this, but...

[embedded content] It's easy to blame ourselves for not feeling 100% in our minds, but some of the causes of mental unwellness have to do with large systemic problems in our societies, among these, an emphasis on individualism, a manic faith in Romantic love and a cult of meritocracy.

This tries to be fair and balanced, but really it shows you how horrible Neoliberalism is, which is based on libertarianism. [embedded content]

In 2011 the Guardian reported that the U.S. had developed software that would let it secretly manipulate social media by using fake online personas to influence internet discussions and spread pro-American propaganda.The CIA hacked Angela Merkel's, which everyone has forgotten about, but imagine if the Russians had hacked Obama's phone? An act of war, or what, by those 'evil Russians?'Jimmy Dore explains how propaganda works. [embedded content]

This video is over a year old, but this guy articulates his arguments really well. He was once a libertarian, and for the best of reasons as he really thought it would bring peace and well-being to the world, but then the penny dropped and he turned to the left. [embedded content] Socialism is terrible, just look at Capitalist Venezuela...

What the hell is going on, these guys can't be sane! Criminals have been voted in yet again, but how do they manage it? Who would vote for this?You would think the good guys - that's us in the West - would stop going on about how bad Venezuela is for a while and do something about these guys, but nope, there won't be a whisper.As I go about the internet there are loads of outraged conservatives who bash Venezuela saying that socialism has failed. But what get's me is when they pretend to...

Like I've been telling you, the fundamentals of the economy and monetary factors are supportive.

Trump is not allowed to pull U.S. troops out of Syria. Who says so? Benjamin Netanyahu and John Bolton say so.Try this: If they and in more troops now, then they can bring them home sooner. [embedded content]

Donald Trump’s lawyer said on Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange should not be prosecuted and he compared WikiLeaks publications to the Pentagon Papers. Rudy Giuliani, a lawyer for President Donald Trump, said Monday that WikiLeaks publisher Julian Assange had not done “anything wrong” and should not go to jail for disseminating stolen information just as major media does. “Let’s take the Pentagon Papers,” Giuliani told Fox News. “The Pentagon Papers were stolen property,...

Warren’s views on countries in the crosshairs of the US State Department largely conform to those of her colleagues on Capitol Hill: Iran is a “bad actor,” Russia and China “are working to undermine the basic human rights we hold dear,” and so on. This is so disappointing! WASHINGTON —  Senator Elizabeth Warren is making strides to characterize her foreign policy vision as a progressive one after she announced she’d be forming an exploratory committee for a presidential run. But her record...