Mike Norman Economics

Cato libertarians out against a JG right on cue: Bernie Sanders’ Federal Job Guarantee would be an economic disaster https://t.co/zq5I95EZfq << new by me at @CatoInstitute — Ryan Bourne (@MrRBourne) April 24, 2018

Weisenthal is right here imo...What we need is a Universal Basic Income that gives people enough money to pay the average rent in an apartment in a 5-story building near a train station, so they can commute to their government-guaranteed job. https://t.co/IrrEiPtMZN— Joe Weisenthal (@TheStalwart) April 24, 2018

Boy, in your face England...Trump is pissed at the UK for MI6's role in the phony dossier which was used by his political enemies formerly in the US intelligence community.Don't look for the UK to get any state dinners or any other favors until they start to jail the UK intelligence people who were involved in the phony dossier.You tell 'em Ivanka: “Ever since General Lafayette joined the American fight for independence, our fates and fortunes have been tied unequivocally together.” –...

Interesting article. But Russia is actually in the lead according to the report.Zero HedgeChina Prepares To Mass Produce Hypersonic Vehicles Tyler Durden

Historical dialectic at work. Driving Russia and China together — the West's worst nightmare. Brilliant strategy, that. Kissinger warned Trump against it. Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu said on Tuesday at a meeting with Vice Chairman of China’s Central Military Commission Xu Qiliang that Moscow and Beijing are developing a strategic policy to strengthen cooperation on defense. “The privileged character of intergovernmental ties is confirmed by regular meetings between Russian...

More on the foundations of economics. Information Transfer EconomicsThe economic way of thinking?Jason Smith

We’re exporting more and more of our energy bounty. It’ll mean a worse environment and higher prices.

Primary dealers.Wall Street On ParadeWhy Isn’t the Justice Department Bringing Treasury-Rigging Charges Against Wall Street?Pam Martens and Russ Martens

The “line” will be broken.

America’s way of acting in the world, the violence it often does to the truth while asserting its will, cannot be explained simply through its alleged “interests.” The U.S. acts the way it does because of the peculiar American way of understanding what gives life and action meaning. At the core of the American philosophy is voluntarism, the justification of action based purely and simply on the will. The distinguishing characteristic of voluntarism is that it gives pride of place to the...