Mike Norman Economics

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Who doesn't want free money? Sure, a universal basic income ($1,000 a month with "no strings attached") sounds like a good idea. But under presidential candidate Andrew Yang's plan, a UBI would replace government benefits and would be paid for by the working class, not the rich. Newsbroke's Matt Lieb explains how the "Freedom Dividend" is simply a way to maintain the current economic status quo. [embedded content]

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Gonna have to soon outlaw urinalysis and be hiring all the currently unqualified drunks and dopers I guess... or wages are going to continue to increase markedly... hard to see how a big infrastructure initiative is going to be staffed or a New Green Deal... The shortage of qualified trade workers continues to be a prime concern for the construction industry. This dearth of workers, along with the country’s threatened or actual use of tariffs, means that the meteoric rise in construction...

The brutal US regime has killed thousands of innocent people with drones, and many were children. Rather than defeat terrorism, it has strengthened it. Local businesses and livelihoods have been destroyed, and family members murdered, so people turn to Jihadism.For years, the American Friends Service Committee has joined other organizations in calling for a ban on drone warfare. The United States’ use of lethal drones has killed thousands of people – including hundreds of children – and...

Monetary policy has become disruptive.

Uighur terrorists have murdered a thousand Chinese citizens so far and have injured many other through bombing raids and multiple stabbings. China re-educates these Jihadist extremists, while America hunts them down with drones. The Chinese government respects Islam, and has fair and strong laws to stop religious discrimination.  If the Western media were really concerned about stopping the indoctrination of Uighur youth, it would be condemning not China but the United States... For...

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This is an excellent article describing how neoliberalism has failed, and how most people have become poorer because of it. Not only did the neoliberals encourage the mass movement of goods, services, and finance around the world, but also the mass movement of people, to lower business costs - and all done under the guise of being 'nice' liberals. Whole communities were distrupted and house prices shot up even further out of reach for ordinary people. The left got the blame, so now...

Is the CIA behind the behind the Falun Gong?This article is 11 years old but looks at the geopolitics of China and the US. Tibet and Africa are full of resources which the West wants control of. Tibet: imperial pawn Behind the powerful din created by the popular and celebrity-embraced “Save Tibet,” campaign is the fact that the CIA is behind the Tibet independence movement. According to many reports, the Dalai Lama himself may be a long-time CIA asset. See The Role of the CIA behind the...