For the last century or so, the United States government has just kept on getting bigger and bigger. It doesn’t matter if the White House or Congress is controlled by a Republican or a Democrat. The inherent nature of government is to grow, and, of course, to negate freedom. Some of this year’s presidential candidates […]
Archives for March 2016
David Stockman asks valid question: ‘Why does the Federal Reserve get amnesty in GOP debates?’
The Republican and Democratic debates have touched upon a wide range of issues: free trade, the minimum wage, income inequality, ISIS and Syria. But there are two topics that have been pretty much avoided by both parties: a non-interventionist foreign policy and the Federal Reserve. No one expects the Hillary Clintons or the Marco Rubios […]
Paul Krugman’s 1993 stance on free trade very different from 2016 views
What has happened to Paul Krugman? Has his intellectual consistency (if he had any in the first place) been thrown out the window to simply toe the party line? That’s what seems to be the case. Krugman’s latest New York Times blog post entitled “A Protectionist Moment?” attempts to defend those who argue against free […]
Meme Monday: Defaced Bernie Sanders sign simplifies socialism for the Internet
The 2016 presidential election cycle has been all about ironies for the campaign of socialist Bernie Sanders. One of them was about the redistribution of delegates from Bernie Sanders to Hillary Clinton, although the Vermont Senator won the primary (SEE: Hillary Clinton loses New Hampshire but still wins? And other reasons to fear for humanity […]
Week in Review: Mar. 7 to Mar. 11
In case you missed any of this week’s articles, here is a round-up of some of the most read pieces written by the Economic Collapse News staff: No, Justin Trudeau, the U.S. should pay less attention to the rest of the world The only credentials that Justin Trudeau had before becoming the Prime Minister of […]