Universities and college campuses used to be the beacons of intellectual discourse, the champions of free speech. These academic institutions were meant to challenge every idea, every thought, every proposal to its very core. Today, they have metastasized into buildings where people are frightened of hearing speech they don’t agree with or listening to people […]
Archives for August 2016
Must See: Behavioral economics – why we make bad choices (video)
Why do we make bad choices? How come we learn more quickly when the consequences are higher and more slowly when the consequences are lower? Why do we employ emotional reactions instead of rational thought? The fine folks at Learn Liberty are out with a superb video about behavioral economics and, more specifically, heuristics. This […]
Socialist Venezuela will fire state workers who sign petition to recall Nicolas Maduro
A petition is floating around Venezuela. The petition is aimed at seeking to recall socialist President Nicolas Maduro. But if the socialist leaders get their hands on the petition then state workers could face serious repercussions. Bloomberg is reporting that a top government official stated that the petition would be handed over to government ministries […]
Report: Canadian millennials have delinquency rate of 11.7%
Debt is something many of us have to contend with. Because we spent beyond our means, we now have exorbitant amounts of debt that many of us will never pay off in our lifetimes. We all know that millennials everywhere are deeply in debt. They have consumer debt, student loan debt, auto loan debt and […]
Gary Johnson now wants a supposed free-market carbon tax
Gary Johnson continues to stutter as the Libertarian Party nominee. Perhaps libertarians are holding him to a higher standard, but Johnson is proving that he is in way over his head as a Libertarian Party presidential candidate. Speaking in an interview with Juneau Empire, the former New Mexico Republican Governor confirmed that he supports the […]