By: Jonathan Newman Bill Gates has called for a “robot tax” to help maintain government tax revenue when human laborers are let go because a “robot comes in to do the same thing.” He seems to be following the same line of argument that many make for a universal basic income: when a worker in […]
Archives for March 2017
Snap Inc (SNAP) crashes below post-IPO open, buyers are now in the red
That didn’t take so long! Last week, Snap Inc (NYSE:SNAP) was celebrated all over the world after filing an immense initial public offering (IPO). Snapchat shares then soared to as high as $29.44, making a lot of investors and groups a ton of money. The hype is over and now Snapchat has crashed into a […]
Study: You’re going into debt just to spoil your kids
It is safe to say that a strong number of parents today spoil their kids. Everything from overindulgence of technology to caving in to every whim and desire at the merest sign of disagreement, millennials and Generation Zers today are uncouth, miserable and entitled because of the constant spoiling in their youth. Are we spoiling […]
What you can learn from Bill Gates, Donald Trump & Pope Francis about economics
Donald Trump is a real estate billionaire mogul and United States President. Bill Gates is the world’s richest man. Pope Francis is the most powerful theologian on earth. You can learn a lot from Trump about real estate, you can learn a ton from Gates about technology and you can learn about the Bible from […]
Sound Money Is Rising at the State Level
By Clint Siegner, Money Metals Exchange Inflation is the most pernicious of taxes levied by our government. Officials systematically devalue the Federal Reserve Note “dollar,” then levy capital gains taxes on assets when their dollar price rises. The “gains” are largely illusory. Rising asset prices over time reflect the fact that the dollar buys less […]