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Bits ‘n Bobs – February 18, 2013

Comparing murder rates of UK to USA: ‎ Fireside Stats Chat — Interesting read, from the a leftist/statist. I hope anyone who claims to ‘support the second amendment’ and also supports more anti-gun laws would read this! How to Ban … Continue reading

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Free markets may be efficient, but are they fair?

“With the fall of soviet communism, many assumed the such thinking was in permanent retreat. But the impulse is never further away than human nature itself. It pipes a tune seductive to the darkest elements of the human heart: envy, … Continue reading

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Crony Capitalism & Government Regulation

Another great video from LearnLiberty goes into the relationship between big corporations and government regulations. I’d especially like for folks who are sympathetic to the occupy movement watch this! How Cronyism is Hurting the Economy

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Milton Friedman: Capitalism and Greed

A 2-1/2 minute excerpt from an interview with Phil Donahue in 1979 where Milton Friedman explains that capitalism and free markets are the only systems in recorded human history that can bring people out of grinding poverty. Milton Friedman – … Continue reading

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Occupy Wall Street & Capitalism: A Professor’s Response

Crony-Capitalism IS NOT Capitalism! When the fox is guarding the hen-house and the results are bad, why would you put more foxes on the job to solve the problem? Occupy Wall Street & Capitalism: A Professor’s Response – YouTube.

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Afterburner: The Truth Is Out There

Bill Whittle talks about truth, socialism, and capitalism. How many families were shot to death climbing the Berlin wall to escape the horrors of Corporatism for the worker’s paradise in East Germany? via youtube

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Top 3 Common Myths of Capitalism

I’d prefer the term free-market be used, but the points are still valid: via youtube

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Matt Ridley: When ideas have sex

Alternate titles: “How free trade creates wealth out of thin air”, or “The problem with the survivalist/isolationist mentality”. Interesting video about the progress of humans. It touches on a subject that is very interesting to me, which deals with ease … Continue reading

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