The Free Market is Anti-Gnostic
That's why I'm always drawn to it. It doesn't deny or decry a structure of oppression. It just says, "That's the way things are; deal with it." The gnostic says, "I hate the way things are, so I'
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Economics
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The Great Reset is State-of-the-Art Hudge and Gudge
"Stakeholder capitalism" is big business with government shareholders . . . and it'll be wicked
G.K. Chesterton wrote about "Hudge and Gudge": Big Business and Big Government.
Here's how the American Chesterton Society describes these two GKC characters:
Chesterton introduced these two in his
The Chicken Heart that Sucks Out Our Souls
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Stoic Epictetus pointed out that education is the means to freedom.
Unfortunately, education today frequently becomes the means of slavery.
Everyone
$58 for an AOC Sweatshirt Isn't Too Much
But the mere use of a price at all is
I found the uproar over AOC's $58 sweatshirt fascinating.
I don't object to the price tag. It's no doubt pricey, but she's fundraising for her campaign. I frequently overpay for items when
How to Pay for Thanksgiving Dinner
Are food prices soaring?
Ever since the 2008-2009 crisis, the thinkers, pundits, and writers who ascribe
to the Austrian School of economics have assured us that massive inflation was
going to start. They assiduously refused to provide a date, but they assured us
nonetheless, often suggesting we hoard gold and
The Ever-Elusive Economic "Third Way"
Man, great weather heading our way.
And I just got a big pile of wood chips dumped in my driveway.
Wood chips might be the magic bullet for the garden. They look nice, they
suppress grass and weeds, they help plants retain moisture and block out
freezing cold, they provide
Von Mises and Roepke
I've always wanted to understand better the differences between Wilhelm Roepke
and Ludwig von Mises. This article is helpful:
> Roepke and von Mises: The Difference http://t.co/HNOQ1TAEpt
> — The Daily Eudemon (@TheDailyEudemon) April 26, 2015
[https://twitter.com/TheDailyEudemon/status/592298580897046528]
But the writer never
Monday
Econ Monday
Long-time readers may recall that I blogged once a week on economic matters
("Econ Saturday"), in the wake of the 2008 meltdown. I stopped for a couple of
reasons: I grew tired of it, my attention floated to other matters (Nockian
studies, now Bellocian studies), a
Saturday
Depressing Stuff
Anybody here pay their own health insurance premiums? I do. I received notice
that my premium is going up 26% this year. And oh yeah: I have to pay a chunk of
the same premium increase for my staff. * * * * * * * Great country, this USA.
Perfect place to be middle
Saturday
Econ Saturday
So what happened yesterday? Stocks got hammered. Oil dropped 4%. Metals held
their ground, but that's no big deal. They often do well when the other
investments tank.
Well, the April unemployment numbers were dismal. The unemployment rate fell to
8.1%, but it was because