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You must remember, however that money != wealth. The money supply of a nation in no way represents the wealth generation going on in an economy. Printing an extra dollar does not m…

Hoarding is relative. Whatever commodity has the highest velocity (most trades per day) is generally not considered hoarded. Relative to dollars, nearly all commodities are hoarded…

1). "I haven't heard anything good" is not exactly a high bar either. 2). I don't care what people's agenda is if they do not advocate focribly making others conform to it. Thiel d…

Everything? You make it sound like he's a child rapist or something. Has he ever tried to violently force his worldview on anyone? No. Is he a criminal? No. Is he trying to advance…

The primary beef this seemed to have with Thiel was that he was "withdrawing consent" from democracy, believing it to be incompatible with liberty. Not good for the writer of the a…

This guy does know he has a valid tort against this person, right? If he wants to discourage them from driving, he should sue her for damages. She was negligent, he was damaged whi…

I find all of this fuss quite humorous; the federal government has had basically the same law as Arizona on the books for nearly thirty years now. However, being the feds, they arb…

They are indeed metabolized differently, for the most part. The sugars in fruits will have higher concentrations of simple glucose (though they still have plenty of fructose) than …

I found Weatherford's "History of Money" to be a much better history of the subject.

An episode of Bill Moyers Journal, in which William K. Black exposes how the banks, rating agencies, and especially the government engaging in widespread fraud is the prime mover b…