The True Story Behind The 2017 Bestseller ‘Beneath A Scarlet Sky’
Nothing is so contagious as example; and we never do any great good or evil which does not produce its like. — Francois de la Rochefoucauld…
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Starbucks Is The Latest Victim Of Pseudoscience
For coffee drinkers in California, health warnings on their morning fix will soon be commonplace. Earlier this month, a legal battle involving Starbucks and the…
Karl Marx And Marxism At Two Hundred
A specter continues to haunt the world, the specter of Karl Marx. Two hundred years ago, on May 5, 1818, the father of 20th-century totalitarian…
Adam Smith Likely Would Agree With Bernie Sanders That Our System Is “Rigged”, But
Adam Smith, the 18th-century intellectual founder of modern free-market economics, famously called the economic system he advocated “the obvious and simple system of natural liberty.”…
If NFL Players Can Get Paid, So Should Kidney Donors
Over 100,000 Americans are on the waiting list to receive a kidney transplant. Their typical wait time is around five years. For some, it can…
Karl Marx’s Defenders Should Explain Why His Ideas Never Actually Work
This week will mark the 200th birthday of Karl Marx. It will be an occasion for a deluge of articles repeating the well-worn cliché that…
Are Private Equity Firms And Hedge funds Good For Our Economy?
Vultures are ugly creatures. However, they serve a very vital function. They help get rid of animal carcasses safely. The putrid carcasses of animals carry…
Finland Ends Its Experiment With Universal Basic Income
I’m conflicted. I’ve repeatedly expressed skepticism about the idea of governments providing a “basic income” because I fear the work ethic will (further) erode if people automatically…
My 5 Favorite Evil Corporations
Give thanks to the corporations that have made our modern lives amazing. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Uber Everyone loves to hate Uber,…
Retail Giants Finally Getting “Smart” Thanks To Amazon
Healthy competition makes every single one of us better. It allows us to come to terms with our limitations and challenges us to push ourselves…
Some Thoughts, Facts, And Charts About Taxes: Bring Us Back To 1913; Or Better Yet, Bring Us Back To 1912!
We are quickly approaching the deadline for filing (and paying) our federal and state income taxes (extended to Tuesday, April 17 this year because April…
Character, Not Control, Is The Antidote To Evil
Humans are dangerous creatures capable of great evil. This inescapable truth bombards us every time we turn on the news. The weight of this knowledge…
The Surprising Truth About What Makes A Great CEO
The world is changing faster than ever, but the narrative of leadership remains dominated by talk of such larger-than-life visionary prophets as Steve Jobs and…
Could Amazon Buy A Country?
I read a news story today about Amazon now employing more than 500,000 people. More than 500,000 people are employees of Amazon. When you count all the people…
Amazon Controversy Makes The Case For A Private-Sector US Postal Service
Is Amazon causing the U.S. Postal Service to lose money? That’s the assertion made by President Donald Trump last week in a series of tweets…