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Wednesday, January 16, 2019
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 (1613-1680). Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc, Also read Lear Capital: Financial Products You […]
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 Brad Barry Company was brought to a close. Unfortunately, coffee regulation in California is the […]
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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 communism, the guidebook-writer of revolutionary mass-murdering dictatorship, and the inspirer of disastrous socialist central planning […]
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.” Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc, Also read Lear Capital Smith defended natural liberty […]
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 be as much as a decade. For every year that passes, roughly 5,000-10,000 people die for want […]
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 even though Marx’s predictions ultimately did not materialize, his analysis of capitalism was nonetheless spot […]
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 many pathogens such as those which produce botulinum toxin, or cause cholera or anthrax, among […]
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 receive a substantial chunk of money. Q1 hedge fund letters, conference, scoops etc Moreover, I […]
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, but there are few companies that have made the world so much better in such […]
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 to achieve bigger better things. And it is competition that drives the market and technological […]
