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Wade Davis – A Story of Colombia

ideacity is one of my favourite sites and they recently celebrated their 20th anniversary.There are over 40 videos to choose from but I found this one fascinating. Touching on the beauty of Columbia and the horrors of the drug war, I hope you enjoy it too. Enjoy more fascinating presentations... Read more →

The Fairytale of Hegemonic Neoliberalism

by Phillip W. Magness First published at AEIR... and posted here with the kind permission of the author. Nobel laureate economist Joseph Stiglitz recently made waves in academic circles by declaring the end of something called “neoliberalism” and pondering the contours of a suitable replacement. “That question has come to... Read more →

And then there’s Oban

by Richard Coulson Our second oil-related venture is Oban Energies, a very different animal. The Heads Of Agreement signed in February 2018 contemplated importing foreign crude oil to a Grand Bahamas facility where it would be stored, refined, and shipped to buyers in the US and elsewhere, an ambitious scheme... Read more →

Oil in The Bahamas

by Richard Coulson The prospect of oil being extracted or refined in The Bahamas has ardent supporters, opposed by intractable critics. Two very different ventures are the targets of their scrutiny, one transparent, the other opaque. The first is Bahamas Petroleum Company (BPC), founded over ten years ago by offshore... Read more →

On the bookshelf: Debunking Howard Zinn: Exposing the Fake History That Turned a Generation against America

From the liner notes: Howard Zinn’s A People’s History of the United States has sold more than 2.5 million copies. It is pushed by Hollywood celebrities, defended by university professors who know better, and assigned in high school and college classrooms to teach students that American history is nothing more... Read more →

The Anti-Capitalist Ideology of Slavery

Seems pretty clear the anti market forces were aligned on behalf of slavery. By Phillip W. Magness What is capitalism’s view toward slavery? It seems like a crazy question, but not so much actually, not in these times. So let us begin with the opening line of the first chapter... Read more →

Regulation Theory

Why is the government habit so difficult to break? Is it special interests? Just any special interests”?” His presentation was entitled, Bootleggers, Baptists and the Government Habit and you can watch a snippet of the full length the video below. Watch the full video here... Policy analysts, academics, journalists, and... Read more →

The Rise of Capitalism by Ludwig von Mises

Published at Mises.org. See original post here... The precapitalistic system of production was restrictive. Its historical basis was military conquest. The victorious kings had given the land to their paladins. These aristocrats were lords in the literal meaning of the word, as they did not depend on the patronage of... Read more →

Why do we demonize those with whom we disagree?

Arnold Kling over at Libertarianism.org has an interesting article about how we (left versus right or even PLP versus FNM) polarize ourselves. Here's a couple excerpts: "Back in the twentieth century, there was room in American politics for bipartisanship, deliberation, negotiation, and compromise. President Lyndon Johnson needed the support of... Read more →