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February 13, 2014
Scarlett Johansson and SodaStream: Exposing NYT Propaganda
A New York Times article on the controversy surrounding Scarlett Johansson and SodaStream contains outrageous propaganda downplaying Israel's occupation.
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Roger Cohen’s Racist Opposition to the Palestinian Right of Return
New York Times columnist Roger Cohen this week made an openly racist argument against the Palestinian right of return, declaring his opposition to this goal of the BDS movement on the grounds that it would threaten Israel's existence as a "Jewish state".
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February 12, 2014
NYT Argues Slowdown in Health Care Spending Hurts Economy
Binyamin Applebaum in the New York Times actually makes the argument that slowing spending on health care is hurting the economy. That should sound idiotic to you on its face, but Applebaum does a fair job of trying to make a ridiculous idea sound plausible, so its worth taking a few moments to actually address his arguments.
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February 11, 2014
The Danger of Invoking the ‘Responsibility to Protect’ in Syria
Danny Postel and Nader Hashemi argue in a New York Times op-ed that the international community should invoke the "Responsibility to Protect" principle to intervene in Syria but unwittingly illustrate why this is a dangerous doctrine.
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Video – The Mises View: ‘Income Inequality’ | Joseph T. Salerno
Joseph T. Salerno of the Ludwig von Mises Institute discusses income inequality from the point of view of Austrian economics.
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February 9, 2014
Scarlett Johansson and SodaStream: The New Face of Israel’s Occupation
Scarlett Johansson's SodaStream job has drawn needed attention to the situation in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian territories. The cost was her integrity.
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Did the Fed Save Us from a Deeper Recession?
The New York Times suggests the world should be grateful to the Federal Reserve for preventing a deeper recession, but this overlooks two key things.
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Paul Krugman Explains Why the Trillion-Dollar Platinum Coin Isn’t Ridiculous
Paul Krugman's logic for why the government minting a trillion-dollar coin to pay its debt isn't a ridiculous is itself completely ridiculous.
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Paul Krugman Explains Why He Should Be Tuned Out
Paul Krugman writes, "if an economist, no matter how credentialed, consistently makes low-quality arguments, he should be tuned out". I couldn't agree more.
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February 8, 2014
Video: The Mises View – ‘Price Gouging’
Joseph T. Salerno presents "price gouging" from the viewpoint of the good folks at the Ludwig von Mises Institute.
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