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Video: Income Inequality and the Fed – Dr. Frank Hollenbeck

Dr. Frank Hollenbeck discusses the role of the Federal Reserve in creating income inequality in the United States.

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Obamacare’s Individual Mandate: It’s not a ‘penalty’, dammit!

I find it humorous that the media -- and insurance companies -- constantly refer to the "penalty" of Obamacare's individual mandate. They (rightly) completely ignore the Alice-In-Wonderland logic of the Supreme Court's ruling that it is a tax, but not a penalty, since penalizing people for not buying insurance would be unconstitutional. I can't help but wonder what John Roberts and the other Supreme Court justices must think when they constantly read in the media about the "penalty"....

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Israel: How Bennett Foiled Netanyahu’s PR Stunt (But You Didn’t Hear It from the NYT)

The New York Times reported last week on a spat between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Economy Minister Naftali Bennett that was noteworthy for what it didn't report.

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Blaming US ‘Disengagement’ in the Middle East for Consequences of US Engagement

Roger Cohen argues in a recent New York Times column that U.S. "disengagement" has been disastrous for Egypt even while citing facts illustrating that precisely the opposite is true.

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An ‘Economist’ Who Shills for the Masters of the Universe

Simply stated, the influential Paul Krugman is a shill for the very same Masters of the Universe whose system he pretends so hard to be against in order to deceive the masses effectively into acquiescing to their own slavery. If you've ever wondered why I blog about him so much, this is why.

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The Bogus Claim That Roosevelt’s ‘Mistake’ of 1937 Supports Deficit Spending

Paul Krugman repeatedly cites Roosevelt's 'mistake' of 1937 to support his position that government should run a deficit. The trouble is, it doesn't.

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Paul Krugman’s Strawman Arguments Against Austrian Economics

Paul Krugman can’t stand the fact that students of the Austrian school of economics (e.g., Ron Paul) accurately predicted the housing bubble and financial crisis it precipitated and warned against the policies that caused it, while Krugman advocated that the Federal Reserve print money to push down interest rates to create a housing bubble to replace the dot-com bubble (as I document in my book). He despises the Austrians for showing him up and illustrating the intellectual bankruptcy of his...

The Logical Inconsistency of Single-Payer Health Care System Supporters

Here’s a Twitter conversation I recently had that is illustrative of how supporters of a single-payer health care system of necessity are unable to maintain any logical consistency. For example, notice how they are supporting a petition advocating the need to “End the For-Profit Health Care Marketplace”, but watch their replies when I press them on the ridiculousness of this idea of eliminating any profit motive. And notice how Simi complains about the lack of market competition for expensive...

Video: The Alarming Truths About GMO

Mercola.com presents a video about the alarming truths about GMO (genetically modified organisms).

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Video: Mike Maloney – The US Dollar WILL Collapse

GoldSilver.com's Mike Maloney chats with Cambridge House Live's Bridgitte Anderson about gold, silver and why he believes the US dollar will collapse.

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