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The Incandescent Light Ban and the Truth

Peter Jacobsen Peter Jacobsen is a Writing Fellow at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org It happened as I went to grab a new package of baby wipes from under the sink. I flipped on my bathroom light, and I noticed something strange – one of my three mirror light

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Signs That Gold Will Increasingly Flow to the East

Signs That Gold Will Increasingly Flow to the East

Ronni Stoeferle Ronni is the managing partner of Incrementum AG in Liechtenstein. He studied business administration and finance in the USA and Austria. goldswitzerland.com The reshaping of the world economy and the global (political) order is in full swing. It is a long process, the concrete outcome of which

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‘Most Open and Transparent Government Ever’

Three weeks ago I highlighted a very disturbing trend in benefit numbers. In the 10-week period to September 15, 2023 the number of people on a main benefit rose by 6,768 or almost two per cent, whereas, in the 10-week period ending September 16, 2022, the numbers were virtually

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Judas Goats in the Abattoir of Satan

Judas Goats in the Abattoir of Satan

Harry Palmer The music has stopped once more after another triennial game of musical chairs and we are inflicted again with the usual pick’n mix self-serving collection of MPs who dance to the tune of their puppet masters. Will anyone notice a difference? The parliamentarians who have found their

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Doubling Exports in 10 Years

Christopher Luxon announced an admirable goal of doubling New Zealand’s exports within 10 years. This is something which simply must occur in order to make us a wealthy nation again, but the lack of enthusiasm for the policy shows the ‘New Zealand Disease’ is at the ‘luetic’ stage. Mike

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The Solution to Our Housing Crisis

The Solution to Our Housing Crisis

Bob Jones nopunchespulled.com In our desire to build state rental homes we’re instead largely creating Coronation Street style future slums which hardly fit the bill for family homes. When the first Labour government embarked on this programme back in the late 1930s they built homes, each different from

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Higher-Income Households ‘Reliant on Credit Cards’

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org David Brooks is sorry. The New York Times columnist admitted he “screwed up” when he posted on social media a photo of his meal — a burger, fries, and a whiskey

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How Trickles Can Turn into a Flood

George Ford Smith George Ford Smith is a former mainframe and PC programmer and technology instructor, the author of eight books including a novel about a renegade Fed chairman (Flight of the Barbarous Relic) and a nonfiction book on how money became an instrument of theft (The Jolly Roger Dollar)

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The EU Digital ID Wallet Pilots Roll Out

Stavroula Pabst Stavroula Pabst is a writer, comedian, and media PhD student at the National and Kapodistrian University of Athens in Athens, Greece. Her writing has appeared in publications including Propaganda in Focus, Reductress, Unlimited Hangout and The Grayzone. brownstone.org As 2023 continues, the European Commission appears busy developing

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A Feature of the New Financial Order

A Feature of the New Financial Order

Jon Miltimore Jonathan Miltimore is the Editor at Large of FEE.org at the Foundation for Economic Education. fee.org YouTube initiated a ban on commentator Russell Brand last week that prohibits the celebrity from making money on its platform following accusations of sexual assault against the British comedian. “If

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Money for Nothing? Some Thoughts on UBI

Money for Nothing? Some Thoughts on UBI

Steven Tucker mercatornet.com Would you like to be paid for sitting at home all day doing nothing? If so, you could try getting in touch with Autonomy, a British-based think-tank currently seeking £1.6m in funding to give away £1,600 per month over the course of two years

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Policies of the Day

Policies of the Day

Yesterday the Green Party released its main policies, including income, housing and climate change. Its income and tax plans include: * $385 a week guaranteed for students and anyone looking for work, with an extra $135 each week if you are caring for kids at home on your own. * Top-ups for

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Not a Habit That We Should Want to Kick

David Brady David is a a double major in Economics & Finance at Florida Southern College. He is an Austro-Libertarian, a co-host of the “Econphonics” podcast, and an Apprentice at the Ludwig von Mises Institute. fee.org If one is on social media, they are likely already acquainted with the

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There’s an Alarming Trend in Benefit Numbers

There’s an Alarming Trend in Benefit Numbers

Lindsay Mitchell Lindsay Mitchell has been researching and commenting on welfare since 2001. Many of her articles have been published in mainstream media and she has appeared on radio, tv and before select committees discussing issues relating to welfare. Lindsay is also an artist who works under commission and exhibits

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Reserve Bank Governor Insists He Was Just Kidding…

Alex Hickey whakatakitimes.nz LOL JK Reserve Bank Governor Adrian Orr says New Zealanders have no sense of humour after coming under fire as the cost of living continues to rise. In an announcement on Thursday, Orr proudly confirmed New Zealand’s economy was up 0.9%, ending fears of

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Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Labour’s Put NZ in the Red

Dr Muriel Newman nzcpr.com Back in 2017, when New Zealand’s economy was being described as a “rock star”, the opposition Labour Party railed against the role being played by immigration. Figures at the time showed that under National, annual net migration had grown from just 5,000 in

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