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Authoritarianism Is Not Compatible with Economic Progress: Freedom Is Indivisible

22nd December 2022 Patrick Barron 2844 Comments

Is it possible, or perhaps even desirable, for economic freedom and progress to be compatible with authoritarian government? Let’s cut right to the chase. Although some may believe so, this is a fallacy. Freedom is [more…]

America

Who Has Better Ethics, the Social Security System or Bernie Madoff?

7th December 2022 Patrick Barron 2802 Comments

According to Wikipedia, Bernie Madoff ran the world’s largest Ponzi scheme, with losses estimated to be as high as $65 billion. Madoff promised to invest his customers’ money in productive enterprises and pay them generous [more…]

America

What Does “White Privilege” Really Mean and Is It True?

15th November 2022 Patrick Barron 3473 Comments

The term “White Privilege” is the term being used as a justification for all kinds of reverse-discrimination policies and even as Mao-style forced confessions of captive audiences, such as school children and employees of government [more…]

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The Missing Factor in Britain’s Economic Recovery Plan

7th November 2022 Patrick Barron 3502 Comments

Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s Tory Party after the departure of former prime minister, Boris Johnson, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary [more…]

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World Dollar Hegemony Is Ending

24th October 2022 Patrick Barron 4571 Comments

The end of world dollar hegemony is coming and hardly anyone in government is taking notice or even understands what this means. Since the Bretton Woods Conference in 1944, the dollar has been the only [more…]

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The Missing Factor in Liz Truss’ Economic Recovery Plan

19th October 2022 Patrick Barron 3956 Comments

Despite much anticipation the economic recovery plan proposed by Britain’s new prime minister, Liz Truss, is missing one key ingredient that will ensure its failure–spending cuts. The new “temporary budget” presented by her Chancellor of [more…]

Economics

Pipeline Sabotage and the Assassination of Archduke Ferdinand

10th October 2022 Patrick Barron 3779 Comments

In the course of history there sometimes occurs events that are monumentally important yet were hardly noticed by much of the world at the time. The assassination of Archduke Ferdinand in Sarajevo in 1914 went [more…]

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Despite Their Hubris, Monetary Authorities Do Not Have Total Control

6th September 2022 Patrick Barron 3512 Comments

A new monetary age is coming and sooner than anyone thinks. Since 1971 the world’s monetary system has been unanchored from anything of intrinsic value. In the fall of that year President Nixon took the [more…]

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Mandatory Vaccines vs. Logic and Kantian Ethics

29th August 2022 Patrick Barron 1950 Comments

The case in favor of mandatory vaccines rests upon faulty logic and violates ethical principles. A vaccinated person protects himself to the extent of the vaccine’s capability, which may be close to one hundred percent, [more…]

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