In the dawn of the United States, Thomas Paine published Common Sense to spark the revolutionary fire. Read the table of contents with an intro by, scourge of the Public Domain, Allister Butcher.
Waiting For 2012
2012 is right around the corner and Wesley takes a moment to reflect on the state of our world in the anarchist prose style, we love him for.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit Part VII: The Rise and Fall of Economic Thought I: Salamanca and Smith
In this, our final lesson (or rather mini-series) in this Econ series, we will examine the rise and collapse of economics itself as first a part of the Humanities, and then as a science. We will not go back into antiquity, which held some theories on trade, but rather we will focus on the past 500 years, with various schools of thought in chronological order.
Darfur, Darfive
Africa is boned. It always has been boned. It probably always will be boned. White-Man’s-Burden isn’t the answer (nor is its effeminate bastard-child–White-Guilt–the answer.) Money isn’t the answer. No, what the answer is, is good examples of human decency, and to encourage the same behavior among small groups of people there. Pay it forward, as it were.
Behind the Curtian: The Boss Returns
Things change when the Boss comes back to town. In the Flash Fiction series “Behind the Curtain”, we look behind the binary curtain of American NonFiction.
Screaming Binary Theory: Scheduel
A regular schedule is crucial, but how do you keep a schedule for your independent website? We have a couple of theories to help you keep your posting regular.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit VI: The Philosophy of Money Part II: Our Monetary System and Inflationary Doomsday
By raising and lowering the rate of interest, the Fed effectively controls how much money exists in the U.S. That is because our money is not printed (some of it is, but only a fraction of the actual money supply exists in a physical form.) The rest of the money exists as numbers in computers. It exists because of the “money multiplier” effect.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit Part VI: Money (Session One: The Philosophy of Money, Price, and Value)
Money is Time, Price does not equal Value
Sometimes…
“Sometimes” is a poem to the times when the shadows of life’s clouds passes over the grassy knoll.
Economics for Fun and (Not Much) Profit Part V: The Road to Serfdom Detours Through the Hospital Parking Lot
Last lesson, I promised you a lesson on “The Philosophy of Money” with a return of Bob. Fortunately, I’m the teacher, so I can break my promises willy nilly and there’s nothing you can do about it. Due to events in the news, I’ve changed my mind. You see (someone cue some Richard Wagner) we’re passing an important milestone on the Road to Serfdom as we speak.
