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The Company That Owns Your Genes
The Supreme Court — a politically appointed gang of black-robed lawyers — is soon going to decide on one of the most contentious issues …
Laissez-Faire Today
Gold Sell-Off: There Is Only One Question That Matters
Last Friday, I participated in a short debate on BBC Radio 4’s Today program on the future direction of gold. Tom Kendall, global head …
Banks Must Innovate or Die
Change is inevitable. Conditions are never frozen in time. As the clock and calendar move forward, people and organizations must adapt to different circumstances. …
Taxed for Life
The least of the problems with the income tax is that it takes your money. The really big problem is that the income tax …
An Anarchist Squint at the Jobs Report
So the jobs report came out last week and rattled the market a bit. But there is a different perspective to this whole thing …
A Caveman’s Account of “Civilized Society”
Emblazoned across the lucre-basted exterior of the Internal Revenue Service Building in Washington, D.C., is one of the most intellectually polluted quotes any free …
What Bitcoin Is Teaching Us
“Thanks to Bitcoin, I am now living debt-free, just today managed to pay off all of my credit card debt!” — so reports a …
Japan’s Bold Move of Nothing
Stop the presses! Japan will make a bold attempt to stop falling prices. Making the yen worthless at a 2%-per-year clip is the promised …
What Maslow and Rand Would Tell Investors Today
I have always been fascinated by what motivates people. What motivates Tiger Woods to pursue the goal of being the world’s greatest golfer? What’s …
Bitcoin for Beginners, Part II
In March, I was at a conference in New Hampshire when a few Bitcoin businessmen sat me down to lunch. It seems like the …