80% of U.S. adults struggle with joblessness, near-poverty, or reliance on welfare for at least parts of their lives, a sign of deteriorating economic security and an elusive American dream. The America dream is alive and well for some, but mostly for those who who are smart enough to learn the skills that pay well… Continue reading Redefining the American Dream
In Defense of MGTOW, Part 2
Matt Forney’s anti-MGTOW article is going viral. There are better targets – from feminists, to SJWs, to overpaid liberal arts professors – than MGTOW which, with the exception of some issues, is ideologically aligned with the Red Pill hegemony, and in many topics – such as feminism, political correctness, SJWs, or economics – MGTOW is… Continue reading In Defense of MGTOW, Part 2
What is this site about?
A year later and I’m still not sure where ideologically this site falls under. It’s not quite libertarianism, it’s not really mainstream-conservatism, and it’s not fully neo reaction (NRx)…it some amalgamation. I find myself agreeing with NRx on anti-egalitarianism, anti-democracy, anti-SWJ, and biological realism, but I am pro-modernity. And I tend to agree with the… Continue reading What is this site about?
The Great Moderation
From Noah Smith: Big Economic Discovery! Booms Might Cause Busts But in recent times, thanks to effective fiscal and fed policy and America’s economic exceptionalism, ‘booms’ have become increasingly prolonged and ‘busts’ very brief. The Great Moderation that began in 1982 has become a ‘greater moderation’ as inflation remains tame, economic growth steady, the dollar… Continue reading The Great Moderation
Wealthy foreigners bought $100 billion in US real estate
More American exceptionalism: Wealthy foreigners bought $100 billion in US real estate So much for the ‘post America’ era that many leftist pundits predicted in 2008 and 2009 – the exact opposite has happened. From surging stocks, to the unending inflow of foreign capital, to a strong dollar, America has been emboldened, it’s economic hegemony… Continue reading Wealthy foreigners bought $100 billion in US real estate
The Virtues of the Sharing Economy
Airbnb and Uber’s sharing economy is one route to dotcommunism We’re seeing the rise of the ‘sharing economy’ as overpaid, redundant, inefficient 9-5 jobs become a thing of the past, replaced by temp workers, automation, or are simply eliminated, or as I wrote in an earlier article, In Praise of Low Wages: The boom of… Continue reading The Virtues of the Sharing Economy
Greece … Much Ado About Nothing
Funny tweet by Josh Brown, The Reformed Broker: The reason we're all getting sick of the Greek drama is they haven't killed off any main characters yet and its already season 5. — Downtown Josh Brown (@ReformedBroker) June 15, 2015 Liberal website vox.com is fanning the flames of crisis for clicks and ad dollars: Larry… Continue reading Greece … Much Ado About Nothing
Debunking the Gold Standard
From the Captain: A couple quibbles: As of 2015, the US dollar is at record highs versus other currencies, hardly a failure. So I guess you could say many currencies have failed except the reserve currencies. The gold standard in encumbering, making it harder for the country to recover from recession & panics. Since the… Continue reading Debunking the Gold Standard
The Stability and Necessity of Large Systems
Someone writes: Almost everyone makes the same basic mistake when it comes to economics. It is assumed that the markets and an economy tend to be naturally balancing mechanisms. Wrong! Horribly wrong! This is the reality of economies: Economies are naturally in-stable. INSTABILITY is the natural state to which all economies will tend towards, if… Continue reading The Stability and Necessity of Large Systems
The Daily View: Dumbing-Down the SAT, Matt Levine, China Bubble
The left picks and chooses the science they want to believe in. Science of man-made global warming? Yes. Science of natural global warming? Umm..maybe not. Science of individual cognitive differences? Hell no. That’s why the welfare left, in contrast to the neo/pragmatic left, for the past few decades has been waging war on IQ and… Continue reading The Daily View: Dumbing-Down the SAT, Matt Levine, China Bubble