Category: Economics/Class Relations

Thomas Sowell – Race and Economics

I am inclined toward the view that Thomas Sowell’s analysis of economics and race, and Kevin Carson’s analysis of economics and class, mutually reinforce each other. Carson focuses on how the state keeps down the working class and Sowell focuses on how the state keeps down blacks.  Ironically, […]

Sen. Morrissey, small-business owners gather in Richmond to highlight negative impact of skill games ban on their businesses

An interesting article that illustrates how capitalism works in the real world. As Virginia has expanded large gambling operations, the state has moved to shut down their smaller competitors. By Colbi Edmonds  Richmond Times-Dispatch Around 100 small-business owners from Virginia joined Sen. Joe Morrissey, D-Richmond, for a news […]

THOUGHTS ON THE ‘ABOLITION OF WORK’

Obviously, work can’t merely be “abolished.” No matter how much automation, driverless trucks, robots, etc we use to eliminate “work,” somebody still has to design, build, and maintain the technology behind all that. And in the present system, the more automation we have, the more unemployment we’re going […]

TYT Echoes Katzenberg on Anti-Camping Law

The Young Turks have revealed themselves to be total con artists who are functioning as Katzenberg mouthpieces. Last month, TYT-investor Jeffrey Katzenberg successfully lobbied the Los Angeles City Council to pass an anti-camping ordinance targeting LA’s homeless community. Less than 3 weeks prior to the ordinance being passed, […]

The Status of America’s Global Influence

Geopolitical expert, Peter Zeihan, author of Disunited Nations: The Scramble for Power in an Ungoverned World, joins hosts Dennis McCuistion and Jim Falk for lively and very “counterintuitive arguments about the future of a world where trade agreements are coming apart and international institutions are losing their power.” […]