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From working on Wall Street… to occupy it. — [VIDEO]

From security broker to leader of the insurrection against bankers:

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The Long Shelf Life of Ayn Rand’s Legacy

Ayn Rand (1905-1982)

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The Whole Foods CEO on health care, veganism, and free markets

John Mackey on health care, veganism, and free markets “The last thing our country needs is a massive new health-care entitlement that will create hundreds of billions of dollars of new unfunded deficits and move us much closer to a … Continue reading

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Is Robin Hanson a market fundamentalist?

Niall O’Connor: Robin Hanson, is what I would term a market fundamentalist – somebody who believes that markets are the primary mechanism for achieving the public good. Recent events have demonstrated that this creed is morally bankrupt. We are, in … Continue reading

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A young Hanson fanboy tries to build a new civilization that would float somewhere on the Ocean, far away from the supremacy of law… and, in the process, lashes out at his like-minded libertarian fellows operating in think tanks and political parties.

He defines “libertarian folk activism” (i.e., the activities of the free-market think tanks and libertarian politicians): Folk activism broadly corrupts political movements. It leads activists to do too much talking, debating, and proselytizing, and not enough real-world action. He asks … Continue reading

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The theory of complexity should be applied to economics so as to better understand the free markets.

A French university physicist and financial researcher: The supposed omniscience and perfect efficacy of a free market stems from economic work done in the 1950s and 1960s, which with hindsight looks more like propaganda against communism than plausible science. In … Continue reading

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I answered the political test designed by the “Advocates For Self-Government” people. Here’s what I got.

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People I come in agreement with about the need to free the prediction markets as much as possible —a short list, which will grow, I hope.

Chris Hibbert Steve Levitt Koleman Strumpf Tom W. Bell – Waiting to see the positions of Michael Giberson, Jason Ruspini, Caveat Bettor, Robin Hanson, Justin Wolfers, Eric Zitzewitz, etc. – Free Markets –> Free Predition Markets -

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