By Jamie Redman Since the birth of Bitcoin, crusaders fighting for the separation of money and state discovered a new payment tool that bypasses the nation state’s control over the monetary system. For over ten years now, lots of people have been using digital currencies to hide from prying eyes of governments in order to free themselves from a system that contributes to … [Read more...] about Doing What You Want With Your Money Is a Fundamental Right
Counter Markets – Trends & Strategies for Maximum Freedom
Solar Roads: Another Government-Funded Energy Failure
By Ross Marchand Surprise—solar panels don’t make great roads. The French government recently learned this the hard way after debuting a $6 million solar road in Normandy in 2016. The road generated about half as much power as expected, and costs exceeded any reasonable expectation for a road…or even a solar panel. An American experiment in solar roads fared similarly. In … [Read more...] about Solar Roads: Another Government-Funded Energy Failure
Venezuela’s Health Care System Is in Shambles, but Markets Are Already Responding
By Byron Carson Hospitals are supposed to help people, not become a source of their ailment. Hospitals Work in Many Places Generally, hospitals do help people. According to the data and graphing tools of Gapminder, rates of child mortality and malnourishment are negatively correlated with the number of physicians per 1,000 people and the number of hospital beds per 1,000 … [Read more...] about Venezuela’s Health Care System Is in Shambles, but Markets Are Already Responding
Tariffs Accelerate Trucking and Shipping Slide
By Peter C. Earle Trucking and transportation firms more broadly are both seasonal and cyclical businesses, and some of the earliest signs of damage from the current administration’s trade war with China are beginning to reveal themselves. Traditionally a leading indicator, transportation and shipping data often take two to three quarters to show up in broader national … [Read more...] about Tariffs Accelerate Trucking and Shipping Slide
Just When You Think You Own Your Own Private Property…
By Simon Black, Sovereign Man The year was 1967. Ronald Reagan had just become governor of California. Aretha Franklin was belting out R-E-S-P-E-C-T on the radio. Marxist revolutionary leader Che Guevara was captured and executed in Bolivia. And a restaurant chain called The White Spot opened its newest location in Denver, Colorado. It was a popular diner; the White … [Read more...] about Just When You Think You Own Your Own Private Property…