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FreeMarketNews

• Gold Demand up 56%

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:49pm PST

  Demand for gold smashed the previous record in the three months between July and September as fearful investors switched funds from the stock market....

• Financial Crisis Shutting Down World

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:48pm PST

  Cargoes are rotting on the docks around the world, unable to be delivered, due to a lack of financing....

• UK: 2 Speeding Tickets, Yer Out

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:45pm PST

  Motorists could be automatically banned from the road after two speeding tickets under government reforms unveiled today....

• Oil Closes Below $50

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:44pm PST

  The price of oil is in the middle of a hair-raising drop....

• PC Magazine Cease Printing Paper

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:43pm PST

  Ziff Davis Media announced Wednesday that it was ending print publication of its 27-year-old flagship, PC Magazine....

• Time Promises Jolie Top Coverage?

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:42pm PST

  When Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt negotiated with People and other celebrity magazines this summer for photos of their newborn twins and an interview, the stars were seeking more....

• Track to Nominate Clinton

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:40pm PST

  President-elect Barack Obama is on track to nominate Hillary Rodham Clinton as secretary of state after Thanksgiving, an aide to his transition said Thursday....

• San Francisco Electric Car Capital

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:37pm PST

  San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States....

• San Francisco Electric Car Capital

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:37pm PST

  San Francisco Bay Area cities promised to build the electric car capital of the United States....

• Russia Set to Extend Presidential Term

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:35pm PST

  The Russian parliament was expected Friday to approve a constitutional amendment to extend the presidential term from four to six years....

RedStateEclectic

• Tweet from Twitter

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:59pm PST by Jayel Aheram

  @Aheram on Twitter:Why do I feel that CNN is trying to incite class warfare? Main Street v. Wall Street? Why not Capitalists v. Proletariat?Discuss. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

• Smoke Screen

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:57pm PST by Georg Thomas

  The danger of "passive smoking" is by all medical standards practically irrelevant. Insurmountable methodological problems aside, those groups identified in the underlying investigations as most heavily exposed to "passive smoking" consume the equivalent of ten cigarettes a year. Even the... [[ This ...

• A Pardon Gone Wrong

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:38pm PST by Laura Ebke

  Enclosure: [download]

  Vegans and PETA members won't want to watch this: [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

• This and That

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:46pm PST by Laura Ebke

  I have been absent for much of the day. Seems my son (5 years old) is still sick. What started out as just minor cold symptoms turned into a fever on Sunday night. The fever has persisted, rising as high... [[ This ...

Liberty Maven

• Ron Paul Wastes Chance to Deliver KO Punch to FED

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:15pm PST by Jake4Constitution

  Ron Paul failed to wipe the floor with Bernanke in the last Congressional Hearing. Here’s why. Shift tactics next time! by Jake, the Champion of the Constitution Originally published November 20, 2008 at [www.nolanchart.com] Although I greatly admire Ron ...

RedStateEclectic

• Jackson Browne v. Ohio GOP and John McCain

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:11pm PST by Jayel Aheram

  Last August, the Ohio Republican Party released a campaign commercial in support of Senator John McCain's campaign for the presidency. One of the music used in the campaign commercial in a thirty-second snippet is Jackson Browne's song Running on Empty.... [[ This ...

Taki’s Magazine

• Northern Michigan Evangelists

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:56pm PST

  In a recent phone conversation, Richard Spencer made an observation I then tried to qualify. Richard noted that Western Christians “are obsessed with being virtuous.” At a time when the Christian belief system has eroded, this fixation has led to exaggerated expressions of group self-denial ...

RedStateEclectic

• Bush's Midnight Rules: Letting It All Hang Out

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:09pm PST by Deb Yost

  After midnight, we're gonna let it all hang outAfter midnight, we're gonna chug-a-lug and shoutWe're gonna cause talk and suspicionGive an exhibitionFind out what it is all aboutAfter midnight, we're gonna let it all hang outAfter midnight, gonna shake your... [[ This ...

• Ron Paul Answers

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:05pm PST by Laura Ebke

  I think I linked last week to the first portion of the New York Times' Freakonomics blog which asked Ron Paul some questions. Here's the second portion of the interview. And here's a piece, regarding something Dr. Paul doesn't talk... [[ This ...

lowercase liberty

• the future of antiquity: Google map of Ancient Rome

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 4:08pm PST by bkmarcus

  I learned about this one from an ancienthistory.about.com mailing: Just Perfect for Us: Google Map of Ancient Rome Wednesday November 12, 2008 Google Earth has made possible a vision of Imperial Rome in 320 A.D. (Constantine's time) showing more than 6000 ...

RedStateEclectic

• Brought to the Bidding of the Leaders

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 3:54pm PST by Georg Thomas

  In a comment to this post, Eric Parks offered a quote from Goering - Hitler's deputy - : "Why, of course, the people don't want war," Goering shrugged. "Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his... [[ This ...

• Thanksgiving in One Week!

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 3:00pm PST by Eric Parks

  Think you know Turkey? Take the quiz. [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

Mises Economics Blog

• Have No Fear

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:51pm PST

  Obama will end the business cycle with more regulation and redistribution (YouTube)....

Taki’s Magazine

• L’amour allemand

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:34pm PST

  NEW YORK--Arletty was a great French star of the silver screen during the Thirties and Forties, but she was also known for a few outspoken apophthegms about having sex with a German officer during the occupation. ‘If you hadn’t let them in, I wouldn’t have ...

Liberty Maven

• Ron Paul Is My President, New York Times Interview Part 2

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:04pm PST by Marc Gallagher

  The second part of Ron Paul’s New York Times interview with the Freakonomics blog demonstrates why the man garnered so much support for his GOP primary campaign. Try the following experiment. First, do an online search for video interviews from President-elect Obama and our current ...

• Why Socialism is Evil

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 11:43am PST by Mike Miller

  Walter E. Williams, one of Liberty Maven’s Liberty Heroes, has a new column in his “A minority View” series, called Evil Concealed by Money, in which he illustrates the inherent “evil” with the tenants of Socialism: Imagine there’s an elderly ...

Taki’s Magazine

• Men Are Bottle Rockets; Women are Cuckoo Clocks

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 10:11am PST

  I’m working on too many speculative projects—and putting off the one that I’m sure would sell the best. Since I fear I’ll never get around to writing the thing, I’ve decided to spill the idea. If one of you can bang it out before I ...

lowercase liberty

• pub pot pie and a pint

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 9:34am PST by bkmarcus

  Great post, Carolyn. Brought back many memories, from my longtime love of my Oma’s burnt peas (she isn’t English, but she is a British citizen, so perhaps the paperwork has something to do with the culinary influence) to my very ...

RedStateEclectic

• This Is What a Depression Looks Like

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 9:31am PST by Eric Parks

  Gleaming new Mercedes cars roll one by one out of a huge container ship here and onto a pier. Ordinarily the cars would be loaded on trucks within hours, destined for dealerships around the country. But these are not ordinary... [[ This ...

• Legally Disarmed Victims

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:43am PST by Jayel Aheram

  From the LRC Blog: The piracy case in Somalia is a perfect example of victim disarmament at sea. Most merchant ships are forbidden by their countries' laws from having weapons on board (a ban which is enforced by rigorous inspections),... [[ This ...

Mises Economics Blog

• They Don't Call It a Correction for Nothing

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 8:35am PST

  After decades of Fed-stimulated profligacy, the virtue of frugality has returned with a bang, as AP business writer Dan Sewell reports. ...

• The Over-reliance on State Classifications: "Employee" and "Shareholder"

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:43am PST

  The state takes over and corrupts many institutions and aspects of life--roads, communications, law and justice, healthcare, money, defense, police, finance and banking, and education (see, e.g., Hoppe's Banking, Nation States and International Politics: A Sociological Reconstruction of the Present Economic Order. In so ...

• The Wonderful World of Disney

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:27am PST

  Congratulations to Daniel Finkelstein for his defense of a brilliant but smeared entrepreneur, Walt Disney. Finkelstein also shows a rare understanding and appreciation of an economic hero. As the London Times sums up his article, "As the cartoon rodent reaches 80, we should celebrate ...

• Joe the Plumber on Mises

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 7:18am PST

  Thanks to Norm Singleton for alerting me to Joe the Plumber 's book recommendation in the Christmas issue of The American Spectator: The Theory of Money and Credit by Ludwig von Mises. The book is a 1912 study of monetary theory. It ...

• Politician: it's not your money

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 6:40am PST

  So says Michigan Republican Congressman Joe Knollenberg chastising opposition to the auto bailout. Apparently it's not taxpayers money, it's not your money -- it's his. I should note, my mom just bought a new car and qualified for financing. So he's wrong again about ...

• Jobarama: Obama's "Investment"

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:51am PST

  With all of the talk of how charismatic Barack Obama is, or of his oratory ability--and especially given his recent presidential victory--it is time to engage in a deeper economic critique of Obama's actual policies, writes Chris Brown. Once we see the true effects ...

• Why I Choose Low-Quality Health Care

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:45am PST

  Before the renewed discussions and debates over socialized healthcare begin in earnest, I want to make my preference known to all: I desire low-quality healthcare. All right, to be straightforward, I do not actually desire low-quality healthcare; I simply do not desire high-quality healthcare ...

RedStateEclectic

• Old Hickory=Barack Obama

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:28am PST by Laura Ebke

  [[ This is a content summary only. Visit my website for full links, other content, and more! ]] ...

FreeMarketNews

• Great Deception as Gold Hits Highs

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 5:20am PST

  Amazingly, while gold and other commodity related stocks continued to be sold off to levels that are at deep discounts to their intrinsic value in October, gold continued to break to new all time highs in most major currencies. On October 9th and 10th gold ...

RedStateEclectic

• Don't Bail Out Detroit

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 4:35am PST by Laura Ebke

  Mitt Romney, who drove some of us crazy with some of his posturing and pandering, still has some potential, I think. He's got an OpEd up in the New York Times which I, for the most part, agree with: IF... [[ This ...

EconLog

• Is Zero a Lower Bound for Interest Rates?

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 3:09am PST by Arnold Kling

  (November 20, 2008 11:09 AM, by Arnold Kling) Suppose that the Federal Funds rate falls to zero. Does that mean that we are in the infamous liquidity trap, in which the Fed is powerless to use open market operations to affect the economy? I think ...

• Incentive Ceiling

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 1:47am PST by David Henderson

  (November 20, 2008 09:47 AM, by David Henderson) As someone who has taught economics for 28 of the last 33 years, I thought I had pretty much seen everything a student could come up with in an introductory course in which the issue was rent ...

• Lectures on Macroeconomics, No. 7

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:27am PST by Arnold Kling

  (November 20, 2008 08:27 AM, by Arnold Kling) With this lecture, I start to look at the second great puzzle of macroeconomics. How does the financial sector affect the real economy? Before one can answer that question one needs to examine the fundamental role of ...

ROGUEGOVERNMENT.COM

• FAO Chief Calls For New World Agricultural Order

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  FAO Chief Calls For New World Agricultural Order...

• Dems Delay Auto Bailout Vote

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  Dems Delay Auto Bailout Vote...

• Woman Fined In Toilet Corpse Case

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  Woman Fined In Toilet Corpse Case...

• U.S. Clout Down, Risks Up By 2025

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  U.S. Clout Down, Risks Up By 2025...

• Peter Schiff On CNBC: 11/20/08

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  Peter Schiff On CNBC: 11/20/08...

• Judge Orders The Release Of Gitmo Detainees

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  Judge Orders The Release Of Gitmo Detainees...

• Mammoths Might Be Brought Back To Life

  Posted: November 20th, 2008, 12:00am PST

  Mammoths Might Be Brought Back To Life...