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Ken Burns’s The War

Posted on June 8, 2011June 8, 2011 Author Glaucon Comment(0)

Further to my previous post, here is a great summary of Ken Burns’s recent documentary “The War”, which is actually worse than his Civil War one.

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V for Vendetta: A Culturally Poignant Exposé

Posted on November 6, 2013November 6, 2013 Author Sean Dempsey

V for Vendetta is more than just a movie or another piece of mindless fiction…it is a testament of our time and rare exposé detailing just what can happen (and really what might happen in this country) if we allow our rights to be taken away. The history of Guy Fawkes circles around his 1605 […]

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When Can We Get Underway, Dammit!

Posted on May 23, 2023May 23, 2023 Author Sean Dempsey

There perhaps is no more apt analogy for our current financial crisis than the USS Titanic. Mr Ismay with his fateful line “when can we get underway, dammit!” embodies current American sentiments like “we can’t let this crisis slow us down,” “how can we fix this?” and “the USA’s banking system is just too robust […]

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Commodity Prices During “The Bernanke Era”

Posted on March 4, 2013March 4, 2013 Author kleavitt

What people today call inflation is not inflation, i.e., the increase in the quantity of money and money substitutes, but the general rise in commodity prices and wage rates which is the inevitable consequence of inflation. ~Ludwig von Mises

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