Tag Archives: currency
How to Get Something for Nothing
The taste of a free lunch is always much richer. The smell is more aromatic. The taste is more flavorful. Most of all, the belly leaves the table more contented. But a free lunch is never really free. We thought … Continue reading
Fed Policy Reduction
To sharpen the mind and calibrate the senses we begin with an old paradox… “A man says that he is lying,” posited fourth century BC Greek philosopher Eubulides of Miletus. “Is what he says true or false?” You tell us… … Continue reading
Property Confiscation Is Coming
Outright property confiscation by governments is something that’s ardently disparaged here at the Economic Prism. There’s no justification we can rationalize for state sponsored theft. This includes penalizing those who are young and healthy with a disproportionate burden of a … Continue reading
Things Are Getting Better and Other Popular Lies
The President says things are getting better. The economy’s improving. There will be prosperity for all in our time. But if you live outside the Washington beltway, and earn your living through honest means, you know this is essentially a … Continue reading
