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One of the most repeated lessons we see over and over again throughout human history is that bumbling politicians almost invariably try to ‘fix’ inflation with price controls. Emperor Diocletian famously imposed strict price controls across the Roman Empire in 301 AD to fight off inflation that had resulted from
On Wednesday July 3rd in the year 1315, King Louis X of France– also know as “Louis the Headstrong”– issued a groundbreaking edict. “Whereas, according to natural right, everyone should be born free. . .” he began. “Many persons amongst our common people have fallen into the bonds of slavery,
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. Oregon Schools To Provide Tampons in Boys’ Bathrooms A new law taking effect this fall requires all schools in Oregon to
Longtime readers know that, with few exceptions, I typically don’t invest in the stock market. And my reasons are numerous: For starters, stocks are one of the most highly manipulated asset classes in the world. For years, stock prices have been heavily influenced by central bank monetary policy, election outcomes,
Zhang Hongbing was 14 years old when the Cultural Revolution began to sweep China in 1966. But even though the Chinese Communist Party had already been in power for nearly two decades by that point, Chairman Mao still believed that there was too much capitalist influence in China. So he
By the early Spring of 1696, England was on the brink of a major currency crisis that had been building for decades. This was back in an era where English money was primarily silver; more than 1,000 years ago, in fact, Britain’s pound sterling was originally struck by Anglo-Saxon kings
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. CDC Secretly Tracked Americans’ Locations During COVID Lockdowns During the pandemic, the CDC (Centers for Disease Control and Prevention) secretly tracked
Looking to obtain residency in sunny Greece, but don’t want to throw $250K at a Golden Visa property? With the country’s residency program for Financially Independent Persons (FIP), you’re officially in luck. Let’s take a look at what’s required, and why this option makes a lot of sense… Getting Greek
Elon Musk may be the richest man in the world, but he has a long way to go before he catches up with Jakob “The Rich” Fugger—a powerful merchant banker who lived in the 1500s. (Fugger’s name rhymes with ‘cougar’, not ‘bugger’. But as you’ll see below, it was aptly
Here’s our Friday roll-up of the most ridiculous stories from around the world that are threats to your liberty, risks to your prosperity… and on occasion, inspiring poetic justice. 71% Of Elementary Math Textbooks in Florida Contained Woke Indoctrination Earlier this month, Florida’s Education Commissioner announced that 132 text books
In 1962, a movie theater in Ohio screened a French film called Les Amants, which contained a risque sex scene. And, simply for showing the movie, the theater’s manager was arrested and convicted of violating Ohio’s obscenity laws. The manager appealed his conviction, and the case made it all the way
On April 8, 1985, a Texas-based energy company called Mesa Petroleum launched a hostile takeover bid for the Union Oil Company of California, or Unocal. Mesa had been founded in 1956 by legendary oilman T. Boone Pickens; and by the 1980s, Pickens had become a well-known corporate raider in the
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