Business

Fighting For the Pole

by Douglas French March 14, 2012

In the era of franchised unisex stylers like Supercuts and Great Clips  it’s hard to imagine that barbers and cosmetologists are fighting over who can have a barber pole advertising their shops.  The latest legislative fights over the swirling red, white, and blue poles are in the states of Minnesota, Michigan and North Carolina. “The [...]

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A Pirate Gets Licensed

by Douglas French March 13, 2012

Obtaining an unlimited gaming license in Nevada isn’t easy.  The Gaming Control Board does months and months of investigation into an applicant’s past.  No stone goes unturned.  Youthful mistakes can keep a potential owner from opening for business.  Instead of customers deciding who has the requisite morals to plug in the slot machines and roll [...]

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Bastiat Weeps For The Billionth Time

by Manuel Lora January 25, 2012

@pablodPablo Defendini LOL self-pub is the new piracy! “@DigiBookWorld: Heard at #dbw12: Self publishing costs publishers $100 million in opportunity” 1 minute ago via Twitter for Mac Favorite Retweet Reply Mentioned in this Tweet DigiBookWorld Digital Book World · Follow Digital Book World focuses on publishing strategies, not tools; solutions, not theories; practicality, not punditry. Tweets by@mrmullin Retweeted by GAPlauche and others

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Are All TV Commercials Aimed at Ignorance?

by Wilton Alston January 8, 2012

Pretty much everyone knows–or should know–that many, and maybe most, of the points made by most politicians are of little value, amounting to little more than equine feces at best. A commercial I saw the other day illustrated that the same is true of TV commercials. (Yes, I realize that’s no discovery. But still…) The [...]

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Who Should Control the World?

by Jeffrey Tucker December 26, 2011

In the days following the gift-giving holidays, many millions of people stand in judgement over the quality of the gifts they gave and the gifts they receive. Did they arrive on time? Did the quality hold up? Did the reality match the advertising hype? The Internet ads an extra wrinkle. Anyone dissatisfied can post blistering [...]

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IBD: Mises Deserves As Much Recognition as Einstein

by Stephan Kinsella December 14, 2011

Nice article in Investor’s Business Daily on Mises, which quotes extensively from TLS blogger Jeff Tucker and Austrians Bettina Bien Greaves and Mark Thornton: Let Free Markets Work, Said Ludwig Von Mises By PETER BENESH, FOR INVESTOR’S BUSINESS DAILY Posted 12/13/2011 01:47 PM ET Ludwig von Mises was born in Ukraine, studied in Vienna, fought in [...]

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Rights Violations in the Name of Private Property

by Jeffrey Tucker December 9, 2011

[This article is based on a speech I gave at the University of Alabama, Birmingham, December 5, 2011.] You know that anti-piracy video you sometimes see at the beginning of movies? It explains how you wouldn’t steal a handbag, so neither should you steal a song or movie by an illegal download. Well, it turns [...]

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