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Stefan did a video a while back talking about how ineffective government oversight of the financial sector was. I remember, in particular, he had great facts about how much porn the regulators who were supposed to be watching the banks were downloading and watching (when they should have been watchi...
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So there's this documentary series coming out, and for the next few days you can view it online for free. It's basic thing is that it's pro-alternative medicine treatments for cancer and against the pharmaceutical industry in general. However, I've watched the first half of the first (two hour long)...
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Here is an article by Robert Kuttner. Have at it. http://prospect.org/article/libertarian-delusion
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(This is my first post ) Deregulation/non state enforced regulation is one of the many beauties of anarchism however it is a common misconception that sate enforced regulations are a necessary evil to protect vulnerable customers/small businesses. I was speaking to my dad (who runs a small but...
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I regularly watch a very funny, informative podcast posted by some industry leaders in the mortgage and real estate industry and I just had to share today's 5 minute video! The topic is unfortunate (govt regulation always is), but presented in a hilariously funny way in a very short 5 minute video....
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Being in real estate, I'm always reading industry news and I came across an article that really stood out to me and after researching more.. it turns out this isn't a novel idea. Apparently this is a growing trend in big cities like London and NYC. With prices in large cities climbing higher an...
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http://www.theguardian.com/technology/2014/jul/20/rise-of-data-death-of-politics-evgeny-morozov-algorithmic-regulation?commentpage=2 http://www.guardianbookshop.co.uk/BerteShopWeb/viewProduct.do?ISBN=9780241957707 The rise of data and the death of politicsTech pioneers in the US are advocating...
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I've been fielding a lot of questions on my channel about "the free market" and a common retort I get is an example of Big Corporations running wild -- that is, until you consider that the only reason they have all this power is because they made a bee line for the very government institution which...
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Hi, I just came across this report on Uber, an app that allows you to treat any registered user as a paid taxi: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2014-06-10/uber-protests-spread-across-europe-as-taxi-app-backlash-grows.html No prizes for guessing who doesn't like it... As one person put it:...
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So I was having a debate with my friend, we were talking about prostituion regulation and drug regulation. I managed to prove him wrong with statistics and reasoning towards the deregulation of prostitution, drugs, guns, etc. But then he stumped me on pollution, the sale of uranium to make nuclear w...
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Here's an interesting short history of U.S. government involvement in medicine. I hadn't heard a lot of the stuff before. Unfortunately, I think you have to sign up for an account on Quora.com to read the whole thing, but it's free and quick and you can promote your ideals on Quora anyway. http:...
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I have heard the argument that there has never been a real monopoly without government involvement. However my friends have told me otherwise (although I cannot remember their exact examples), and a good friend of mine put forward the case why we need government regulation of business in order to av...