Tag Archives: Economics

Deep-six the income tax

Posted on March 28, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Yahoo posted a fascinating clickbait article with all kinds of numbers. What would upper-middle-income wages and salaries be like if the FedGov income tax disappeared? Depending on the various income levels in the States, working folks would take home anywhere … Continue reading →

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“Real money” or just more fake money?

Posted on March 21, 2025 by TPOL Nathan

Robert Koasawli is famous for his statement, “Silver and gold are God’s money. Everything else is fake.” The folks over at Paradigm put this chart out a couple of days ago: Gold is more than $3000/ounce. Remember that until 1934 … Continue reading →

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Black Friday economics

Posted on November 29, 2024 by TPOL Nathan

This chart was published recently. Let’s discuss it a bit, on this traditional Black Friday, so named because post-Thanksgiving/pre-Christmas sales are often the difference for retailers between “being in the black” (making a profit) and drowning in red ink for … Continue reading →

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A new Greater East Asian war?

Posted on October 21, 2021 by TPOL Nathan

In the last commentary, we looked at what has been screamed and done in the past few weeks around Taiwan, China, Australia and that region. So why is everyone in the Western Pacific/East Asia area pushing so hard that war … Continue reading →

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If I pay you enough, will you take my oil?

Posted on April 21, 2020 by TPOL Nathan

I admit that I have never completely understood the futures market in commodities, much less the entire derivatives system. But it was a negligent discharge this week.

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Recycling and government

Posted on September 5, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton In a recent commentary, I published part of an article by an economics professor, Michael Munger, about recycling and the economics of it. Dr. Munger rightly points out that modern curbside and drop-off recycling is more a … Continue reading →

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Stupid government tricks – recycling

Posted on August 25, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

The following is taken from an article by Michael Munger, an economics professor.  It points out the stupidity of recycling as usually run by governments (and sometimes even by for-profit and non-profit groups).  My wife and I have long taught … Continue reading →

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Latest weapons industry advocacy bill introduced in Senate

Posted on January 13, 2019 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton The delightful and compassionate senior Senator for California led a cabal of dozens of Democratic senators in introducing this important bill in the US Senate this week. According to a press release by the revered Conscript Mother, … Continue reading →

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Arrogance (and stupidity) beyond belief

Posted on July 23, 2017 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton This was discussed in Laissez Faire today.  It is incredible – and I was sure it must be from The Onion. (It was only in one of LF’s e-mail newsletters, so no link.  But even New Scientist  … Continue reading →

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Population growth, economics, freedom, and religion

Posted on December 28, 2016 by TPOL Nathan

By Nathan Barton One of the interesting news items last week was that Utah’s population crossed the 3.0 million mark as it became the nation’s fastest-growing state over the last year. Its population increased 2.0 percent to 3.1 million from … Continue reading →

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