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  • China’s 3 Trillion Dollar Mistake

    Submitted by Eugen Bohm-Bawerk via Bawerk.net, When looking at the current state of the Chinese economy it is important to note what happened leading up the ongoing predicament. By managing the USD/CNY exchange rate the Chinese factory worker was essentially funding excess consumption in the United States. One of the many perks enjoyed by global […]
  • Volcano Erupts “Spectacularly” 50km From Japanese Nuclear Plant

    Last August, in a hilarious example of bad timing, Japan restarted its first nuclear reactor since the Chernobyl redux at Fukushima just as a nearby volcano was set to erupt. Sakurajima, one of the country’s most active volcanos, erupts almost constantly, but experts warned the next eruption could be “the big one”, so to speak. […]
  • Facebook’s War On Freedom Of Speech

    Submitted by Douglas Murray via The Gatestone Institute, Facebook is now removing speech that presumably almost everybody might decide is racist — along with speech that only someone at Facebook decides is “racist.” The sinister reality of a society in which the expression of majority opinion is being turned into a crime has already been […]
  • Visualizing The World’s Most Famous Case Of Deflation, Part 1

    The Great Depression was the most severe economic depression ever experienced by the Western world. As VisualCapitalist notes, it was during this troubled time that the world’s most famous case of deflation also happened. The resulting aftermath was so bad that economic policy since has been chiefly designed to prevent deflation at all costs. Setting […]
  • How Will Blockchain Technology Change the Practice of Law?

    The blockchain is the technology behind “cryptocurrencies” like Bitcoin and it could quickly make its way into the legal tech sphere. No, don’t worry, blockchains aren’t another “robots will replace lawyers” fad. Nor are they another way to ease your eDiscovery woes. Instead, blockchains are being touted as a way to aid encryption and authentication […]Read More
  • Courtney Love Wins Crazy Twitter Defamation Suit by Her Ex-Lawyer

    Twitter can be hard. Politicians accidentally tweet out compromising photos, prosecutors embarrassingly follow porn stars, and Courtney Love accidentally accuses her attorney of being “bought off.” And Love’s Twitter mishaps are just the tip of the crazy iceberg that floated in to California’s Second District Court of Appeals after Love’s former attorney unsuccessfully sued her […]Read More