Costs Skyrocket 53 Percent For Fannie Mae’s Plush New Headquarters
By Richard Pollock What does the nearly bankrupt federal agency that helped trigger the great recession of 2008 do when top officials want a swank...
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VIDEO: Socialist Venezuela In Such Turmoil, Starving People Raid A Truck Full Of Chickens
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By JP Carroll The starving people of Venezuela resorted to stealing live chickens off a truck just to feed themselves, according to a video posted to YouTube Friday. A...
Venezuela’s Economic Collapse: A Process 50 Years in the Making
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In recent times, Venezuela has been the object of many headlines across the globe that detail its current economic predicament. Once Latin America’s most stable...
Venezuelan Socialist Dictator Endorses “Revolutionary Friend”, Comrade Bernie Sanders
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If there is one thing Bernie Sanders is trying to avoid it’s comparisons between his brand of socialism and what is happening in Venezuela. Sanders...
FDA’s E-Cigarette Regulation Is Triggering A Black Market
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By Guy Bentley The Food and Drug Administration’s (FDA) new e-cigarette regulations, which could destroy 99 percent of the market, are triggering backlash from vaping advocates...
Will the Government Screw Up Marijuana Legalization?
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Readers of The Libertarian Republic are well aware of all the problems government causes, including all the problems associated with cannabis prohibition. But if we...
South American President Up And Quits, But For Good Reason
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By JP Carroll President Rafael Correa of Ecuador will not be running for re-election as the leader of his oil rich OPEC member country which he...
1984 Debate Between Capitalists and Socialists on Morality (Video)
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This is the 1984 public debate between the Objectivists (Leonard Peikoff and John Ridpath) representing the capitalist view, against the Democratic Socialists (Gerald Caplan and...