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Nationalizing 5G Is the Wrong Way for the US to Compete With China

The Department of Defense appears to be making an unpopular move to develop a national 5G network, an idea that seemed dead on arrival following near-universal opposition in 2019. Among those opponents is President Donald Trump. On the surface, the idea may seem admirable: a secure 5G network to compete with China. China is undoubtedly a huge problem when it…

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When Atlas Is Washing His Hands

What happens when Atlas stops holding up the world? In Ayn Rand’s famous (and if I may add brilliant) novel Atlas Shrugged, the producers of the world eventually get fed up with government’s continuous strangling harassment and quit. Spoiler alert: The world doesn’t fare well without the producers who keep society moving…working…innovating…building. Now, imagine a…

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Libertarianism Is Not Equipped To Address Child Exploitation

It seems like a new firestorm is ignited every year in the Libertarian party regarding child exploitation. This year it happened early. No party offers a silver bullet to address every problem. But on this very important one, The Libertarian Party doesn’t even have their guns loaded. On January 19th, Podcaster Tyler Bluntman (Tyler Breen)…

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I, Coffee: Why You Should Thank 1,000 People for Your Cup of Morning Joe

Your morning cup of coffee, A.J. Jacobs wants you to know, is a miracle of human cooperation. Jacobs writes in his book, Thanks A Thousand: A Gratitude Journey, “This marvel I see before me is the result of thousands of human beings collaborating across dozens of countries.” Jacobs continues: It took the combined labor of…

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Business Ethics and Morality of the Marketplace

Who do people consider to be less ethical or honest than either telemarketers or used car salesman? If you said Washington politicians, you’d be right on the button. According to Gallup News Services, members of Congress are right at the bottom of perceived ethical behavior and honesty. Every year Gallup issues the results of a…

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The Most Beautiful Disruption in Media

On Tuesday, Disney will release an amazing thing that no one on the planet could have anticipated 10 years ago: a service that streams Disney programming on the Internet available to subscribers for $7 per month. It competes with Amazon (100 million subscribers), Hulu (28.5 million customers), and Netflix (158 million subscribers). The massive programming assets plus…

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‘I Suggest Farmers … Immediately Buy More Land’: Trump, China Reach ‘Phase One’ Of Tentative Trade Agreement

Audrey Conklin President Donald Trump said he reached “phase one” of a tentative U.S.-China trade deal after meeting with Chinese Vice Premier Liu He Friday. The announcement comes amid a 15-month-long trade war involving back-and-forth tariffs, blacklists and threats to and from both countries as the administration attempts to hold China accountable for its trade tactics. The president told reporters in the Oval…

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12 Truth Bombs from Milton Friedman

American economist Milton Friedman rose to prominence in the second half of the 20th century as one of the leading critics of the prevailing economic theories of John Maynard Keynes, whose mixed economy model became the standard for many developed nations during and after the World War II-era. Born in Brooklyn to a Jewish family…

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Art Sucks: Punk Rock and the Invisible Hand

Punk rock was the anthem of an era. The theme-song of a decade. The voice of a generation. Everything about ripped jeans, combat boots, sneering teenagers, and the screaming lyrics of the Sex Pistols to the rhythmic mumbles of the Ramones defined disdain for control. The headquarters of Punk was a bar in the Hell’s…

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‘We Don’t Want To Be Servants To The Chinese!’: Trump’s New Tariffs Against China Take Effect

Audrey Conklin The U.S. imposed a 15% tariff Sunday on Chinese imports valued at $111 billion in 2018 including tools, apparel, footwear and electronics, The Wall Street Journal reported. An second 15% tariff on $156 billion worth of Chinese smartphones, laptops, toys, video games, among other things, will be implemented on Dec. 15, according to WSJ. “Tariffs…