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The Stunning Rise of Bitcoin in Venezuela

by Ben Ramanauskas Ever since Hugo Chavez came to power in 1999, Venezuela has been subjected to socialist policies. For example, it has undertaken a colossal social spending program, combined with price and labor-market controls. As the Government spent more and more, it was forced to rely on the profits of the State-owned oil company,…

Ben Carson: ‘Why Continue to Have a Fiat Currency?’

By Lina Bryce During an interview on economics last week, 2016 GOP presidential candidate Ben Carson said that as president he would not agree to any government spending increases and to the delight of many fiscal conservatives, questioned U.S. monetary policy. Carson said: Now the only reason that we can sustain that kind of debt is because…