Why what you think you know about economics is probably wrong, why you don’t have to be an economist to understand it, and why it means the whole “job creator” narrative can be thrown out.... [More]

Digging in to modern classic liberalism which includes laissez-faire capitalism, we're forced to ask whether our most revered philosophers really deserve the adulation and fealty they're shown by modern ideologues.... [More]

There appears to be a lot of confusion - much of it propagated by those with a vested interest in keeping people confused - about exactly why it matters that content creators be properly credited for their work, why downloading and reposting a funny graphic is a dick move but properly sharing (either by using the "share" button or by including an @ link back to the source if you're on a phone or something and have no share button) isn't, and why it blows that there are some people out there making a lot of money on other people's backs and you are helping them do it. Here's my attempt - again - at explaining it.... [More]

KISS bass player Gene Simmons recently endorsed Mitt Romney for president citing Romney's "success" as a businessman. What Simmons fails to realize (as do many other "America is a business" pundits) is that what's good for a business or an industry isn't always good for a national economy.... [More]

A common refrain from the libertarian right in the US is that government should get out of the way and let the free market handle everything, from road construction to charity and social welfare. Should it?... [More]