Tag Archives: Economy

Socialism Does NOT Work

Posted on June 3, 2014 by The Political Hat

     There was a recent debate at the Oxford Union on whether socialism does or does not work. At the debate, Daniel Hannan, Theodore Dalrymple, Andrew Rosindell, and John Redwood make it clear the socialism does not work, and that the only … Continue reading →

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Quick Takes – Anarchists, Margin Taxes, and Progressive Oligarchs

Posted on May 8, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Another “quick takes” on items where there is too little to say to make a complete article, but is still important enough to comment on.      The focus this time: Class Warfare!!1!      Not all is well is the Progressive utopia of … Continue reading →

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California Poised to Punish the Successful

Posted on May 5, 2014 by The Political Hat

     A proposed bill, SB1372, in the California Legislature Grand Soviet, would punish profitable publicly traded firms that make enough money to pay their CEO the large salary they think he is worth by hiking the businesses taxes from 8.8% to … Continue reading →

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Hayek on Social Justice

Posted on April 17, 2014 by The Political Hat

     From Firing Line, William F Buckley Jr hosts a discussion on social justice with George Roche III (Hillsdale College) and Noble Laureate economist F. A. Hayek. Tweet

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Silicon Valley vs Diversity

Posted on March 27, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Silicon Valley and many of the larger tech companies, as well as many of their workers, tend to support Left-of-Center causes and support Hard Left candidates.  Many of these self-declared elites like to see themselves as the vanguard of a … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 10)

Posted on March 21, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Each Friday for the past few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose has been posted.      The tenth (and final) episode: How to Stay Free Tweet

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 9)

Posted on March 7, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Each Friday for the past few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose will be posted.      The ninth episode: How to Cure Inflation Tweet

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 8)

Posted on February 28, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Each Friday for the next few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose will be posted.      The eighth episode: Who Protects the Worker Tweet

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The Inequivalency of Unions

Posted on February 25, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Workers at a Volkswagen plant in Tennessee voted against organizing under the United Auto Workers (UAW).  This happened despite the fact that Volkswagen was fully supportive of this, and gave the UAW free rein to campaign as they liked.      In … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 7)

Posted on February 21, 2014 by The Political Hat

     Each Friday for the next few months, an episode of Milton Friedman’s ten-part Free to Choose will be posted.      The seventh episode: Who Protects the Consumer Tweet

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