Tag Archives: Economy

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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Green Energy: Bird Slaughtering Death Rays

Posted on February 18, 2014 by The Political Hat

     The “environmentally friendly” method of “green energy” production using wind farms, has been known for some time now to also result in the wanton slaughter of birds, including many endangered species.  But now we can add another “environmentally friendly” method … Continue reading →

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 6)

Posted on February 14, 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 sixth episode: What’s Wrong With Our Schools Tweet

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 5)

Posted on February 7, 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 fifth episode: Created Equal Tweet

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Free to Choose Friday (Part 4)

Posted on January 31, 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 fourth episode: From Cradle to Grave Tweet

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