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The Forgotten Holocaust

FREEMANSPERSPECTIVE The Armenian Genocide was a systematic extermination that occurred during World War One, mostly in 1915. The killers were Ottoman Turks: agents and soldiers of that government, as well as eager civilians. The slaughter took place in two phases. … Continue reading

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Silk Road Died, Bitcoin Crashed. So why am I so happy?

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com You may have heard that Silk Road – the truly free online market – was taken down today, by the FBI. In response, the price of Bitcoin crashed 24%. Yet here I am – just a … Continue reading

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The Real Reason We Don’t Yet Live Among the Stars

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com The man in the photo above is Gene Cernan, the last human to walk on the moon. Cernan left the moon in December of 1972 – more than forty years ago – and no one has … Continue reading

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What the Washington Navy Yard Shooting Really Means…

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com There was a shooting earlier this week in DC. The details are still sketchy as I write this, but it appears that a deranged man decided to kill other people for some reason. In response, the … Continue reading

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The 7 Choices Left to the Military-Industrial Complex

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Since 2002 the US government has presided over one of the most dramatic financial bubbles of all time: the bubble of the military-industrial complex. (A few will remember that Dwight Eisenhower warned Americans about this in … Continue reading

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15 Ways the World Will Change Once the “Great Boom” Hits

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com The great golden age is upon us. We haven’t seen it because we’ve been looking at the wrong things and in the wrong directions. Regardless, it is here. It has been building for some time and … Continue reading

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The New Era of Surveillance is Here

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Some have said it’s better to make decisions under the influence of alcohol than under the influence of fear. But in late 2001, Americans made an entire set of decisions under the influence of fear… and … Continue reading

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The Blow That Killed America 100 Years Ago

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com “There is a lot of ruin in a nation,” wrote Adam Smith. His point was that it takes a long time for nations to fall, even when they’re dead on their feet. And he was certainly … Continue reading

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Is the Government Out to Eat You?

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com This graph is a very typical display of the predator/prey relationship. It comes from a study on rabbits and coyotes, but the relationship is the same for all predator/prey tandems, from tiny parasites and their hosts … Continue reading

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Why Are Your Children Buying Houses for Ben Bernanke?

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Every now and then I like to look at government numbers and see what they really mean. I ran into this batch several months ago but hadn’t had time to play with them till now. What … Continue reading

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The Beauty and Dignity of the Productive Class

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com At one time I lived very close to the Field Museum of Chicago; I had a membership and spent a good deal of time there. One evening, about ten minutes before closing, I noticed that workmen … Continue reading

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How to Fix Detroit in 6 Easy Steps

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com The news is full of stories of Detroit, and understandably so. It’s an unmitigated disaster. But I know how to fix it. Seriously, I do! I have a plan that would cost the state of Michigan … Continue reading

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9 Plagues That Are Collapsing Capitalism

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com Let me be blunt: Our capitalist system is approaching failure. Or, perhaps better said: Our marginally capitalist, partly-free market systems are approaching a massive collapse. Not because of what capitalism is, mind you, but because the … Continue reading

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The Systemic Abuse of the Productive Class: It Ends When We Say it Ends

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com The productive people of this world are being abused. We all know it and we all complain about it. And most of the things we complain about (taxes, stupid laws, politicians and bureaucrats doing ridiculous things) … Continue reading

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Top 5 Reasons I Stopped Caring About Politics

By Paul Rosenberg, FreemansPerspective.com When I was young, I felt a need to understand politics, and I spent time studying. But as time progressed, I received diminishing returns on that investment. And in the past few years, I have given … Continue reading

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