The Internet’s Magna Carta Moment: Bitcoin & The Value of Strong Assurances
"A profound implication of some highly decentralized networks is the opportunity, at scale, to deliver stronger assurances than even the largest nation-states today."
Podcast: My Obamacare Nightmare
In this episode of Thoughts from Maharrey Head, I share a little bit about my Obamacare nightmare and a free market solution my family has taken advantage of.
The Myth of Scandinavian Socialism
"Denmark, Norway, and Sweden rank among the most globalized countries in the entire world. These countries all also rank in the top 10 easiest countries to do business in. How do supporters of Bernie Sanders feel about the minimum wage? You will find no such government-imposed floors on labor in Sweden, Norway, or Denmark."
The Unbearable Truth About Infrastructure and Urban Sprawl
"The first step is for Americans to learn from the successfully affordable and accessible cities of the world. Ironically, these successful cities are typically more market-based in their planning decisions than the supposedly hyper-capitalist US."
While feds double down on marijuana prohibition, businesses stop bothering
"AutoNation may represent the first wave of a coming trend as marijuana becomes more socially acceptable and companies vie for workers in the tightest labor market in 17 years. As more states legalize -- Vermont will do so in July -- more employees are testing positive on drug tests, according to a Quest Diagnostics report released last year. Positive tests for marijuana rose about 75 percent from 2013 to 2016, the study showed. Results were based on more than 10 million drug tests."
Montgomery bus segregation was a government program
"An important lesson from the extraordinary work of Martin Luther King Jr and the MIA is that without the State, segregation was untenable."
Millennials Get It Wrong about Socialism
"I’m left to conclude that they have no appreciation for how socialism actually works in the real world. The economic track record of socialism is as dismal as its human rights record. But we need not direct Millennials to history books to see it. They need only look at what has happened to former socialist countries during their own lifetimes, as these countries have moved away from socialism and towards capitalism."
On the Rio Grande, Commerce Survives by the Honor System
"We devote impressive money and manpower to the fight against illegal immigration, but meanwhile, in Big Bend, one can find a modest example of free enterprise defying borders." Continue reading →
Markets and Individual Action Helping to Undermine Obamacare
A more open healthcare marketplace within a state will help spur de facto nullification the federal program by providing an affordable alternative.
OBAMACARE: When You Put Out a Fire, What Do You Replace It With?
No matter how disastrously some policy has turned out, anyone who criticizes it can expect to hear: “But what would you replace it with?” When you put out a fire, what do you replace it with? – Thomas Sowell I agree wholeheartedly with Thomas Sowell, so you may be surprised to learn that the purpose […]