Whirlpool Asks for Mercantilism, Forces Consumers to Pay More

by Bob Adelmann | 5:11 am, January 7, 2012

Once again, here is another example of a big company that has figured out how to “game” the system: support the free market when they win, but run to Mother Government when the competition gets too rough.

Christmas Redux: Americans Live Better for Less Thanks to Market Innovation

by Bob Adelmann | 5:53 pm, December 29, 2011

This article didn’t start out to talk about Sears’ problems, but it was a perfect fit to illustrate the “creative destruction” of the market economy and its impact on companies including big and once-successful stores like Sears.

Ranking the Top Political Stories in Colorado for 2011

by elpresidente | 6:21 am, December 22, 2011

People’s Press Collective has thrown together a quick, informal, and non-intended-to-be-scientific-but-fun-anyway survey for our readers to rank their Top Political Stories in Colorado for the past year. There have been some doozies, which would be an understatement.

Trump Claims He was Blackmailed by Republicans

by Bob Adelmann | 7:55 am, December 18, 2011

Of all the people who are disappointed that Trump won’t be moderating the debate (if there is one), Trump himself is probably the most disappointed. According to The Donald, “millions of people are following what I say,” and now he won’t be able to say it.

Chavez Imposes Price Controls to “Protect the People from Capitalism”

by Bob Adelmann | 12:46 pm, November 30, 2011

The standard economic mantra is “Price controls never work.” By that it is meant that such controls never solve the inflation problem created by printing money. But remember what’s really at stake here: “people controls.” And since Chavez is an avowed socialist, price fixing is just another move to control people.

Happy Exuberant Friday

by Ari Armstrong | 11:38 am, November 23, 2011

The Objective Standard has published my latest article, “Call It Exuberant Friday, Not ‘Black Friday.’” I write about the day:What’s so black about it? Stores and city streets glitter with holiday lights. Shoppers, often in bright-colored clothing, c…

Happy Exuberant Friday

by Ari Armstrong | 11:38 am, November 23, 2011

The Objective Standard has published my latest article, “Call It Exuberant Friday, Not ‘Black Friday.’” I write about the day:What’s so black about it? Stores and city streets glitter with holiday lights. Shoppers, often in bright-colored clothing, c…

Brave New Films Bravely Fails in Koch “Setup”

by T.L. James | 11:45 am, November 13, 2011

Oops. “Truth-telling” filmmaker Robert Greenberg needs to find less-inept assistants. Apparently, in trying to “prove” that the Kochs are “unresponsive” to critics, Greenberg’s team made several phone calls to a Koch number in rapid succession, leaving a recorded message each time — and in a couple of cases, accidentally recording themselves after they thought they’d [...]

The Misdirected Anger of the Occupiers

by Vande Krol | 4:58 pm, November 10, 2011

“I’ll have a hamburger, for which I’ll gladly pay you, Tuesday”. Wimpy.Comics often allow a humorous glimpse into real life. I remember growing up and reading Family Circus every Sunday, tracing Billy as he ambled from amusement to amazement th…

First Thing, Let’s Crash All The Banks

by Joshua Sharf | 11:47 pm, October 31, 2011

The latest idea from MoveOn.org and their friends and OWS is to withdraw all their money from the “Wall Street Banks,” and to move it to smaller, community banks and credit unions on November 5th.  If such a move were to take place on the scale they’d like, it would be a deliberately created bank [...]

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