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Alas, Peasant Protests No Germination of ‘Chinese Spring’

Monday, September 19, 2016 at 7:37 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Actually, peasant protests in China are no more a portent of political revolution than worker strikes in America are. Chinese police fired rubber bullets at villagers and arrested 13 people on Tuesday in an overnight crackdown to suppress demonstrations in a southern fishing village that became internationally known five years ago for protesting land seizures. Police… Read more.

Hail, Marx! Capitalist and Communist Economies Now Indistinguishable

Thursday, September 10, 2015 at 7:50 AM
Written by Anthony L. Hall

Little is more hypocritical in public life than American capitalists championing the virtues of free markets, while depending on the government to ensure (i.e., privatize) their profits and insure (i.e., socialize) their losses. Far worse though is that the government actually sanctions this hypocrisy, primarily by having the Federal Reserve prop up the U.S. economy with monetary… Read more.