Elections in Europe: Watch Out Austerity [Update]

Elections in Europe: Watch Out Austerity [Update]

Today, Europeans will go to the polls in three countries; France, Greece, and Serbia. Legislative elections are taking place in Greece and Serbia, and presidential elections are taking place in France and Serbia. Austerity is expected to be the big loser here, and the people responsible for austerity will be the ones taking the brunt [...]

Roots of Progress: Colonial Regulators as Early Occupy

Roots of Progress: Colonial Regulators as Early Occupy

I’ve struggled attempting to write this part, which is both the most relevant and most obscure part of this series, as well as being the last. I’ve based this largely on the work of William Hogeland, including his excellent Founding Finance series of articles (which have been moved due to a site redesign; if you [...]

Occupy's Best Visual Summation (via Oregon Live)

RI Pols Are Overhyping Fundraising Prowess

Perhaps I should be amazed and shocked by the “extraordinary” fundraising numbers that Barry Hinckley put up recently: over $300,000 by the end of the first quarter of 2012. I’m sure Mr. Hinckley’s campaign would like me to be. They certainly don’t want me to focus on the nearly ten times as much sitting U.S. [...]