TEA PARTY ECONOMIST

The TEA PARTY ECONOMIST Ron Paul's original staff economist, Dr. Gary North! Monday, March 4, 2013

A "Christian" Attack on Walmart and Anyone Who Shops There Gary North's Reality Check I wrote a critique of Leftist commentator James Howard Kuntsler, who praises local government action to make it illegal to open a Walmart store or any other "big box" store, as he calls them. You can read my critique here: http://www.garynorth.com/public/10717.cfm Kunstler has coined a phrase to describe Tea Party supporters: ... READ MORE Video: The Secret of Success — Really Byron Reese had a goal: to speak at a TED conference. He achieved it. He is an entrepreneur. He has started several companies. One of them, "Expert Village," he sold to eHow. He had two ideas (pre-YouTube). "First, bandwidth will get cheaper. Second, Americans don't like to read." The result: Expert Village. It is a ... READ MORE Video: A 15-Year-Old Invents a Test for Pancreatic Cancer. Cost: 3 cents. It also works for lung cancer. This will revolutionize cancer detection. It can be done in five minutes. It is 90% accurate. Existing procedures are 70% accurate and cost $800. His procedure costs 3 cents. The Internet made this possible. I wonder how long it will take for physicians to adopt it. ... READ MORE Libre Office: Close, But No Cigar We are told by reviews that Libre Office is better than Open Office, which for years has been a free alternative to Microsoft Office. Why is Libre Office better? Because there are more coders working on it. "But when Oracle bought Sun, legions of developers abandoned OpenOffice, and instead threw in with a forked version... READ MORE Can You Answer This Left-Wing Defender of Controlled Local Markets? I wrote an article on a far-Left critic of the free market. His name is James Howard Kunstler. You can read it here: http://www.garynorth.com/public/10717.cfm. He responded in the tried and true way that most Lefties respond when they cannot answer your arguments. He cried "fascist." Better than that: he cried "corn-pone Nazi." You can read ... READ MORE The Myth of Telecommuting The vast majority of Americans drive to the office and then drive home. They do not telecommute. Working at home by means of the Internet is not a popular option. Over 80% of Americans do not work at home part time. It turns out that most of the hours worked by telecommuting are put in ... READ MORE Panic at NASA: Sequester May Delay Useless Projects The head of NASA, the flying turkey, is concerned that sequestration may lead to budget cuts. It may turn out that NASA will not send a crew to an asteroid in 2025. (I thought Bruce Willis did this years ago.) It may even stop the manned flight to Mars in 2030. Had you heard of ... READ MORE Global Warming: "Who Cares?" A Huge International Poll Reveals A poll of 22,000 people internationally in 2012 revealed that environmental concerns are at their lowest point in 20 years. The scam is losing traction. This is creating panic among the scammers. While respondents clearly still had grave environmental concerns, fewer people were "very concerned" about various environmental issues than at any point in the ... READ MORE Billionaire Mayor Bloomberg Says There Are No Limits on Federal Spending Nanny Bloomberg is nothing if not forthright. He is rich, powerful, and a liberal. He does not care what anyone thinks. Here are his views on the federal deficit. We are spending money we don't have. It's not like your household. In your household, people are saying, ‘Oh, you can't spend money you don't have.' ... READ MORE Fears of a Popped Bubble: China's Real Estate Boom Falters CBS News' 60 Minutes ran a feature on China's real estate bubble. It's worse that anyone has heard. It has begun to pop. Today, the news is that China's property-related shares are falling because of fears regarding this popped bubble. As must as 30% of China's economy is housing-related. The biggest bubble in history has ... READ MORE