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Jerome Powell · Great BarringtonJerome Powell testifies before a Senate Subcommittee, 2016. Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell has realistically assessed the limits of the Fed’s knowledge, models, and legislative mandate. Bravo! His candor is far superior to any “pretense of knowledge” displayed by central banks and is a sound warning of the mission creep to which their regulatory activities are tempted. Speaking at the Stanford Business School in early April, Powell o…See the Story
Chairman Powell and The Fed’s Limits
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Cats · Great BarringtonOne of my favorite cartoons chronicles a man who lives in an apartment with an aggressive cat and a nice dog. The animals can talk, and argue, but their ability to reason is about what you’d expect: crude inference based on limited observation. The man is constantly irritated by what the cat and dog call “The Magic Food Cupboard.” In the pet’s minds, the shelf where their kibble is stored is literally “where food comes from.” They attribute the …See the Story
The Magic Food Cupboard
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Great Barrington · Great BarringtonAn illustration from The Diary of a Girl in France in 1821 depicts washerwomen and tradespeople at work. 1912. In 1911, the labor activist and songwriter Joe Hill’s “The Preacher and the Slave” parodied the hymn “In the Sweet By-and-By” It dismissed the preachers’ exhortations and promises of a better future in eternity as lying, empty promises of “pie in the sky when you die” meant to keep the labor force docile and contentedly exploited.
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The Bourgeois Deal Brought Us More than Pie in the Sky
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Great Barrington · Great BarringtonFederal Open Market Committee (FOMC) participants pose for a group photo during a meeting in December 2022. A book that offers up the weighty observations of leading economists, academics, and policymakers on the highly topical subject of monetary policy should rightfully be a runaway bestseller. The trick, though, is to make the discussion not only relevant for readers, but engaging and motivating. While Americans are plenty focused on the ang…See the Story
Getting Monetary Policy Back on Track
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Apple · Great BarringtonSenator Elizabeth Warren speaks at a rally in Washington Square Park, 2019. Competitive pressures abound in a market-based economy, and companies need to determine quickly if there is a need to adjust their efforts or pivot their product offerings. Recently, Apple quit its pursuit for developing a self-driving car and has redirected efforts toward the development of in-home robotics. And this summer, we can preview what an automatized butler se…See the Story
Apple’s Big Business: Mises is Right, Sen Warren is Wrong
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Great Barrington · Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON ― With Monday’s game between Monument Mountain softball and Hoosac Valley tied entering the top of the sixth, the Spartans quickly found themselves in a game-turning and possibly season-defining moment.See the Story
Monument Mountain softball wins eighth-straight with comeback victory over Hoosac Valley
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Great Barrington · Great BarringtonInterior roof of the rotunda, Texas State Capitol. Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton was schooled on X recently. After he claimed “a unanimous 9-0 win at the Supreme Court” in a takings case, a “Readers added context” note was added to the post, noting, “Texas did not ‘win’, in fact it was the complete opposite. A 9-0 (sic) against Texas allowing the ranchers (sic) lawsuit to move forward.” You see, Paxton is defending the state from a claim fo…See the Story
Is Texas Really the Future of Freedom?
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Great Barrington · Great BarringtonGREAT BARRINGTON, Mass. (NEWS10) -- According to a statement from the Great Barrington Police Department, the bridge on Brookside Road will be closed until further notice. The Massachusetts Department of Transportation will announce when the bridge is reopened.
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Brookside Road Bridge closed until further notice
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