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These are the opening scenes of "Ladri di Biciclette" (the bicycle thief). It's rated 98%! on "rottentomatoes.com". ...

The establishment of the Federal Reserve in 1913 has never created any benefit.   Instead, it only facilitated increased leverage in th...

Just a little observation: European "welfare" states have functioned in the past because notwithstanding legislative craziness, pe...

First off, here's the article that got me pondering: http://www.dailyfinance.com/2011/10/25/surprise-heres-where-your-tax-dollars-go/ ...

Headline during testimony of Ben Bernanke before Congress today: "Does not see any bubbles in the economy at the moment". The hi...

There are the ones driven by money and power, the paper pushers who revel in reading up on regulations and find schemes on how to squeeze a ...

Compromise: Some want to get the deficit to zero, some want it to be 10% of income. In real life, compromise would be perhaps 5% deficit, i...