The Economy with Albert K Lu

Topics Whole Foods brings Easter joy to Houston kids FDIC placebo effect Be a good Keynesian – don’t recycle Videos  Links BusinessWeek.com: Cyprus customers may lose 60% on deposits Murphy vs. Krugman LewRockwell.com: Joseph Salerno

Topics Lew Rockwell: Marketing genius Jeffrey Tucker: Economic superhero Capitalism first, philanthropy second Videos  

Topics Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter Intellectual Property with Stefan Molyneux Freedomainradio is not free! Videos Links Berkshirehathaway.com: 2012 Letter  

Topics Business Cycle deja vu IP Showdown: Kinsella vs. Wenzel – Sunday April 7, 2013 The poor maligned salesman Videos   Links WSJ.com: Builders Fuel Home Sale Rise C4SIF.org: IP Debate with Wenzel Looms EconomicPolicyJournal.com: Robert Wenzel attempts to teach economics on the Peter Schiff Show The Economy with Albert K Lu: Myth of the consumption tax The Robert Wenzel Show: The role of salesmen    

Topics Emerging market trends Doug Casey on the scarcity of successful libertarians John Mackey explains how he became a free-market libertarian Update on RonPaul.com controversy Video Links Bloomberg: Gold slumps Bloomberg: S&P500 caps first weekly drop in 2013 Bloomberg: TI lifts dividend 33%; boosts buyback plan Bloomberg: Pound drops to lowest since July 2010 Bloomberg: US citizens seek exit Bloomberg: Paulson looks offshore LRC: John Mackey interview LRC: Doug Casey interview

Topics Ron Paul vs. RonPaul.com State of the Union Government cannibalism US Postal Service scrapping Saturday delivery Links Buzzfeed.com: Ron Paul files international trade mark dispute against RonPaul.com Washington Post: social media to save US Postal Service?   

 Topics Adam Kokesh tackles the IP issue with guests Stefan Molyneux and Jeffrey Tucker Links Adam vs The Man tackles IP (skip to 1 hr mark) Adam vs The Man on IP CNET: Newegg wins key lawsuit against patent troll Stephan Kinsella: Against Intellectual Property Stefan Molyneux: Freedomain Radio Jeffrey Tucker: Patent bubble at its end  

 Subscribe in a reader  Topics Mises Circle Houston Summary Twitticisms of the Austrian School Are we naive? Was Mises wrong on methodology? Consumption vs. investment – Should the government decide? Twitter Austrian economics is naive..they say govt shouldn’t mess with the economy but in doing so,ignore the monopolistic inclination of capital — CNN Lies (@kim_tastiic) January 27, 2013   Links Harry Dent attacks Mises on methodology

Intellectual property debate - @JeffreyATucker smashes conventional wisdom

Coercion and failure, the Armstrong-USPS legacy Topics Mises Circle in Houston Jan 26, 2013 Armstrong’s confession Armstrong vs. USPS Media gets facts but misses story on real estate recovery Germans call in gold from US and France. Links The Mises Circle in Houston, Jan 26, 2013 The legendary Mises Kreis Huffingtonpost.com: Postal service out of money Bloomberg.com: Housing recovery saves 8 million underwater homeowners Washingtonpost.com: Germans want gold back Bloomberg.com: (Video) Germans want gold back  

Challenging the myth of the consumption tax Topics The Mises Circle in Houston, TX Jan 26, 2013 The consumption tax myth Revisiting the baby-sitting co-op Videos http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nJPmsGUetVw http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lCQ_N9wj41Q   Links The Mises Circle in Houston, TX NYTimes: Krugman on mental monetary disorders Slate.com: Krugman on baby-sitting co-op 1998 Baby-sitting Co-op (pdf)

Podcast: The Minutemen – revolutionaries or fashionista? The Hancock is on display at the North Bridge Visitor Center, Minute Man National Historical Park (174 Liberty St. Concord, MA.)       Topics The fiscal sell-out The Free State Project Minutemen, more than mascots Video Links Schiff: Congress sells us down river CBO: Fiscal relief = Inflationary agony CNN: Fiscal cliff deal stops many tax hikes, but leaves big issues pending Free State Project: Move to New Hampshire! Huffington Post: Concord bans water Minute Man Park: Come see this historic cannon, but leave yours at home  

Hey Santa, you didn’t build that! Topics Baseline budgeting – mechanized not legitimized The unreal-estate recovery Hey Santa! You didn’t build that! Charts Baseline budget shows under the fiscal cliff scenario, spending cuts only account for $9B (1.8%) of the deficit reduction. The remainder comes from tax increases. (Source: Robert P Murphy) Stocks, silver, and crude oil return double digits for the 12-month period ending in Oct. 2012. Video    Links Tom Woods: Scared of fiscal cliff (not really) CBO.gov: 2012-2022 Budget update (pdf) Bloomberg: Home Prices in U.S. Rose More Than Forecast in October

Bill Ackman – Activist investor or consumer rights advocate? Topics Gun violence The market as a regulator Video Bloomberg: Bill Ackman on Herbalife Links USAToday.com – Investors, companies seek distance from gunmakers

Deck the halls with fiat money, Fa la la la la Tis the season of Fed folly, Fa la la la la la la la la Darn! We all have mal-invested, Fa la la la la la la la la la Topics QE: Another $45B per month Michigan’s right-to-work law Who is Saroj? Peter Schiff fires back on taxes Mass hysteria over public transit Charts  Links Bloomberg: Bernanke press conference NBC: Michigan’s right-to-work law NYTimes.com: Schiff- The fantasy of a 91% Top Income Tax Rate Freakonomics Podcast: Mass Transit Hysteria The Economy Podcast (download)