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 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cFXRFlvE3s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De-2rFhL6Dw  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 http://youtu.be/t0fI8n-WbYs Clips Clip 1  

Topics Berkshire Hathaway Annual Letter Intellectual Property with Stefan Molyneux Freedomainradio is not free! Videos http://youtu.be/2ek0awHpSvo http://youtu.be/1t6j50Tkwy0 Links Berkshirehathaway.com: 2012 Letter  

Topics Business Cycle deja vu IP Showdown: Kinsella vs. Wenzel - Sunday April 7, 2013 The poor maligned salesman Videos http://youtu.be/mCM7Qj6W_wQ?t=45s http://youtu.be/hzipW1B57XQ?t=18m25s   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 http://youtu.be/q9aFHFqcKvo 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?   

"What a fantastic win-win situation," Stefan Molyneux on knock-off products

 Topics Adam Kokesh tackles the IP issue with guests Stefan Molyneux and Jeffrey Tucker Links Adam vs The Man on IP [language warning] 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 https://twitter.com/kim_tastiic/status/295615587973992450 https://twitter.com/kim_tastiic/status/295615753472856064 https://twitter.com/DebbieMacAlpin/status/295958723397050368   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 babysitting 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 babysitting co-op 1998 Babysitting Co-op (pdf)    

Podcast: The Minutemen - revolutionaries or fashionista?     http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=03pwNZGFr64   Topics The fiscal sell-out The Free State Project Minutemen, more than mascots Video http://youtu.be/5B9ycOLil7s?t=23s http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XxsuYsyBzAo 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