Creating vulnerability. A
fridge that puts milk on your shopping list when you run low. A safe
that tallies the cash that is placed in it. A sniper rifle equipped with
advanced computer technology for improved accuracy. A car that lets you
stream music from the Internet. All of these innovations sound great, until you learn the risks that this type of connect- ... MORE
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Showing posts with label consumer. Show all posts
Renewed Calls For Gun Control Laws Spur Sales
by Kevin Johnson. Renewed calls for more restrictive gun laws, following a succession of fatal shootings in the United States, immediately appear to be generating a boost for the gun industry. Newly released August records show that the FBI posted 1.7 million background checks required of gun purchasers at federally licensed dealers, the ... MOREKatherine Mangu-Ward: Plastic Bags Are Good
Another thing prohibitionists get wrong. Here is a list of things that are thicker than a typical plastic grocery bag: A strand of hair. A coat of paint. A human cornea. High-density polyethylene is a miracle of materials science. Despite weighing less than 5 grams, one bag can hold 17 pounds, well over 1,000 times its own weight. At about a penny ... MOREJacob Sullum: Where Can You Smoke Legal Pot?
Out from the shadows. When the Campaign to Regulate Marijuana Like Alcohol in Massachusetts unveiled the text of its 2016 legalization initiative this month, the group highlighted several features of the measure but omitted the most interesting one. The Regulation and Taxation of Marijuana Act would allow consumption of cannabis ... MORESheldon Richman: Trumps Trade Snake Oil
High import taxes won't "make America great" again. Donald Trump may think the media stenographers are out to get him, but
if they were really doing their job, his head would be spinning. He
doesn't know how good he has it. Or maybe he does. One need only think about the questions Trump is not asked to see what I mean. Take Trump's ... MORE
Zeynep Tufekci: Why ‘Smart’ Objects May Be A Dumb Idea
Creating vulnerability. A
fridge that puts milk on your shopping list when you run low. A safe
that tallies the cash that is placed in it. A sniper rifle equipped with
advanced computer technology for improved accuracy. A car that lets you
stream music from the Internet. All of these innovations sound great, until you learn the risks that this type of connect- ... MORECharles Hugh Smith: I Sure Am Glad There's No Inflation
Don't believe your lyin' eyes. I sure am glad there's no inflation, because these "stable prices" the Federal Reserve keeps jaw-jacking about are putting us in a world of hurt. We are constantly bombarded with two messages about inflation: 1. Inflation is near-zero 2. This worries the Federal Reserve terribly, because stable prices are deflationary ... MOREFree Consumers From Renewable Power Mandates
by Thaddeus G. McCotter. Jean Jacques Rousseau, the philosophical forebear of the left, argued that civilization must be forcibly dismantled and remade because it had corrupted humanity from its original state of noble savagery. Today’s progressives, like Rousseau, would turn back the clock and command rather than persuade us to accept their ... MOREJohn Stossel - The War On Uber
Hillary attacks Uber to protect taxi cartels. Hillary Clinton gave a speech warning that the new "sharing economy" of businesses such as the ride-hailing company Uber is "raising hard questions about workplace protections." Democrats hate what labor unions hate, and a taxi drivers' union hates Uber, too. Its NYC website proclaims, "Uber ... MORERonald Bailey: Chipotle Treats Customers Like Idiots
Trying to profit from bogus GMO fears. In April, the high-class Mexican food chain Chipotle announced that it was going GMO-free. That is, the company would no longer use ingredients derived from modern biotech crops. Chipotle says it sells "food with integrity." The Merriam-Webster dictionary defines integrity as "the quality of being ... MOREWar On GMOs: The Food Is Safe, The Rhetoric Is Dangerous
Is genetically engineered food dangerous? Many people seem to think it is. In the past five years, companies have submitted more than 27,000 products to the Non-GMO Project, which certifies goods that are free of genetically modified organisms. Last year, sales of such products nearly tripled. Whole Foods will soon require labels on all ... MOREHigher Minimum Wage Leads To Price Rises And Job Losses
by Tim Worstall. We have been trying to tell people for some time now that raising the minimum wage just isn’t this costless exercise that so many seem to think it is. Raising that minimum wage means a pretty large amount of money flowing to one specific group of people in the economy. Which, given that we’ve not created any new money here, ... MORETMZ: Macy's Fires Trump, Then Takes It In The Shorts
Gutless political correctness costs chain store. Macy's is paying the price for sacking Donald Trump, because we've learned thousands of customers are cutting up their Macy's credit card in protest. Sources connected to the department store tell TMZ, Macy's has
received complaints from approximately 30,000 customers since ... MOREThe State Of Free Speech In America: Panicked Shopper Sees Nazi And Confederate Geer At Flea Market, Calls 911
by Mary Ellen Godin. Not yet a crime. Local police received a complaint when a shopper discovered Nazi and Confederate merchandise at a popular flea market last weekend, according to Chief William Wright. An officer responded to the Redwood Flea Market on South Turnpike Road Sunday to investigate the report and found Nazi and ... MOREJeffrey Tucker: Everyone Needs Freedom To Discriminate
What is liberty if not free to choose? Following the Supreme Court decision mandating legal same-sex marriage nationwide, the New York Times tells us that, “gay rights leaders have turned their sights to what they see as the next big battle: obtaining federal, state and local legal protections in employment, housing, commerce and other ... MOREHow Bitcoin Can Save You During A Financial Crisis
by Robert Taylor. A little rebellion. What would you do if the US government suddenly
announced a bank holiday, limits or bans on ATM withdrawals or other
types of cash and capital controls? Or implemented a “bail-in” where
part of your bank deposits were used to further pyramid debt and save an
oligarchical financial system? Is there any doubt ... MOREThe Effects Of The Minimum Wage Rise In San Francisco
by Tim Worstall. As we keep trying to point out to people there really isn’t anything even remotely resembling a free lunch when it comes to the discussion of wages and labor. Meaning that just because well meaning liberals wave their magic wand and decree that wages will rise there will indeed be countervailing effects. And in San Francisco, where ... MORELibertarians Are Pro-Market, Not Pro-Business
by David S. D'Amato. Big difference. There is a popular narrative that treats pro-market and pro-business essentially as synonyms, thus seeing the most libertarian-leaning candidates as those most favored by major corporate interests. The idea is that big business both desires and benefits from an environment of total laissez faire, of cutthroat ... MORE
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