Vivvo CMS 4.1 Capitalism Magazine http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/ Capitalism Magazine 15 ©2010 Spoonlabs d.o.o. Capitalism Magazine http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/files.php?file= http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/ Flying Blind http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/markets/6075-Flying-Blind.html Markets Fri, 27 Aug 2010 17:49:00 +0000 The major mental block is that most economists believe that an economy grows as a result of spending. Any policy that encourages spending and discourages savings and investment is considered beneficial. Unfortunately, these policies, which only succeed in growing debt and government, act more as an economic sedative than a stimulant. b1e88a79955bc0b0d2a933c89ec02aea Happy Birthday Social Security? http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/social-security/6074-Happy-Birthday-Social-Security.html Social Security Thu, 19 Aug 2010 17:13:00 +0000 Social Security is the largest social program in the world, making up over 40% of all federal spending. 5d7b8e733104ae2b38d188e82c942a0d Bernanke Out of Bullets, But Not Bombs http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/markets/6073-Bernanke-Out-Bullets-But-Not-Bombs.html Markets Thu, 02 Sep 2010 16:18:00 +0000 The Fed has always been incapable of creating real growth. de83d30ee0f5566d275d5706c5ca45e6 The Fed's Biggest Bubble http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/markets/6072-The-Feds-Biggest-Bubble.html Markets Wed, 25 Aug 2010 03:06:00 +0000 While Wall Street and Washington are petrified of the deflation boogieman, the real menace lurking in the shadows is the Fed's bond bubble. 41873f7f056d5c74af16b9b12780645a Take Your Pick: Sinking US or Soaring BRIC http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/world/europe/6071-Take-Your-Pick-Sinking-Soaring-BRIC.html Europe Fri, 20 Aug 2010 17:25:00 +0000 America is effectively bankrupt, but refuses to acknowledge the losses. 66aae3184a9ca9accae7cd1f1841c6c2 Carts and Horses http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/markets/6070-Carts-and-Horses.html Markets Mon, 23 Aug 2010 17:20:00 +0000 Capital formation (the horse) must precede production, which then allows for consumption (the cart). bd6a2192263b8863a511b4fdbe7b5e79 Towering Babble Over Cordoba House and The Politics of Islam http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/war-peace/islamic-jihad/6069-Towering-Babble-Over-Cordoba-House-and-The-Politics-Islam.html Islamic Jihad Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:59:00 +0000 Islam is more a political ideology than a religion or creed. A totalitarian agenda is intricately woven through the whole fabric of Islam, in the Koran and the Hadith. Obama, Bloomberg, Cuomo, and other politicians focus on the religious face of Islam, and ignore the far more important political face of it. 71c628fc99cf392e737ebe7285963c35 A Nexus of Nihilism http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/war-peace/islamic-jihad/6068-Nexus-Nihilism.html Islamic Jihad Tue, 17 Aug 2010 16:53:00 +0000 The Modern Left and Islam are forms of political nihilism. 43be3a5ab870de36fd83948a68cb46d5 Nancy Pelosi, Pen Pal http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/politics/6067-Nancy-Pelosi-Pen-Pal.html Politics Thu, 19 Aug 2010 16:47:00 +0000 An imaginary but wholly credible “open letter” reply from Nancy to Roger Simon. bc08d615a4d45f3c7687206d9f13fdc2 We Are All Al-Qadists Now http://www.capitalismmagazine.com/war-peace/islamic-jihad/6066-Are-All--Qadists-Now.html Islamic Jihad Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:35:00 +0000 One of the most appalling and bizarre opinion pieces about the Ground Zero mosque appeared on August 21st in The New York Times, Nicholas D. Kristof’s “Taking Bin Laden’s Side.” The op-ed closely follows and dovetails with a Times report on how opposition to the mosque has only “provoked” Islamic “extremists” and “played into their hands.“ 162ae57b5f85bf000c80eaeac45f6bf5