What happens when a woman can do anything she wants with her body, including renting out her womb? What happens when anybody who can afford it has the right to pay medical scientists to create human life in a laboratory, and implant it into the womb of a woman who sells her body? What happens when the creation of human life is separated from basic humanity, and turned instead into a commodity?
This horror story can happen. From Slate:
There are two simple words, according to Grant Williams, which, when uttered in the ears of the high priests (and priestesses) at The Fed, equates you to 'Simple Jack' and worthy of no attention...
"Business Cycle"
Satirical comic page Viz has had its Facebook page blocked. The popular British comic magazine’s page was taken down without an explanation. Recently Facebook has changed its guidelines regarding material that could be considered inappropriate by a user of the social network, and is frequently giving out warnings, deleting posts and pulling down pages without notice.
Zero. None. Nada... that is how many Tech IPOs there has been in 2016 - the worst start to a year in recent record. Indeed, January marked the first month since September 2011 without an IPO of any kind, according to Renaissance Capital, manager of IPO-focused funds.
Authored by Steve H. Hanke of The Johns Hopkins University.
With each financial crisis, politicians of all stripes go into overdrive. They busy themselves by ducking any examination of the policy blunders that created the crisis in the first place. A favorite tactic is to fan anti-market flames. Markets get a bum wrap, and a cascade of new laws and regulations ensue.