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Mexican Cartel Kills the Opposition

December 2, 2019
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The Associated Press has reports coming out about slaughter near the Texas-Mexican border. It says Mexican security forces killed seven more members of a cartel assault force. Apparently the assault force rolled into a town near the Texas border.

Journalism Was Supposed to Hold the Powerful to Account – Now It Protects Them.

December 22, 2024November 10, 2019 Steve MacDonald

The Media, Da’ Media, Legacy Media, Main Stream Media, Lame Stream Media, Dinosaur Media, there are many names. These are the J-School run progressive bastions of messaging control. Their job is to craft and control what you believe to be true.

Approaching Big Tech With Antitrust

January 22, 2019

Phase I: The Historical Perspective, What is Antitrust? Broadly, the economic view is that competitive behavior should be defined as economic efficiency. Economic efficiency implies an economic state in which every resource is optimally allocated to serve each individual or entity in the best way while minimizing waste and inefficiency. Roughly speaking, it is a … Read more

A Reminder of Why We Need to Fight New Hampshire’s Many Cartels

September 26, 2018August 13, 2018 Steve MacDonald

New Hampshire has some obscene licensing rules that increase costs and prohibit or at least limit competition. Everyone agrees, except the cartel owners, and we’ve seen minor improvements in recent years. But we could do a lot better. So, I’m wondering if there’s leverage to be found in recent rulings against taxi cartels that deny them their monopoly.

In a resounding win for innovation and economic liberty, the 11^th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals unanimously ruled on Monday that taxi owners in Miami-Dade County have “no right to block competition” from ride-hailing firms like Lyft and Uber.