100 Entrepreneurs Who Changed The World

We hear about it all the time. After a natural disaster, or during times of civil unrest such that transpired recently in Ferguson, businesses price gouge items in high demand. Water or a ride away from a dangerous area become expensive commodities. The instinct is to chastise such actions as immoral and selfish. But a…

Given the actions of the Federal Reserve, particularly over the last twenty years or so, we have become accustomed to the fixing of interest rates as normal. Indeed, there appear to be benefits for many from such policies, at least in the near term. After all, given mortgage rates as low as 2% to 3%,…

At the beginning of the Cold War, George Kennan introduced the idea of “containing” an unfriendly state as part of  his work on U.S. policy toward the Soviet Union. Later the idea of containment was implemented in part through the use of economic sanctions. It was based on two assumptions: For both ideological and geopolitical…

As a result of the defeat in World War I, Germany had to pay reparations in gold or foreign currency, in annual installments of 2 billion goldmarks plus 26 percent of the value of Germany’s exports.

Photo by Stephen D. Melkisethian 10.Where Capitalism Failed, the Government Saved Us The whole of the false narrative we are taught about the Great Depression, Franklin Roosevelt, and the New Deal, is that government saved us where the free market failed. By citing false causes and constructing a false history, they attempt to sway people…

1. Iron Man Tony Stark is an unrepentant playboy billionaire who inherits his father’s company, Stark Industries, which makes weapons for the US military. Tony soon learns the lessons of military-industrial complex that Eisenhower warned Americans about in his farewell speech. Tony finds out his weapons are getting into the hands of American enemies when…