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Bernie Sanders Loves The Police

November 2, 2015November 3, 2015 Asa J 1701 Views 2015 Index of Economic Freedom, 2016 Presidential Election, Adam C. Smith, Bernie Sanders, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen, capitalism, copblock, copblock.org, Democratic-Socialism, denmark, Dr. Walter E. Williams, Drug war, Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth, Economic Freedom Index, Economics, Feel The Bern, Feel The BURN, free markets, George Mason University, government policing monopoly, Harvard’s Kennedy School of Government, heritage foundation, Lars Løkke Rasmussen, ludwig von mises, Lyft, market economy, Mercatus Center, minimum wage, Minimum Wage Cruelty, Occupational licensing, police misconduct, price system, private property, regulation, rent-seeking, ride-sharing services, socalized policing, Socialism, socialist calculation problem, Stewart Dompe, Sweden, taxi medallion, Uber, Upward Mobility Barriers, voluntary exchange, Wall Street Journal

In a retort that drew dumbfounded looks from supporters, 2016 Democratic-Socialist Presidential Candidate Bernie Sanders admitted what many critics of

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Why Government Policing Monopolies Can Neither Serve Nor Protect You

August 18, 2015May 9, 2016 Asa J 2187 Views anarcho-capitalism, arbitration, barrier of entry, capitalism, common law, competition, contract, copblock, copblock.org, cost-benefit analysis, Economic Calculation in the Socialist Commonwealth, Economics and Knowledge, F.A. Hayek, government monopoly, Hans Hermann Hoppe, knowledge problem, limited liability, ludwig von mises, market policing, monopoly, price signals, price system, private law society, private prisons, private property, regulation, socialist calculation problem, State or Private Law Society, taxation, The Use of Knowledge in Society, victimless crimes, voluntary exchange, voluntaryism, warren v. district of columbia

In 1920, the great Austrian economist Ludwig von Mises expanded on what is known as the “economic” or “socialist calculation

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New York Holds Real Guns To Retailers Heads For Selling Toy Ones

August 3, 2015February 29, 2016 Asa J 1083 Views $200, $300, 000 fine, Amazon, Attorney General Eliot Spitzer, Attorney General Eric Schneiderman, copblock, copblock.org, Dollar store, extortion, K-Mart, New York, New York attorney generals office, New York toy gun laws, regulation, Rite Aid, Sears, toy gun laws, toy guns, ToyArsenal.com, voluntary exchange, voluntaryism, Walmart, Walmart.com

Ironically, the state of New York is holding the very real guns of government against the heads of retailers like

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Uber Raided By Police In France And South Korea, Banned In Germany

March 19, 2015November 4, 2015 Asa J 2195 Views Alabama, artificial barriers to entry, boston, CEO Travis Kalanick, Chauffeurs, cheap transportation, copblock, copblock.org, Corruption, cronyism, Department of Transportation, Dishonesty, Economics, Florida, France, freedom, George Mason University, germany, government cartel, government licensing and regulation, Harassment, Korea, las vegas, longhauling, Lyft, Madison, Massachusetts, Mercatus Center, Nevada Taxi Cab Authority, New York Taxi and Limousine Commission, no victim no crime, Oregon, palm beach county, Paris, Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission, Philadelphia Parking Authority, pittsburgh, police raid, Police State, Portland, Professor Adam C. Smith, Professor Stewart Dompe, Professor Walter E. Williams, rent-seeking, Ride Sharing, right to travel, rights, Seoul, Seoul police, Sidecare, small business owners, smartphone apps, South Korea, Tampa, taxi cab, taxi service, transport laws, transportation industry, true free markets, Tuscaloosa, Uber, Uber raided, UberPop, voluntary exchange, wireless regulators, Wisconsin

The multinational ride sharing corporation Uber has been a thorn in the side of government from the very beginning. Uber

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Lemonade Vendors Stand Up to Cops, and Win!

August 12, 2013January 1, 2014 CopBlock 913 Views Activism, Agorism, Civil disobedience, lemonade freedom day, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Philadelphia PA, Philadelphia police, voluntary exchange

Lemonade Freedom Day is a civil disobedience event held every year, in protest of government agents threatening children for running

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