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by johnkarls
Mon May 27, 2024 1:48 pm
Forum: Participant Comments - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - June 19
Topic: Suggested Answers to the Second Short Quiz
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Suggested Answers to the Second Short Quiz

. After 41 years of teaching university economics, Prof. DiLorenzo joined the Mises Institute. Per mises.org - The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peac...
by johnkarls
Sat May 25, 2024 4:12 pm
Forum: Participant Comments - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - June 19
Topic: Second Short Quiz – Prof. DiLorenzo’s “Dummies Guide to” His Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics
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Second Short Quiz – Prof. DiLorenzo’s “Dummies Guide to” His Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics

. After 41 years of teaching university economics, Prof. DiLorenzo joined the Mises Institute. Per mises.org - The Mises Institute is a non-profit organization that exists to promote teaching and research in the Austrian School of economics, individual freedom, honest history, and international peac...
by johnkarls
Fri May 24, 2024 2:28 pm
Forum: Participant Comments - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - June 19
Topic: Suggested Answers to the First Short Quiz
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Suggested Answers to the First Short Quiz

. The following is offered by someone who majored in economics before going to law school in 1964 – but has been a keen observer for the ensuing 60 years. **************** A. Introduction – The “Dismal Science” Question 1 Has economics been called the “dismal science”? Answer 1 Yes. Question 2 Was t...
by johnkarls
Thu May 23, 2024 7:46 am
Forum: Participant Comments - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - June 19
Topic: First Short Quiz – THE BASICS: Economics 101 (Micro or Price Theory) and Economics 102 (Macro or Fiscal/Monetary Theory)
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First Short Quiz – THE BASICS: Economics 101 (Micro or Price Theory) and Economics 102 (Macro or Fiscal/Monetary Theory)

. The following is offered by someone who majored in economics before going to law school in 1964 – but has been a keen observer for the ensuing 60 years. **************** A. Introduction – The “Dismal Science” 1. Has economics been called the “dismal science”? 2. Was this phrase coined in the 17th ...
by johnkarls
Tue May 21, 2024 7:13 am
Forum: Reference Materials – The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo – June 19
Topic: Book Review - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - Mises Institute
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Book Review - The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics by Prof. Thomas DiLorenzo - Mises Institute

. https://mises.org/podcasts/audio-mises-wire/review-politically-incorrect-guide-economicsp Review: The Politically Incorrect Guide to Economics By David Gordon – 8/31/2022 - David Gordon is Senior Fellow at the Mises Institute and editor of the Mises Review. Per mises.org - The Mises Institute is a...
by johnkarls
Fri May 17, 2024 12:47 am
Forum: Meeting Report – Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Meeting Report - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women
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Meeting Report - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women

. Meeting Reports have been provided less than 10% of the time – usually only when we are inundated with requests for information about what happened. That is the case this month – which is not surprising since our website usually has only 35-50 users any time night or day, and following the posting...
by johnkarls
Fri May 10, 2024 12:39 pm
Forum: Discussion Outline - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Suggested Discussion Outline
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Suggested Discussion Outline

. The following outline is respectfully suggested – ********************** A. Comments About Specific Chapters of “Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women” by Batya Ungar-Sargon – 60 minutes Our tradition is to devote the first portion of each monthly meeting to going t...
by johnkarls
Sun May 05, 2024 3:13 pm
Forum: Section 3 – Possible Topics for Future Meetings
Topic: “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson
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“The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson

. I propose that we read “The End of Everything: How Wars Descend into Annihilation” by Victor Davis Hanson (Basic Books 5/7/2024 – 532 pages but probably many fewer sans notes & index – Hardcover $27.00 + shipping or $19.99 Kindle from Amazon.com). ********** Book Description per Amazon.com (usuall...
by johnkarls
Wed Apr 24, 2024 11:56 am
Forum: Participant Comments - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz
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Suggested Answers to the Short Quiz

. Question 1 Is our author, Batya Ungar-Sargon, the long-time opinion editor of Newsweek Magazine? Answer 1 Yes. Question 2 Did she spend a year, in addition to her Newsweek duties, interviewing zillions of “blue collar” Americans around the country? Answer 2 Yes. Question 3 Did she find that the th...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 5:00 pm
Forum: Participant Comments - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Short Quiz – Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women
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Short Quiz – Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America’s Working Men and Women

. 1. Is our author, Batya Ungar-Sargon, the long-time opinion editor of Newsweek Magazine? 2. Did she spend a year, in addition to her Newsweek duties, interviewing zillions of “blue collar” Americans around the country? 3. Did she find that the three most-important ways in which American workers fe...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:18 pm
Forum: Section 1 – General Info + Info Re Next Meeting
Topic: 4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation
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Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today

. This “kettle of fish” appears to be unprecedented!!! According to the U.S. House of Representatives website (https://www.house.gov/), the House last Saturday IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER – (1) Passed H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act). (2) Passed H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supp...
by johnkarls
Tue Apr 23, 2024 12:11 pm
Forum: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Re April 17 Meeting
Topic: Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today
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Congress’ Refusal to Release the Text of the Israel-Ukraine-Taiwan-TikTok Bill Despite The U.S. Senate Debating It Today

. This “kettle of fish” appears to be unprecedented!!! According to the U.S. House of Representatives website (https://www.house.gov/), the House last Saturday IN THE FOLLOWING ORDER – (1) Passed H.R. 8034 (Israel Security Supplemental Appropriations Act). (2) Passed H.R. 8035 (Ukraine Security Supp...
by johnkarls
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:30 pm
Forum: Section 1 – General Info + Info Re Next Meeting
Topic: 4/17/24: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce Science & Transportation
Replies: 2
Views: 351

Banning TikTok in yesterday’s House Bill funding Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan after record 439 simultaneous-on-line viewers Fri

. Many of our 58 campaigns over our 19 years of existence have been effective – some surprisingly. But this may have been the quickest and most dramatic -- (1) Every few years, our website's viewers-online-simultaneously shoots over 400 (it's usually on the order of 40-50 day or night). (2) Our TikT...
by johnkarls
Sun Apr 21, 2024 3:22 pm
Forum: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation – Re April 17 Meeting
Topic: Banning TikTok – H.R. 7521 – Letter to Each Member of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science and Transportation
Replies: 1
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Banning TikTok in yesterday’s House Bill funding Israel/Ukraine/Taiwan after record 439 simultaneous-on-line viewers Fri

. Many of our 58 campaigns over our 19 years of existence have been effective – some surprisingly. But this may have been the quickest and most dramatic -- (1) Every few years, our website's viewers-online-simultaneously shoots over 400 (it's usually on the order of 40-50 day or night). (2) Our TikT...
by johnkarls
Sat Apr 20, 2024 9:43 pm
Forum: Reference Materials - Second Class: How the Elites Betrayed America's Working Men and Women by Batya Ungar-Sargon – May 15
Topic: Interview of Batya Ungar-Sargon re "Second Class" - Newsweek Magazine
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Interview of Batya Ungar-Sargon re "Second Class" - Newsweek Magazine

. https://www.newsweek.com/2024/04/12/free-college-wont-make-american-dream-attainable-working-class-1885626.html Free College Won't Make the American Dream Attainable for the Working Class By Meredith Wolf Schizer On 04/03/24 at 6:00 AM EDT For working-class Americans, attaining the American Dream ...

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