Joe Kent

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Why are Businesses Run Like Socialist Countries? Aug 23, 2014

Many libertarians have a problem with authority. We don’t like rulers at the top, dictators, kings and queens, or even strict parents. We think life should grow like a garden, from the bottom up. It’s a beautiful philosophy, and it’s easy to see why so many libertarians and entrepreneurs just love the idea of a bottom-up approach to the world. So why are so many businesses run like a socialist country – from the top down? After all, many businesses have a Chief Executive Officer – he’s like the Dictator. He can issue orders and boss people around. Underneath him is...

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Why You Should Not Visit North Korea Aug 6, 2014

Hundreds of thousands of tourists visit North Korea every year, making it quite a popular tourist spot.  Guided tours can cost from $1,000 to $4,000 dollars, depending on the length of stay, and more people are paying this cost in order to get a sneak peak into the most isolated country in the world. “Did you ever see any tourists in North Korea?” asked Casey Lartigue, host of North Korea Today. “A lot,” said Yeonmi Park, co-host of the show.  Yeonmi escaped North Korea in 2009, and now lives in South Korea.   ”During the summer time, there is a big...

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The Giant Hole in Airport Security Jul 24, 2014

Sometimes when I’m in line at airport security, I like to imagine that I’m a ninja trying to get through their defenses.  I imagine hopping over the scanner, throwing some ninja stars, and then flying up the escalator with my grappling hook.  It’s a good thought experiment to see if there’s a hole in their security. But then one day I realized, there is a hole.  A huge hole.  It’s a design flaw at the checkpoint which invites anyone to wreak all kinds of havoc.  If a terrorist wanted to kill a bunch of people, he could simply throw a...

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Has best price levitra What’s the Difference Between a State Border and a Country Border? Jul 17, 2014

I was driving fast, about 60 miles per hour, and I wasn’t planning on slowing down.  I didn’t have a passport, my driver’s license was expired, and I was approaching the border.  This might have been a dangerous situation, except that the border I was crossing was between Minnesota and South Dakota – a border that’s so open, all that exists is a sign that says, “Welcome to South Dakota”. What’s the difference between a state border, and a country border? If you ask most people, there’s a big difference.  Crossing a country’s border could screw up their economy!  We...

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Liberty is a Jigsaw Puzzle Jul 15, 2014

Liberty is a jigsaw puzzle scattered in bits and pieces all over the world.  Some countries have privatized this, but not that.  Other countries have privatized that, but not this.  However, few, if any, have put the entire puzzle of liberty together.  So many people say, "Yes, I can see how privatizing this would work, but we could NEVER privatize that."  Without seeing the whole picture, many people just give up on the whole idea of liberty.  Yet, liberty does exist in thousands of iterations around the world, and if someone took all the seemingly impossible pieces of individual freedom...

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In the film “Inequality for All”, Robert Reich, former labor secretary for Bill Clinton, takes a look at wealth inequality in the United States and finds a way to make everything more equal — grow the government!  According to Reich, the 1% is getting too rich.  Reich throws charts and graphs at the viewer, and empathizes with folks who are struggling in the stagnant economy.  The movie’s thesis: the free market is filled with bullies, and we need the government to protect us. The movie is fantastic from a documentary perspective, but lousy from an economics perspective.  If you are...

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The Market for Morality Jun 25, 2014

The first time I took an online taxi cab – I was nervous.  Here I was on a street corner, using an iphone app (Uber or Lyft) to call a random driver.  Who was this mysterious person?  If anyone with a cellphone and a car can turn their vehicle into a cab . . . what is to stop him from driving up next to a cliff and pushing me out the door? The cab pulled up, and the driver immediately got out of the car, greeted me with a big smile, and opened the passenger door. “How are you?”...

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The Town that Privatized Everything Jun 23, 2014

Sandy Springs, Georgia may look like any other town in America. It has parks, roads, and beautiful places to live. But there’s one thing that separates this town from every other town: Sandy Springs privatized almost everything. In 2005, Sandy Springs outsourced almost all functions of the city government (with the exception of police and fire) to a single company, which runs the town. That company is in charge of running all the vital functions of government, from the running the parks, to paving the roads, and even 911 calls! The town is run very efficiently, with zero backlogs in...

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Last week I found myself in the middle of Washington D.C. for the Koch Summer Fellowship Program.  By some feat of magic and luck, I managed to convince some very wealthy people that I was part of the future of changing the world for the better.  It was quite embarrassing then, to find myself completely lost in the tunnels of the Washington D.C. Metro System. “Hello . . .?  Can anybody help me . . .?” I called out in an echo which reverberated down the long dark twisting tunnels of a government transportation system gone awry.  I must’ve been...

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