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Tulipmania

Doug French on econo-cultural breakdown.

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11/29/2008

Should You Worry About Deflation?

Of course not. It's the people's best friend, especially in a depression.

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11/17/2008

Rothbard as Intellectual Inspiration

Doug French on his great teacher.

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11/15/2008

I.O.U.S.A., Give Me a Refund

Doug French on Warren Buffettism.

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11/14/2008

History Is Clear

More fiat money won't cure a problem caused by fiat money.

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11/13/2008

Bear Market Funk

Doug French reports on the Hard Asset Conference.

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9/22/2008

You Can’t Trust the FDIC

Doug French on bank failures.

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8/25/2008

Fitness, Intellectual Property, and Toes

Doug French on Yoga, Inc.

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8/19/2008

Another Great Depression?

Or a Greater Depression?

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7/9/2008

Votes of Idiots

Mencken was right on democracy, says Doug French.

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7/8/2008

Gasoline Isn’t More Expensive

The government's money is cheaper, says Doug French.

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7/7/2008

The Ultimate Card Playing Legend

Doug French on Stuey Ungar and the World Series of Poker.

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6/2/2008

A Midlife Adventure

Doug French on Running to the Mountain, by Jon Katz.

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4/29/2008

Something for Nothing

Courtesy of the Federal Reserve.

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4/28/2008

What Women Want

Ho-hum heterosexual, or Mr. Metrosexual?

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4/26/2008

Boom, Bust, Dust

Doug French on hard times.

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4/7/2008

V.I. Bernanke

Count me out of the Fed revolution, says Doug French.

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4/1/2008

Winner Used to Take All

Doug French on what's happened to Las Vegas.

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3/24/2008

In Defense of Happiness

Let's be guided by Mencken and Rothbard instead of depressed statists, says Doug French.

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3/19/2008

The Need for Novelty

Doug French on satisfaction.

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3/6/2008

Civilized China vs. Barbaric America

Doug French on air travel.

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3/5/2008

NASCAR and the Foreclosure Express

Doug French on Las Veganomics.

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3/3/2008

For Richer or Poorer

In Zimbabwe, or Amerabwe.

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2/26/2008

Your Money and Your Brain

Doug French on not going broke.

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2/25/2008

Wake Me When the Real Estate Market Improves

Doug French on anesthesia and Las Vegas.

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2/11/2008

Mad Money

Doug French on the Fed in a movie.

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2/4/2008

Organized Thugs in Las Vegas

Doug French on unions.

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1/29/2008

Only Anarchists Are Really Conservative

Doug French on Look Homeward, America, by Bill Kauffman.

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1/22/2008

An Anarchist at the Caucus

Doug French in Nevada.

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1/21/2008

Want To Understand the Neocon Takeover?

Read Murray Rothbard's Betrayal of the American Right, says Doug French.

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1/8/2008

Booms, Busts, and Construction Cranes

Doug French on skyscrapers and the unfortunate economic future.

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1/7/2008

A Bull in China

Doug French on Jim Rogers and the People's Republic of Capitalism.

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1/2/2008

Connecting the Dots

Doug French on Lions for Lambs.

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12/17/2007

Avoid the Crowd

Doug French on Messiahs, Mobs, and Markets, by Bill Bonner and Lila Rajiva.

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12/15/2007

The Federal Fallacy of House Ownership

A house is a money pit, says Doug French, not an investment.

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12/14/2007

Status Anxiety

Doug French on who's prey to it.

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11/9/2007

Water Is Gold

In the West.

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11/8/2007

The Evil of Fuzzy Math

Doug French on the deliberate dumbing-down of American schoolchildren.

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11/6/2007

Boomburbs

Doug French on America's fastest growing cities.

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10/20/2007

Long Way to Go

Doug French on gold and uranium.

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10/19/2007

The Criminal Fed

It's immoral, as Ron Paul says.

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10/18/2007

When the Crash Comes

Doug French on a book that can help protect you.

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8/4/2007

All the Buzz?

While Americans cheer the jailing of Paris Hilton, they ignore talk of bombing Iran.

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7/23/2007

The Unbloody Streets of Vegas

Doug French on real estate.

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7/21/2007

John Wayne Was a Jeffersonian Liberal

Doug French on the Duke's 100th.

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5/31/2007

Bubblicious

Doug French on Las Vegas real estate, the Fed, and the future.

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3/12/2007

Damning the Disabled

Doug French on the minimum wage.

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1/10/2007

Becoming a Rich Republican

Doug French on the secrets.

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1/4/2007

The Sports Fetish

Doug French on "public" sports stadiums.

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12/21/2006

Boom Madness

Doug French on a cautionary tale of Las Vegas real estate.

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10/3/2006