All Entries in the "Counter-Economics" Category
Need Bitcoins? This ATM takes dollars and funds your account
New Hampshire entrepreneurs have created a dollar-converting anonymous Bitcoin ATM, which they hope to sell to bars, restaurants, and other retail locations nationwide. by Declan McCullagh February 23, 2013 NASHUA, N.H. — Zach Harvey has an ambitious plan to accelerate adoption of the Internet’s favorite alternative currency: installing in thousands of bars, restaurants, and grocery stores ATMs [...]
New Libertarian Manifesto – Samuel Edward Konkin III
New Libertarian Manifesto by Samuel Edward Konkin III Koman Publishing, 1983 Dedication to Chris R. Tame who told me, “Don’t get it right, get it written!” Acknowledgments above all to • Ludwig Von Mises, • Murray N. Rothbard, • Robert LeFevre, • and their sources. 1. st Printing by Anarchosamisdat Press – October 1980 2. [...]
Rob Neuwirth, The 21st-century Medieval City
For his talk “The 21st-century Medieval City,” Robert Neuwirth took an overflow audience to “the cities of tomorrow,” the developing-world shanty-towns where a billion people live now, and three billion (a third of humanity) are expected to be living by 2050. With vivid stories and slides (shown for the first time publicly), Neuwirth detailed how life [...]
Robert Neuwirth: Free Markets vs. Flea Markets
Robert Neuwirth tells us about life in the informal economy, what French culture classifies as System D. 1.8 billion people on the planet subsist through economic transactions that happen outside legal spheres and, by 2020, two thirds of our planet will be doing business in this domain. The future is the free market vs. the [...]
Robert Neuwirth: The power of the informal economy
Robert Neuwirth spent four years among the chaotic stalls of street markets, talking to pushcart hawkers and gray marketers, to study the remarkable “System D,” the world’s unlicensed economic network. Responsible for some 1.8 billion jobs, it’s an economy of underappreciated power and scope.
Bitcoin Black Friday Quickly Approaching! FRIDAY, NOV 9th 2012!
HOT NEWS FLASH FROM THE TELEGRAPH: The first ever Bitcoin Friday is quickly approaching . What is Bitcoin Friday you ask? Bitcoin Friday is an event to celebrate the Bitcoin economy and the consumers that hold it up. This November 9th, 2012 the Bitcoin stores on this site will hold massive sales on merchandise avaliable for [...]
Opt Out and Take Your Freedom Back
By Jacob Vidrine, August 16, from Libertas.org This essay was submitted as part of the First Annual Libertas Essay Contest, with cash prizes totaling $2,000! You can view all of the essay submissions here. There is no doubt that liberty is in peril in our day and age. From local level all the way up to [...]
Let’s give the Fed some competition by John Stossel
by John Stossel Pssst. Want to buy some Stossels? They’re my own currency with my face on them. Why should you trust them? Because I promise to redeem them for gold. And I’m reliable. I have money in the bank and a job that brings in more than I spend. By contrast, the politicians who [...]
A Social Anarchist’s Critique of Agorism
So much fallacious logic in this piece I don’t even know where to begin. Anyone wanna help me get started? Hope you enjoy the read -AF: From the No More Sunsets blog, April 9, 2012 Can Agorism Eliminate the State? Many Ancaps and Mutualists have put forth a “revolutionary” tactic to end the state and create a free [...]
Why Black Market Entrepreneurs Matter to the World Economy
Soon, two-thirds of the world’s workers will be part of street economies, Neuwirth says. Photo: Jessica Dimmock Not many people think of shantytowns, illegal street vendors, and unlicensed roadside hawkers as major economic players. But according to journalist Robert Neuwirth, that’s exactly what they’ve become. In his new book, Stealth of Nations: The Global Rise of [...]
Agorist Class Theory – Full Playlist!
The Agorist Class Theory YouTube videos compiled into one Playlist for easy viewing. Compliments the Agora Telegraph YouTube Channel. Enjoy!
Interview with Alongside Night author, J. Neil Schulman
BY ADUCKNAMEDJOE MARCH 8, 2012 J. Neil Schulman is one of the giants of the libertarian novelists active today. His 1979 novel, Alongside Night, is a libertarian classic, with endorsements from Milton Friedman, Ron Paul and others. It has helped to almost single-handedly jump-start the Agorist movement, and is currently being turned into a movie starring Kevin Sorbo (Hercules, Andromeda). [...]
Black market accounts for a quarter of tobacco in the UK
By Ronan Hegarty 24 Feb 2012 | More than a quarter of all tobacco smoked in the UK is either fake or smuggled – costing the country billions of pounds in lost tax revenue. The latest figures from Japan Tobacco International show that although HMRC has enjoyed some success in tackling illicit tobacco, counterfeit and smuggled tobacco is [...]
