Michael D'Angelo

Recently, a friend of mine recommended a rather amusing website to me.  This particular website is right up my ally; it is a site entirely devoted to opposing Michael Moore.  Some of the videos on this site make me sick because of how misinformed Michael Moore is. Most of the things Michael Moore is against [...]

Today I will conclude this series with my third installment of the Economic Implications of Socialism.  What follows is not verbatim from Dr. Maltsev, but paraphrased via my notes. The last major component of socialism in the Soviet Union was what Dr. Maltsev called “Monopoly of Thought”.  This was in essence a mirror image of what a [...]

Today I will continue with my second installment of the Economic Implications of Socialism.  What follows is not verbatim from Dr. Maltsev, but paraphrased via my notes. Continuing right where I left off; the catastrophic death toll was not the only consequence of Socialism.  The very teachings of Karl Marx were meant to be classified [...]

This past week, I had the privilege of attending a lecture with Dr. Yuri Maltsev of Carthage College.  Dr. Maltsev grew up in the Soviet Union and was an Economic advisor to Mikhail Gorbachev.  He was also part of the team that drafted the Perestroika plan.  Having been a key part of the Soviet Government, [...]

Today I want to take a break from modern day issues and focus on more of a book review.  A few weeks ago, Dr. Robert Murphy came to speak in one of my Economics classes.  His lecture focused on the hidden thoughts behind many mundane issues such as: seatbelt laws, airbag legislation, discrimination laws, and [...]

As it stands today we face an approximate 9.8% Unemployment (According to BLS).  That means that out of the roughly 175 million person labor pool, roughly 17 million Americans that are looking for work, are unemployed.  Unfortunately, due to various factors, this number will continue to rise. One of the leading reasons this number will [...]

Everyday, news reporters, school teachers, philosophers, and the everyday hardworking men and women point out things that are wrong with this country.  The everyday person often complains about the headache that is the Department of Motor Vehicles, the long line at the Post Office, and bad Airline food.  As you move up the educational hierarchy, the arguments become [...]

I certainly do not.  In the past year, the United States government has written fat checks to corporations in excess of $800 billion.  There are many problems with this action by the Fed that goes beyond obvious thought.  Firstly, these bailouts not only privatize company profits, they also publicize the debt.  Basically when the government wrote this fat [...]

Hi everyone.  I want to thank all my potential readers out there for stopping by.  I am new to the blogging sphere, but not new to the politics and economics of our great nation.  You can read more about me on this site to get a feeling for my brand of writing. I am free-market [...]