Chyden Finance: profit from hypocrisy

Why does Pres. Obama continue to refuse to waive the Jones Act???
Labor unions love this WWI-era piece of rent-seeking protectionism, because it forces shipping firms to pay higher labor costs, which translate into higher consumer prices.
More immediately, the Jones Act is preventing advanced oil skimming ships that are specifically designed for the task at hand [...]

Lately, my focus has been significantly less on LMF Theory than in the past and almost exclusively on the more uplifting prospect of fostering international development through business education, specifically finance.
Of course, one way that individuals can prosper is to short-sell stupidity, ignorance, and lies, but that is not the only route that one can [...]

A friend recently asked me for a letter of recommendation to accompany his application to enter a PhD program in Economics that has an emphasis on the Austrian School. He and I have known each other for more than a decade and we have worked together in academic and non-academic settings. He has [...]

Lord Monckton calls Al Gore out.

Pass the popcorn!

If you have ever wondered what-all is allegedly caused by Global Warming™, Professor John Brignell, who is a recognized expert on sensors and occasionally lectures on the abuses of statistics, has an answer for you.
It’s… impressive.
Invest accordingly.
CWE

Hot on the heels of yesterday’s news that vegetarianism is bad for the environment, we have news from Time magazine that a healthy diet is bad for you.
Granted, the article stresses that ‘orthorexia’ is health consciousness taken to an unhealthy extreme, but the subtle undertone is clear: conventional foods are superior to extremist diets like [...]

Heeere they commme… Right on cue!
The Times Online reports that a study conducted by Cranfield University in England, which was commissioned by the World Wildlife Federation (WWF) concludes that imported ingredients for meat substitutes — including lentils, chickpeas, and soybeans — are worse for the environment than domestically slaughtered slave animals.
The thrust of the article [...]

BBC News reports, “A major hurdle to producing fusion energy using lasers has been swept aside, results in a new report show.”
Wired reports, “[T]horium could solve the nuclear power industry’s most intractable problems.”
According to the Wired article, among the advantages of thorium over uranium are:

It yields very little waste, which must be stored for a [...]

Voice of America reports, “A forecast by the United Nations climate science panel that Himalayan glaciers will melt by 2035 has become mired in controversy following revelations that it was not based on scientific studies.”
What is ‘controversial’ about the UN promulgating a myth based on a lie? Controversy requires that there be two opposing [...]