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Eh. Tough question. You don't want to make the mistake of using sources with an opposite mindset to the prevailing media. Prevailing media has a strong democra
by m52go 9y ago
Eh. Tough question. You don't want to make the mistake of using sources with an opposite mindset to the prevailing media.
Prevailing media has a strong democratic bias. Opposing media has a strong republican bias (breitbart, oann, etc).
Better media doesn't give a shit. I suggest sott.net, global research, strategic culture, mises.org, the intercept, reason, opslens, the unz review, counterpunch, zerohedge.
KEEP IN MIND: all of these sources require a STRONG BS filter. It's like startups v established companies: lots of bullshit with diamonds in the rough thrown in. It's your job to find the diamonds. When you find them, they're totally worth it.
Those should get you started. In general, I tend to also follow a host of individuals on twitter of varying backgrounds to get a greater variety.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoBrietbart and oann have strong republican bias but mises and reason don't? /:
- brightball 9y agoFrom what I've read on Mises they are big on numbers, data, citing sources and logic. They don't deserve to be grouped with the others.
- Mikeb85 9y agoMises are shills for failed economic theories and peddle dumb conspiracy theories.
- brightball 9y agoWhich failed economic theories and failed how exactly?
- Mikeb85 9y ago'Austrian' economics.
- brightball 9y agoFailed how?
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y agoAustrian economics is just an outdated theory. Principles of Economics and Das Kapital were written within about four years of each other and while time was poking holes in Communism it was doing the same to Austrian economics. Here's a good argument against the Austrian school if you're really interested. http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/whyaust.htm http://econfaculty.gmu.edu/bcaplan/whyaust.htm
- jazzyk 9y agoSo Newton's Laws of Motion are just "an outdated theory" because they were published in 1686? And, I am sorry, but the paper you quote is just pseudo-intellectual drivel. If I could decipher anything from it, it boiled down to "because there is no such thing as perfect free market, therefore Austrian School is flawed". Or something like that.
- frgtpsswrdlame 9y ago>So Newton's Laws of Motion are just "an outdated theory" because they were published in 1686? No, the point is that science has advanced. The laws of motion are true because they've survived scientific critique over a long period of time. Aether isn't true because over time the scientific critiques built up and science moved on with new theories. Austrian economics is aether not the laws of motion. >If I could decipher anything from it... If you had trouble deciphering it I would suggest that you not subscribe to any economic school because you just don't know enough to pick.
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- m52go 9y agoYou're free to criticize their economics, but their bias for everyday news tends to be more objective than that most others.
- m52go 9y agoCorrect. Mises and Reason are libertarian, not republican.