Category: Capitalism

Basis of rebuilding local economy: Local agriculture

Franklin Sanders of Highpoint, Tenn., calls for the power of local economy to fill the gaps that will be left in the progressive collapse of national government and a souring national economy. 47 minutes. Tweet Pin It

Wealth-building ideas counter state-induced dependency

Planners in Hamilton County use a democratic gloss to wiggle forward with their ideas about cities and their residents. By John Anthony In spite of President Obama’s slick candor and a sympathetic media, the devices he uses to create his centrally “governed” society are vulnerable. Like an underdeveloped nation torn between wealthy landowners and the […]

More diners pay cash, favor local economy, burger boss Johnston says

Anthony Johnston of Armando’s of Hixson says today about half of his diners pay with cash, a 10 percentage point increase in favor of local economy, in the past months. He is at a loss as to why cash is gaining currency. By paying cash his customers help him avoid the national sales tax of […]

Doc flees med Titanic, gives ’direct care’

Dr. Matthew Hitchcock of Chattanooga, a former Navy physician, has launched a direct care clinic that avoids insurance and government third-party payers. For F$100 a month, he can oversee care for a senior citizen. He charges less for younger people, and offers super-cheap meds and tests because he is a cash customer. 20 minutes Tweet […]

Free BBQ dinner at Edward Jones workshop in Hixson on tax-free investing

Patrick Neel A Hixson-area financial adviser for Edward Jones is hosting a seminar in Hixson on Dec. 10 focusing, “Tax−free Investing: It’s not what you make, it’s what you keep.” The workshop by Patrick Neel, a homeschool dad and former Navy man, is designed to help participants determine if tax−free investing is one way to […]

The self-sufficing farm vis a vis industrial economy

Tools of the farming trade. (Photo Brian Miller) By Brian Miller It was late afternoon when I stopped at a friend’s farm. An invitation to sample three new homebrews and some freshly sliced prosciutto from a 2-year-old ham had been issued. The short drive found me passing dozens of small homes and farms. None of […]

Free market, biblical arguments favor arrival of refugees

Refugee children and their parents seek to enter Tennessee and other of the 50 U.S. states to live and prosper. (Photo Peacechild.org) Hannah Fletcher-Paige and hundreds of others demonstrated in Nashville on Monday, urging acceptance of refugees from the Mideast. (Photo Facebook) By Joel McDurmon There simply is no biblical reason to refuse legitimate refugees. […]

Worried about terror risk this holiday? Shop at small businesses

St. John’s is a little restaurant downtown Chattanooga owned by Josh Carter. Local economy eateries and shops are less likely to draw the interest of a national brand-conscious terrorist. (Photo St. John’s Restaurant) By Duke Cumbelich There are so many reasons to shop at your local small businesses. You are helping your fellow neighbors by supporting […]

We need a social economy, not a hyper-financialized plantation economy

A perspective on building local economies in a digital world. By Charles Hugh Smith November 12, 2015 — The key to broadly distributing capital and reversing inequality is to nurture the source of social capital: the community economy. We all know what a hyper-financialized economy looks like — we live in one: central banks create […]