Local economy theory so sweet that Obama borrows it in chat

President Obama works on his state of the union address with speech draftsman Cody Keenan on Jan. 22. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) By David Tulis My wife, Jeannette, looks at me and rolls her eyes when she considers I quit a part-time wage-earning job as a newspaper editor to take up the […]

Local economy avoids brittleness, interlocking credit monoliths in national sector

A confidence crisis in the bar, left, caused the 2008 meltdown. What about the bar at right? What’s that? (Graphic DanielAmerman.com) By David Tulis If you are like me, you value small steps toward greater financial independence. You are progressing in plans to start a small home-based business. You are less intimidated by shaky prospects […]

If stealing country were a tort, getting it back might be ‘action in replevin’

Wendell O’Reilly, Chattanooga attorney The difficulty in strengthening local economy comes from the economic and political interests whose success is crowned by centralization. The government school. Federal welfare. Total surveillance. The usual suspects. By David Tuls Thanks to Uncle’s control of entire marketplaces it sometimes is inconceivable that Chattanoogans will ever be their own masters. […]

Governments keep 2 sets of books; expert says wealth at F$110 trillion

Walter Burien explains how composite or commercial government keeps two sets of books, the budget and the comprehensive annual financial report, or CAFR. This two-hour talk’s first 10 minutes will open this remarkable subject. Mr. Burien is my guest by phone on Nooganomics.com on Independence Day.  By David Tulis A little known public report is […]

‘Sustainable development’ for ’Nooga not lococentric, but globocentric

Don Casey defends genuine local economy in a Chattanooga lecture. The following is an abstract of a talk by a noted free market advocate March 16 in Chattanooga. Don Casey lectures worldwide about global agendas foisted on American states and  cities under the theory of “sustainable development.” He touches our interests on several important points. […]

Possibly, if we concentrate, we can ignore ‘Union’ for sake of locale

President Barack Obama reaches to shake hands with a member of congress as he arrives to deliver the State of the Union address at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., Wednesday. (Official White House Photo by Pete Souza) Localism vs. the grandeur of Washington Last night when I came upstairs my wife, Jeannette, was sitting […]

Noogacentric path more brightly lit in Shuman ‘local economy’ book

Michael Shuman, in this 27-minute chat, sketches out the main ideas of local economy. Local economy is about us. National economy is about them. In simplifying my theory to these few words, you see why the ideas of local economy and free markets are compelling. They aren’t about mere economics. But more. We come now […]

Disability convention, a threat to self-determination, stalls in Senate

Most federal senators vote to impose U.S. control over family and social life on Chattanooga via a U.N. convention on disabilities, but two Tennessee legislators help keep the body from passing the measure. The United Nations Convention on the Rights of Persons with Disabilities was defeated today in a 61-38 vote in favor of the […]

Times Free Press backing of Johnson boost for liberty, local economy

Our interest in free markets and local economy develops along two lines, one defensive and one offensive. The offensive line of thought builds up the concept of local economy, personal responsibility and an interest in the other that is a fruit of God’s grace and Christianity. It invites. It persuades. The defensive is, shall we […]

Noose continues to tighten, but no government or empire lasts forever

People drop mail off at the Hixson branch of the U.S. Postal Service, a legal monopoly that in September hit its F$15 billion borrowing limit from Uncle’s treasury department. To argue against such coercive state monopolies is to enter into the perspective of ”voluntaryism,” a helpful framework for viewing liberty. By Carl Watner, Voluntaryist.com Voluntaryists have […]