The idea of local economy is pleasantly disorienting. It allows unexpected intellectual and spiritual connections that are fruity. Here I point not to a fault, but a virtue. The …
By Franklin Sanders In his book, Stealth of Nations, Robert Neuwirth mentions that the French call the underground economy “System D,” from a French word for people who take …
Complaints about millions of dollars of taxpayer waste at the Chattanooga Metropolitan Airport start in that city, make their way to the governor’s office in Nashville and then eventually …
By David Tulis On the back of the F$1 bill is an engraving of an eagle, a busy bird. On one claw is a clutch of arrows, representing war. …
How We Define Poverty from The Chalmers Center on Vimeo. Gang culture in the government ghetto has two causes. One is the artificiality of city culture operating on a …
As a journalist interested in local economy and free markets in Chattanooga and beyond, I have come to see not just the strengths in local economy, but its many …
What does the theory of local economy say when government buys office supplies and pays more for printer cartridges because it buys local? Should not the burden on the …
The desire for liberty in the medical profession — one that years ago sold out to government-run health care insurance — is intensifying with the coming of Obamacare. In …