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Internet Addiction Is About to Be Classified as a Mental Illness

Written by Gary North on October 2, 2012

If you spend too much time on the Internet, you may be suffering from a mental illness. Are you on-line 5 hours a day? You’re sick. The affliction is called Internet-use disorder.” If you watch TV 5 hours a day, you’re normal. What’s the difference? TV is regulated by the Federal Communications Commission. The rule […]

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The Lollipop Guild: Stock Market Bulls

Written by Gary North on December 12, 2011

In The Wizard of Oz, three Munchkins represented the Lollipop Guild. Economist and fund manager John Hussman has taken that phrase and has elaborated on it. We represent the Lollipop Guild Frankly, I am concerned that Wall Street is becoming little more than a glorified crack house. Day after day, the sole focus of […]

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