A Libertarian in Saudi Arabia

  A lot of people ask me how or why I would be such a fan of Saudi Arabia when I’m such an advocate for liberty and freedom.  Saudi Arabia is not a brand associated with freedom. I ran for US Senate and have been politically active on a platform of libertarian ideals and freedom.  I also …

Copyright and the Bitcoin White Paper

There are some recent claims by a person claiming to be the author of the Bitcoin white paper that it is copyrighted material and should be removed from websites on demand. Let’s explore this. Papers by themselves aren’t licensed and don’t follow the same rules as software. However software (such as open source software) has ...

THE END OF AN EPOCH A NEW BEGINNING FOR CAPITAL MARKETS IN THE 21st CENTURY

Abstract We are at the end of an epoch. An era that began 100 years ago is now reaching its inevitable conclusion. The last several decades saw changes in society, government, finance, and geopolitics that built the world we knew. These changes contributed to the destruction of the old and set the stage for what ...