<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></title><description><![CDATA[RSS Feed]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link><image><url>http://direct.ecency.com/logo512.png</url><title>RSS Feed</title><link>http://direct.ecency.com</link></image><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2026 00:37:34 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@cooper.williams/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty in Foreign Countries]]></title><description><![CDATA[Poverty in Foreign Countries source What Has Been Tried Paternalism has been the main way people and governments have tried to battle poverty. It doesn’t work everytime it is tried. One of the reasons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@cooper.williams/poverty-in-foreign-countries</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/poverty/@cooper.williams/poverty-in-foreign-countries</guid><category><![CDATA[poverty]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 17 Apr 2024 20:56:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/4vvCdfUkb2VQ6UMdE714cYAZNPm1RyDHao1KJVMT2Yhzi4iAEGV72DtUkPujR24REaCNd8RqvJ15KaEStnVtWxeoDaHZsgbLp47mTUDPa3RAMhWGwaHw7KXPjLo23jXV8ZAFKMAFUy8hDK4FtFKZ5GQ9A6YvGGv95pYbztG7UXCcSknFVjjV9kQEu8kQpqvxw?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[How Healthcare Should Be]]></title><description><![CDATA[How Healthcare Should Be source How it Could/Should Work The current way the United States does its healthcare has some problems. It does not need to have these problems because like Dr. Flynn said, other]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@cooper.williams/how-healthcare-should-be</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/healthcare/@cooper.williams/how-healthcare-should-be</guid><category><![CDATA[healthcare]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 09 Apr 2024 22:44:21 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/Zskj9C56Uonf2AFEQEqf7ciwfVnjkfJ3yYMgFh6E3jmLMKt6dKciLiyhFHB7v8wPfb928GMqJdFxYuXkKuL9JmUwYpHJRFTPK82Rm4XGGTHmtrwkz7Zx?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Housing Bubble]]></title><description><![CDATA[The Housing Bubble image source How it Happened The government was basically printing money through the central bank, which lowered interest rates. That told people that there were more savings than there]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bubble/@cooper.williams/the-housing-bubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bubble/@cooper.williams/the-housing-bubble</guid><category><![CDATA[bubble]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 27 Feb 2024 22:44:51 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/B69zEhWZA8UCyXsVWe3ccgZW2K4cerFuu1z95v7LsLQVmhaQQxYS5iA5ZuDTkdoc9vWJbSxpFSD3KjMtEWyGHs5sD19L2CBghumdxMQA?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Friedrich Hayek's Thoughts on Government Control]]></title><description><![CDATA[Friedrich Hayek's Thoughts on Government Control image source Power and Planning In his book Road to Serfdom, Friedrich Hayek says that if the government has control over the economy then it will lead]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/hayek/@cooper.williams/friedrich-hayeks-thoughts-on-government-control</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/hayek/@cooper.williams/friedrich-hayeks-thoughts-on-government-control</guid><category><![CDATA[hayek]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 20 Feb 2024 23:12:03 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/hgjbks2vRxvdTZqrcyRsyNyTWrCGkpKWn8fYcTHyijHq83zm3VuosaJipEpXjBKCca7FwSNyvvm2d6W9KbjFdc5XsC?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopolies]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monopolies image source What is a Monopoly? The term monopoly means one seller. Actually describing monopoly power is harder to describe than that and it is not necessarily a bad thing. An innovator is]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@cooper.williams/monopolies</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/monopoly/@cooper.williams/monopolies</guid><category><![CDATA[monopoly]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 14 Feb 2024 22:26:48 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/9dx1buQgbeadkD4D48QwNHY4UepWtxV9oQmL7pixAFerPPXfD7t9hhX6F7MSX9qBcToFCKJoM9bPf2Jkp35rgWTzZqSiK779WXJWHK7uYRysEoDSSfVEus7yN7DoxCPvMZDSkmDwPq1167XJdNSn5WxeYsF6QGSwQdiJHVaR2rZ6iTixCxA1gZRP2HYQqVS2AuLaciAzZ?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Universal Basic Dividen]]></title><description><![CDATA[Universal Basic Dividend source image The groups that could use it The main groups that were talked about that it could help are the libertarians, conservatives, progressives, and communist. This idea]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/universalbasicincome/@cooper.williams/universal-basic-dividen</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/universalbasicincome/@cooper.williams/universal-basic-dividen</guid><category><![CDATA[universalbasicincome]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 07 Feb 2024 22:23:42 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/JvFFVmatwWHE1Zh2k2859gm2pRWB1oqJ95fm53FUdUteEAEWoft9yGf6rfNdcwKPA7Hmxn9C9usptRzGqG3mVuL1kGwx7rvNWq5ioy4ZP89yraRt9mAJDH9m1nuPHPi7YLPACrHrHt?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Bastiat's Opinions]]></title><description><![CDATA[Bastiat What Bastiat Thinks About the Government Bastiat makes fun of the government a lot. He talks about how people ask for things to be done by the government, “ ‘Organize labor and workmen.’ ‘Do away]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/bastiat/@cooper.williams/bastiats-opinions</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/bastiat/@cooper.williams/bastiats-opinions</guid><category><![CDATA[bastiat]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Wed, 31 Jan 2024 21:01:57 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/3LxrHFUF5NKfWHQbNvB4M68B85ncUFWi9HPXS2gtEshEVXw8ySfaT3VX3oXTg7r2kYCkymgdBP3hKoEzFbL3EEyuhKkBVU2sXZyuFK2bTcq826VWaFL71mRhsd1wG3MooHoakejjnsww7q7fFwpedpyRgPqQvUid7DRaQxGBgjDrnZvHVHvvjBiV3UFP23jMaWeUPsdA5VjJ3ssD8EHqvaGSQRGjm4aTzS52sY?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item><item><title><![CDATA[Why Socialism Doesn't Work]]></title><description><![CDATA[Why Socialism Doesn’t Work image source What Socialism Actually Is Younger people normally associate socialism with fairness and capitalism with selfishness, but these are not correct. There have been]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@cooper.williams/why-socialism-doesnt-work</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/socialism/@cooper.williams/why-socialism-doesnt-work</guid><category><![CDATA[socialism]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[cooper.williams]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2024 23:51:00 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://images.ecency.com/p/EEEoA8oLaAxjsxEzKaRieKvoyUd5d5Xp6rMteNACMAhPXnZzsenEXWipLNCxfdULcYJz4cn13aM8XRYj3NBrr9GHJZsnCgeJL1fCs9VUACTnPQMPh8nrnJ4auHNPfoF5D6JKXgLUFs7fVHq5vmryc?format=match&amp;mode=fit" length="0" type="false"/></item></channel></rss>