<?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>Fri, 15 May 2026 09:57:39 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="http://direct.ecency.com/@kdorman/rss" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Poverty Inc.]]></title><description><![CDATA[The documentary Poverty Inc. by Michael Matheson-Miller discusses the economic drawbacks of continuously sending aid to struggling countries. The main point is that these places do not need the continuous]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/poverty-inc</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/poverty-inc</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 18 Apr 2024 02:30:18 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Healthcare In America]]></title><description><![CDATA[Dr. Sean Masaki Flynn discussed healthcare in the lecture, The Cure That Works--How to Have the World's Best Healthcare--at a Quarter of the Price. Dr. Masaki Flynn talked mainly about the comparisons]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/healthcare-in-america</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/healthcare-in-america</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 11 Apr 2024 02:15:12 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[The Housing Bubble ]]></title><description><![CDATA[In the lecture video, The Housing Bubble, the 2008 recession was discussed. They describe that the United States went from having what they call a “stock market bubble” to having a “housing bubble”. The]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/the-housing-bubble</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/the-housing-bubble</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 29 Feb 2024 00:15:24 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Road to Serfdom]]></title><description><![CDATA[Planning and power In this section, Hayek describes that planners must create power to achieve their goals. He talks heavily about what power is, and the transferring of power from the individual to society.]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/road-to-serfdom</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/road-to-serfdom</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 22 Feb 2024 01:20:03 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Monopoly Power]]></title><description><![CDATA[Monopoly Power Dr. Per Bylund discussed the concept of Monopoly Power in his lecture, Monopoly Power: What Should We Fear? and what gives a monopoly that power. He begins by discussing what he believes]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/monopoly-power</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/monopoly-power</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 15 Feb 2024 03:00:51 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[A Case for a Universal Basic Dividend]]></title><description><![CDATA[In this week's video lecture, Dr. Trost went over his plan for a universal basic dividend. In this, he described that his plan would limit the federal government's power, maintain property rights, and]]></description><link>http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/a-case-for-a-universal-basic-dividend</link><guid isPermaLink="true">http://direct.ecency.com/essay/@kdorman/a-case-for-a-universal-basic-dividend</guid><category><![CDATA[essay]]></category><dc:creator><![CDATA[kdorman]]></dc:creator><pubDate>Thu, 08 Feb 2024 02:33:30 GMT</pubDate></item><item><title><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat: French Socialism]]></title><description><![CDATA[Frédéric Bastiat: French Socialism The topic discussed was heavily focused on the idea of legal plunder, and what that means regarding the socialist government in France. 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