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Where can you find any honest entrepreneurs or leaders for my network marketing business? Besides buying leads

I really need some network marketing tips for the internet. How do I reach people without spamming anyone? I am a consultant for a very reputable company founded by very reputable people. The products are very quality skincare, makeup, and health products. I cannot seem to find the right method to reach businesses, or entrepreneurs, such as skin salons or makeup artists. Anyone have any ideas to promote this business online. All ideas are welcome. Please help me brainstorm this.

Despite MLM/Network Marketing claims.........Is MLM/NM a great business option??? One of the greatest misconceptions in this industry is true business ownership. Many claim that MLM/NM is the best option for owning your own business and attaining real economic independence. Distributorship is not true self employment. Participation requires rigid adherence to the 'duplication' model, not independence and individuality. MLM distributors are not entrepreneurs but joiners in a complex hierarchical system over which they have little control.

Many ways to make money but where can i find legitimate options as a wannabe entrepreneur? What magazine, website, secret list of actual business possibilities, list of franchise ownership opportunities, etc. can I refer to in order to find ways to make a good start and not some ridiculous online scam for network marketing, ebay, google or some other online scam? How can I find out the many ways to invest my money properly and make good business decisions?

What market trends, shifts, or focuses offer the most opportunity for entrepreneurs in the coming years? Will it be something like nanotechnology or biomedicine? Or senior home care and home retrofitting? What about emergency preparedness and readiness and security? Or urban renewal vs. living in the suburbs? Or even sustainable energy, outsourcing to India and China, global warming, collaborative and social networks, and alternative fuels and energies? Or some other area? I'd like know what you think.

How is Honolulu to live? I'm considering moving back to Hawaii later this year, after being on the East coast this year. I'm a musician (acoustic rock. myspace.com/johnnydominic... and also a entrepreneur. I worry Hawaii would be too limited for music and business ownership (particularly network marketing) Anyways, all ideas and advice would be appreciated. Thanks!

I am looking for Bermudians for a 20 year old company which is pre-launching in Bermuda. $40-50K per month? I am pre-launching in Bermuda the hottest company in Network Marketing. and looking for medical professionals, business movers and shakers, entrepreneurs to partner with me. Income potential is well over $300K per month, but average 20K per month in USA. Bermuda is brand new market for this product which grew 800% last year. I will be visiting the island next month, but want to get started today with a pre-launch. email and phone number with short bio will get an interview and invitation for a private business presentation. I have a representative local on the island. Explode with me! zbuilder at Earthlink dot com 845-331-5953 Be blessed, don't stress, believe for Success! Joseph Z.

What can a entrepreneur major student do after college?? Can it be mixed with marketing?? Please I need help!!? I am in my senior year of college and I am more confused than ever. With this tough economy I have no clue what to do after college. I have dedicated myself to college and have good grades but not a lot of work experience. My dream is to get involved with planning, organizing, networking, advertising, public relations. It all sounds a lot like marketing. When I entered college I thought it would be best to major in business management entrepreneurship because it would open me lots of doors. Now that I am almost done I am curious to know if can entrepreneurship and marketing can be mixed. Can I get a job at a marketing firm even though I am going to get a degree in management??? My dream is to one day own a small recreational center since I like planning I can plan local events and have programs for people in the neighborhood. I also want later on in life start a accessory line I love fashion and I would love to do that but I need to do one thing at a time. So where should I start??? I want to be a future mogul. Get involved in the community, help less fortunate people, start funds, network with celebrities, participate in organizations and also set aside time to create an accessory line. I didn't study fashion but I've seen many people who hire others to do the designing for them. For instance many artists do not create ANY of the fragrances, clothes, or jewelry they just approve them. SO can anyone please help me!! I have many goals in life but just do not know how to start...like most soon to be college graduates. Truthful, honest, detailed help will be most thankful. (desperate senior here)

What organizations should I join for career development/ networking? I'm a female doing marketing in tech. Thx? I work in Silicon Valley area for a computer tech co. doing marketing program management and I am quite career focused and want to keep expanding my knowledge and meeting like-minded individuals, with possibility of owning my own business some day. Women orgs are nice but I don't want to limit myself to that either. There's an org called TiE= The indrus entrepreneurs but I feel a little left out of it (it's like 99.9% Indian members, including the speakers). Not racist, in fact my best friend is Indian, however I just feel like an oddball there. Suggestions on good orgs that have proven helpful for members? Thanks in advance for your time!

Career development/networking organizations to join for women in tech marketing? I work in Silicon Valley area for a computer tech co. doing marketing program management and I am quite career focused and want to keep expanding my knowledge and meeting like-minded individuals, with possibility of owning my own business some day. Women orgs are nice but I don't want to limit myself to that either. There's an org called TiE= The indrus entrepreneurs but I feel a little left out of it (it's like 99.9% Indian members, including the speakers). Not racist, in fact my best friend is Indian, however I just feel like an oddball there. Suggestions on good orgs that have proven helpful for members? Thanks in advance for your time!

Thoughts on purchasing a business? I have been working with the current owner of a small company over the last few months with intentions on purchasing it on Jan 1, 2009. The business distributes, direct sells and installs wood furnaces, solar panels, wind turbines, passive solar and radiant floor heating, with two new products slated for introduction next year. Dealer network of 6 active, 6 non-active, with open potential to develop dealers throughout the west. At first, the owner wanted to be involved for 5 years and finance half of it, Now he wants all cash up front and only wants to be involved for 6 months. Last years sales were $680,000 with net profit in the $300,000 range. Next year he is estimating sales of $230,000 due to the economy and the depressed price of oil and energy. Gross profits will be in the $75,000 range. The company does not have auditable financials, he does not have to sell the business. Sales price is $400,000 with $200,000 in good will, $150,000 in marketable inventory and $50,000 in assets. Financing would be $400,000 @ 8% over 7 years, first two years interest only payments required, with $50,000 extra cash as working capitol. New owner has business management experience, strong interest in entering the alternative energy market and a small network of entrepreneurs for advice. So the question is: With energy prices, the economy depressed and credit hard to come by, would purchasing this business (on credit) be a good investment? Thanks for the answer Getalife. After additional analysis and advice, an offer would be $225,000, max bid at $250,000.

Hi...I need help in language...just read the following, correct any errors possible and give an edited version When a person starts his or her network marketing organization, he or she is an independent entrepreneur. When building the business, Neways provides their products, sales tools, warehousing and shipping services, and other business necessities. He or she is not a representative or salesperson employed by Neways but is an independent business owner who purchases items from Neways as needed to conduct the business. Often, distributors in local areas share the costs of holding business meetings and carrying out other initiatives. Neways provides him or her with tools and support, to build his or her business fast and large. Training will be provided to easily duplicate to achieve success in his or her own business. In turn, he or she can help others duplicate this same training and business model in their own businesses.

International Business Oportunity? Hi, I'm a young entrepreneur from Mexico. I have my own Xango business and I am on my way to financial freedom. I think that a Network Marketing business is a very good oportunity to reach a very good financial situation. Actually the person who invited me to Xango is the biggest and profitable MLM woman outside US ( more than 50,000USD per month, and a 110,000USD quarterly bonus), and we are working together to build my own business, so I'm very lucky to have her support and experience...I just have to follow her steps and do whatever she tells me. =D The beauty of these kind of business is that you can contact and do business with a lot of international people that hace thesame entreprenurial mind that I have...I can do business with you in the U.S and build my business in your country and at the same time you can build your business here in Mexico. So I want to contact some people that are interested in this business oportunity. Contact me for more info albertoxvilla@hotmail.com

Looking for entrepreneur's forum in Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri.? I am an aspiring young entrepreneur looking for enterpreneur's forum in Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri. This may be a small to a large group of people interested in anything from Networking and Cross-Marketing to sharing innovative ideas, and sharing pieces of advice based on experiences.

help business questions for anyone who knows it? 1.) In a personal inventory, most people have no need to write down the names of supervisors they had or the duties they performed. They can be confident they will always remember those details. true false 2.)The Common Application provides supplemental forms for applicants involved in athletics and the arts. true false 3.)Select the best answer to the following question. Which type of business communication can be distributed by paper, sent by email, or posted on a bulletin board at work? formal letter follow-up letter memorandum schedule 4.)You are responding to an ad for a lifeguard at Ourtown Pool. The topic, task and audience for your letter are The topic is how much you need a job; task is a descriptive letter; and audience is your friend who is already a lifeguard at the pool. The topic is the job opening at Ourtown Pool; task is an informative memo; and audience is your friend who is already a lifeguard. The topic is the job opening at Ourtown Pool; task is an informative and persuasive cover letter; audience is pool manager. The topic is the job opening at Ourtown Pool; task is a descriptive flyer with your picture; audience is pool manager. 5.)The most persuasive cover letters for résumés are many pages long and retell the applicant’s complete work history and education. true false 6.)The Academic Word List (AWL) contains the words most frequently used in academic prose. true false 7.)Business memos should be brief, businesslike, and easy to read. true false 8.)The word Re: in the heading of a memorandum is sometimes used to _____. encourage people to respond identify who should receive the memo introduce the subject of the memo indicate a response date 9.)All email that is written and stored on company computers is the property of the company, not the individual employee. true false 10.) Imagine that you have just written a weekly status report summarizing the telemarketing calls you have made during the week. Each week, you have been more successful at your job. So, you want to show an upward trend of the number of calls that actually earned a positive customer response. The best graphic representation to use in your report to reveal this trend is a bar chart. true false 11.)The writer of a persuasive fund raising letter should always take the trouble to express ideas carefully and cogently. true false 12.)Notices publicizing specific events are clearest when they contain only graphics, without text. true false 13.)Select the statement that best answers the following question. Why is it helpful to include charts and graphs in your written business communication? It distracts the reader from the content of your report. It makes the words you have written easier to understand. It provides an image of your data that is quick to read. It adds color to your report. 14.)In a weekly status report, it is important to list the names of the other contributors on the project mainly so that they can share the blame if something goes wrong. true false 15.) Select the best answer that completes the following sentence. Junior Achievement, now called JA Worldwide, most likely provides success stories of teen entrepreneurs on their website because _____. they want to inspire and motivate like-minded teens they want to warn teens of the dangers of starting a business they want to provide a formal business education to teens they need more teens to start their own businesses so their organization can grow 16.)Complete the following sentence with the best word. Business professionals used to go to luncheon meetings to _____ with other professionals; now, they go online. delegate persist market network 18.) Complete the following sentence with the best word. By studying the detailed graphic representation of data, the sales team determined an important market _____ that could help predict next year’s sales. contribution entrepreneur trend longevity

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I'm doing a presentation on Mark Zuckerburg, bit of help please ? ? Hi. Im doing a presentation on Mark Zuckerburg, for my Business Studies class. Ive found out alot of information about him, but just need a bit of help on a few points. I have thinks on his early life, and have covered quite a few things. There are just 3 questions that i dont have much inforamation on. The points i need help on are: Key Successes (i have hardly any points for this one) Key Failures (i have quite a few failures but a few more would be good) and one more...What makes him an entrepreneur? Apart from that he saw a gap in the social networking market, i cant see what else to write for this. Your help would be much appreciated if you have knowledge on Zuckerburg. Thanks x

please help me with these 13 questions 10 points plus best answer! asap? 1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following would be a reliable resource for her? (1 point) the Occupational Outlook Handbook Teen magazine Dateline NBC A&E's Dirty Jobs 2. Jim's mom is an accountant. He has learned quite a bit of information from her about her career. What kind of source of information about careers would this be considered? (1 point) internal external value print 3. Hugh has made an appointment to speak with a local librarian about their job. What kind of exploration is Hugh setting up? (1 point) job shadowing internship informational interview career presentation 4. Susan has always wanted to be a veterinarian. When doing her research, she answers all self-assessments geared towards that career and is only researching that one career. Which important component of career research is Susan neglecting? (1 point) Keep an open mind. Search your heart. Think of careers that interest you. Consider your skills and abilities. 5. Peter has called a friend's uncle who is an archeologist to ask him about his recent expedition. What important skill has Peter just used? (1 point) inquisitiveness persistence cabling networking 6. Which of the following is an example of networking? (1 point) Stephen has contacted a radiologist from the local yellow pages to interview about her career. Yusef has asked his football coach if he knows of any professional athletes that he could interview about their career. Samantha has made an appointment with her local career center to learn more about becoming a pilot. Charlie is using the Occupational Outlook Handbook to find more information about the field of architecture. 7. Regarding informational interviews, it is best to always: (1 point) Set up an appointment with someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Use the yellow pages to find someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Ask someone to work around your schedule when setting up an informational interview. Ask for a job at the end of an informational interview. 8. Entrepreneurs are important to our economy because they: (1 point) provide jobs. provide inspiration and motivation to our economy. provide new products and services. all of the above. 9. It is wise for entrepreneurs to acquire: (1 point) marketing knowledge. a factory. a home office. knowledge of technology. True/False 10. It is best to choose a career that others think you would be good at. (1 point) True False 11. Most people will only engage in career exploration once in their lifetime, so you should make it count! (1 point) True False 12. When completing career exploration, it is wise to consult your own knowledge of your skills, abilities and interests, your family and friends, and print or online resources. (1 point) True False 13. You should go into an informational interview without any prior knowledge of the person or their career. (1 point) True False

1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following woul 1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following would be a reliable resource for her? (1 point) the Occupational Outlook Handbook Teen magazine Dateline NBC A&E's Dirty Jobs 2. Jim's mom is an accountant. He has learned quite a bit of information from her about her career. What kind of source of information about careers would this be considered? (1 point) internal external value print 3. Hugh has made an appointment to speak with a local librarian about their job. What kind of exploration is Hugh setting up? (1 point) job shadowing internship informational interview career presentation 4. Susan has always wanted to be a veterinarian. When doing her research, she answers all self-assessments geared towards that career and is only researching that one career. Which important component of career research is Susan neglecting? (1 point) Keep an open mind. Search your heart. Think of careers that interest you. Consider your skills and abilities. 5. Peter has called a friend's uncle who is an archeologist to ask him about his recent expedition. What important skill has Peter just used? (1 point) inquisitiveness persistence cabling networking 6. Which of the following is an example of networking? (1 point) Stephen has contacted a radiologist from the local yellow pages to interview about her career. Yusef has asked his football coach if he knows of any professional athletes that he could interview about their career. Samantha has made an appointment with her local career center to learn more about becoming a pilot. Charlie is using the Occupational Outlook Handbook to find more information about the field of architecture. 7. Regarding informational interviews, it is best to always: (1 point) Set up an appointment with someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Use the yellow pages to find someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. Ask someone to work around your schedule when setting up an informational interview. Ask for a job at the end of an informational interview. 8. Entrepreneurs are important to our economy because they: (1 point) provide jobs. provide inspiration and motivation to our economy. provide new products and services. all of the above. 9. It is wise for entrepreneurs to acquire: (1 point) marketing knowledge. a factory. a home office. knowledge of technology. True/False 10. It is best to choose a career that others think you would be good at. (1 point) True False 11. Most people will only engage in career exploration once in their lifetime, so you should make it count! (1 point) True False 12. When completing career exploration, it is wise to consult your own knowledge of your skills, abilities and interests, your family and friends, and print or online resources. (1 point) True False 13. You should go into an informational interview without any prior knowledge of the person or their career. (1 point) True False Matching

Help with Career Exploration!? 1. Sally needs to gather information about careers from a print or media source. Which of the following would be a reliable resource for her? (1 point) * the Occupational Outlook Handbook * Teen magazine * Dateline NBC * A&E's Dirty Jobs 2. Jim's mom is an accountant. He has learned quite a bit of information from her about her career. What kind of source of information about careers would this be considered? (1 point) * internal * external * value * print 3. Hugh has made an appointment to speak with a local librarian about their job. What kind of exploration is Hugh setting up? (1 point) * job shadowing * internship * informational interview * career presentation 4. Susan has always wanted to be a veterinarian. When doing her research, she answers all self-assessments geared towards that career and is only researching that one career. Which important component of career research is Susan neglecting? (1 point) * Keep an open mind. * Search your heart. * Think of careers that interest you. * Consider your skills and abilities. 5. Peter has called a friend's uncle who is an archeologist to ask him about his recent expedition. What important skill has Peter just used? (1 point) * inquisitiveness * persistence * cabling * networking 6. Which of the following is an example of networking? (1 point) * Stephen has contacted a radiologist from the local yellow pages to interview about her career. * Yusef has asked his football coach if he knows of any professional athletes that he could interview about their career. * Samantha has made an appointment with her local career center to learn more about becoming a pilot. * Charlie is using the Occupational Outlook Handbook to find more information about the field of architecture. 7. Regarding informational interviews, it is best to always: (1 point) * Set up an appointment with someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. * Use the yellow pages to find someone with whom you wish to conduct an informational interview. * Ask someone to work around your schedule when setting up an informational interview. * Ask for a job at the end of an informational interview. 8. Entrepreneurs are important to our economy because they: (1 point) * provide jobs. * provide inspiration and motivation to our economy. * provide new products and services. * all of the above. 9. It is wise for entrepreneurs to acquire: (1 point) * marketing knowledge. * a factory. * a home office. * knowledge of technology. True/False 10. It is best to choose a career that others think you would be good at. (1 point) * True * False 11. Most people will only engage in career exploration once in their lifetime, so you should make it count! (1 point) * True * False 12. When completing career exploration, it is wise to consult your own knowledge of your skills, abilities and interests, your family and friends, and print or online resources. (1 point) * True * False 13. You should go into an informational interview without any prior knowledge of the person or their career. (1 point) * True * False Matching Match the following terms with their definitions. A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration (1 point) 15. networking (1 point) 16. informational interview (1 point) 17. entrepreneur (1 point) 18. persistence (1 point) 19. inquisitiveness (1 point) 20. innovative (1 point) 21. personal initiative (1 point) 22. change agent (1 point) 23. entrepreneurship (1 point) 24. marketing (1 point) 25. executive summary (1 point) Yes I realize it's a lot but we don't get a book for this class which makes it harder. I appreciate it though. If you don't want to do it fine not a big deal.

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Vote on which College Major is better? What is the best major for an undergraduate student who wants to become an entrepreneur? I am a freshman undergraduate student and am not exactly sure what I should major in. I am thinking about majoring in International business or economics, it is a goal of mine to one day own my own business. So, what major can set me up for a career in the corporate world and my goal of being an entrepreneur: economics, management, entrepreneurship, or some other International Business? I already plan on majoring in International Business but I want to know what should I double major in with International Business? The business I would like to start will be called UBG Services International. stands for United Bass Group Services International. I want it to be a Management(Management, strategic Management, and Operations Management), and IT Consulting Firm. I want the UBG brand to be a Parent Company or Conglomerate of two other companies such as UBG Publications(which produces three diffrent magazines which I will not name or describe over the internet) and UBG Professional Networking Services which will be a Website which will be a web based networking service providing a variety of ways for Professionals, Business Men and Women and Entrepreneurs to interact through Email, Instand Messaging services and WebCam Interaction while sharing information securely from business to business, executive to executive, and professional to professional confidentially or publicly and also marketing. Any suggestions on which would better support my dreams?

pleasee help me with homwork:))))? A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration 15. networking 16. informational interview 17. entrepreneur 18. persistence 19. inquisitiveness 20. innovative 21. personal initiative 22. change agent 23. entrepreneurship 24. marketing 25. executive summary

pleasee help!!! homework.? A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration 15. networking 16. informational interview 17. entrepreneur 18. persistence 19. inquisitiveness 20. innovative 21. personal initiative 22. change agent 23. entrepreneurship 24. marketing 25. executive summary

Why do people think if you're good at math, you'll have a successful job? I see people say that if you have a math or science degree, you'll have a high paying job. Not if you're a socially incompetent nerd like me. I'm not saying most people with those degrees are like that, but people like me end up in those programs. Actually, I'm not that good in math and already forgot everything, but I passed enough courses to get a computer science degree. Who's getting jobs? It's mostly people who have contacts - everyone knows that's more common than jobs found through ads. Something I can't do. I even asked my former boss (from a temporary job) how he got to where he was, and he said it was because he contacted his girlfriend's company. Whoops, I've never had a girlfriend because I'm unattractive. So no networking opportunity there. And my former boss, while nice, always chatted with his friends at work and not me. Or look at who entrepreneurs are - they can fund their inventions and companies because they have contacts with lots of money, or family members that do. More proof: look at the Yahoo homepage articles today: "Tweet into a new job" "Facebook Can Help You Get Hired … or Fired" "Having a social networking profile is a good thing — it presents you as technologically and professionally savvy." Guess what, I can't use Facebook because I have 0 friends. What is technology? It's just marketing. The people who invented Facebook and iPhone and Blackberry know their consumers, and know how it's like to have friends and contacts. Everyone who's successful is good at networking and advertising and following fads and having an aggressive business mentality and nepotism. Maybe if they're exceptionally brilliant; I'm not, I'm of at most average intelligence with no social skills. If you tel me to get out more, then how is anyone going to like me when I'm boring with no interests, hobbies, goals, not to mention unemployed? Actually, even if I had a social life, it won't matter if I'm not buddying up with someone from the industry. I won't, because I hate cronyism.

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matching CAREER EXPLOARTION please help me.? A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration (1 point) 15. networking (1 point) 16. informational interview (1 point) 17. entrepreneur (1 point) 18. persistence (1 point) 19. inquisitiveness (1 point) 20. innovative (1 point) 21. personal initiative (1 point) 22. change agent (1 point) 23. entrepreneurship (1 point) 24. marketing (1 point) 25. executive summary (1 point)

Looking for an entrepreneur to interview.? i have a class project and i need an entrepreneur to answer these questions. please help me. thank you very much. 1.What’s your name and what kind of business do you own? 2.Why did you become an entrepreneur? 3.How did you come up with your business? 4.How did you finance your business? 5.Is this your first business? If not, how many businesses do you have? 6.How do you market your products or services? 7.Does social networking play any roll in your business? If so what? 8.What plans that you have to do to expand your business further? 9.Did you find investors for your business? If so, how? 10.How is your business different from others? 11.What are the biggest challenges you face now? 12.What is the formula for becoming a successful entrepreneur? 13.Where do you see the business in say 10 years time? 14.Do you have any suggestions for entrepreneurs who are experiencing challenging times? 15.How has the economy effected your business? Thanks for answering the questions. I appreciate it.

Where can I find an entrepreneur who already owns a web site hosting company to partner with my venture? I have 600 plus websites that run on a custom affiliate marketing website builder and they are currently being hosted for $60 a month on ONE IP address. I was told they need spread out over at least 10 separate IPS for better SEO and want to PARTNER rather than PAY a hosting company. I am willing to give up stock in my company if we can find the right people who also might be well connected with developers and programmers. The business model combines individual .com domain names AND a social network cobined to build a BRAND.

I'm not a social person, but I'm ok with networking online....? I'm more of a net person, than a social person as in face to face. Do you think I have what it takes to do marketing online? I have done ebay before. I have about a total of 30 positive feedbacks as a seller/buyer and I have about 0 negatives. I will perhaps continue online marketing, but this time I'll be marketing with a rapidly growing business which might in the near future be the result of curing thousands of people including from the swine flu and cancer. I already did alot of background research on this and yea, everything seems great. My only question here is, does anybody think a person who isn't social, but good with online networking will be able to run a business smoothly? When I do join the business,as an entrepreneur, then I will be dedicating most of my time trying to help people find a cure to their dieases. Hopefully that will be sometime in the few upcoming weeks/months.

please!!!! help me 10 points plus best answer? match all the following A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration (1 point) 15. networking (1 point) 16. informational interview (1 point) 17. entrepreneur (1 point) 18. persistence (1 point) 19. inquisitiveness (1 point) 20. innovative (1 point) 21. personal initiative (1 point) 22. change agent (1 point) 23. entrepreneurship (1 point) 24. marketing (1 point) 25. executive summary (1 point)

please help only 12 questions only 10 points plus best answer! asap? match all the following A. using the connections among people to help one another reach important goals B. personal readiness and ability to take action C. a meeting in which you gather information from another person D. the total of activities involved in the transfer of goods from the producer or seller to the consumer or buyer, including advertising, shipping, storing, and selling E. being or producing something like nothing done or experienced or created before F. continuing or repeating behavior G. the process of learning about careers that interest you H. eager for knowledge I. someone who organizes a business venture and assumes the risk for it J. the cause of change K. the practice of starting new organizations, particularly new businesses generally in response to identified opportunities L. a concise overview of the entire plan along with a history of your company 14. career exploration (1 point) 15. networking (1 point) 16. informational interview (1 point) 17. entrepreneur (1 point) 18. persistence (1 point) 19. inquisitiveness (1 point) 20. innovative (1 point) 21. personal initiative (1 point) 22. change agent (1 point) 23. entrepreneurship (1 point) 24. marketing (1 point) 25. executive summary (1 point)

Looking for entrepreneur's forum in Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri.? I am an aspiring young entrepreneur looking for enterpreneur's forum in Kansas City, Kansas or Missouri. This may be a small to a large group of people interested in anything from Networking and Cross-Marketing to sharing innovative ideas, and sharing pieces of advice based on experiences.

Vanity Fair Magazine`s Top 100 people who run America...notice anything odd? 1. Rupert Murdoch, billionaire global media baron financed by the Rothschild, Bronfman and Oppenheimer empires. 2. Steve Jobs, chief executive officer of the Apple computer conglomerate. 3. Sergey Brin and Larry Page, founders of Google, the Internet giant. 4. Stephen Schwarzman and Pete Peterson, founders of the Blackstone Group, a financial investment giant, representing shadowy cliques of plutocratic predators. 5. Warren Buffett, a longtime U.S. satellite of the European Rothschild family and one of the owners of the Washington Post publishing group. 6. Bill Clinton, former president of the United States. 7. Steven Spielberg, Hollywood producer and director, perhaps the most powerful man in the movie industry. 8. Bernard Arnault, French industrialist whose growing empire produces such luxury label items as Louis Vuitton, Christian Dior and Dom Perignon, among others. 9. Michael Bloomberg, billionaire New York mayor and possible presidential candidate who made his fortune in the financial news information industry. 10. Bill and Melinda Gates, the husband-and-wife team who are the rulers of the Microsoft computer colossas. 11. Carlos Slim Helú, Fortune magazine says this Mexican billionaire of Lebanese descent is the world’s richest man, controlling 200 companies that account for 7% of Mexico’s gross domestic product. 12. H. Lee Scott, president and chief executive of Wal-Mart. 13. Ralph Lauren, fashion industry tycoon. 14. Oprah Winfrey, widely promoted television personality. 15. Barry Diller and Diane von Furstenberg (husband and wife). Diller is a Hollywood figure who is now a major player in the television home shopping business. His wife is a major fashion designer. 16. David Geffen, Hollywood business partner of aforementioned Steven Spielberg and a major movie industry figure in his own right. 17. Howard Stringer, chief executive of the Sony corporation. 18. Richard Parsons, African-American front man was chief executive officer and chairman of the board of directors for the Zionist rulers of the Time-Warner media empire. (Recently stepped down.) 19. Al Gore, former vice president of the United States and father-in-law of an heir to the Schiff international banking fortune that financed the Bolshevik Revolution. 20. Larry Ellison, chief executive officer of Oracle, the database software giant known for his patronage of Israeli causes. 21. Herb Allen, head of the influential privately owned investment house of Allen & Co; he convenes an annual conclave of elite industrialists at Sun Valley, Idaho. 22. Jeff Bewkes, recently became CEO at the Time-Warner media empire (which has long been under the influence of the Bronfman family and other Zionist elements). 23. Jeff Bezos, the founder of the Amazon.com book and video Internet powerhouse. 24. Peter Chernin, runs Fox News for Rupert Murdoch and Murdoch’s behind-the-scenes sponsors. 25. Leslie Moonves, head of CBS, the fiefdom of the Sarnoff family. 26. Jerry Bruckheimer, Hollywood producer— major films and weekly television. 27. George Clooney, film star and supporter of liberal causes. 28. Bono, rock star & global poverty activist. 29. François Pinault, luxury brands king/art collector 30. Roman Abramovich, Russian oilman and financial wheeler dealer. 31. Ronald Perelman, billionaire cigar monopoly kingpin and head of the Revlon cosmetics giant. 32. Tom Hanks, actor/producer 33. Jacob Rothschild, global banking tycoon of the famed Zionist family and major behind-the-scenes influence in the United States through such associates as non-Jewish Warren Buffett. 34. Robert DeNiro, actor/producer. 35. Howard Schultz, founder of the Starbucks coffee shop chain. 36. Robert Iger, head of the Walt Disney media conglomerate. 37. Giorgio Armani, fashion designer and clothing tycoon. 38. Jeffrey Katzenberg, partner of aforementioned Spielberg and Geffen. 39. Ronald Lauder and Leonard Lauder, rulers of the Estee Lauder cosmetics empire; major figures in theWorld Jewish Congress. 40. George Lucas, Hollywood producer (best known for the Star Wars films and marketing gimmickry empire). 41. Harvey Weinstein and Bob Weinstein, major Hollywood producers. 42. Diane Sawyer and Mike Nichols (husband and wife). Sawyer is a television and “news” personality; Nichols is an influential Hollywood producer and director. 43. Bruce Wasserstein, chief of the powerful Zionist investment house of Lazard and owner of New York magazine. 44. Miuccia Prada, famed fashion icon and handbag designer. 45. Steven Cohen, hedge-fund manager at SAC Capital Advisers. 46. Tom Cruise, actor/producer closely associated with an organization known to have been taken over from within by assets of Israel's intelligence service. 47. Jay-Z , rapper/entrepreneur 48. Ron Meyer, chief of Universal Studios, now under Bronfman family empire control. 49. Frank Gehry, architect. 50. Arnold Schwarzenegger, former actor-turned-governor of California, closely associated with Rothschild family associate Warren Buffett (see above). 51. Henry Kravis, leveraged buy-out king at Kohlberg, Kravis & Roberts; his wife is a major player in the Council on Foreign Relations, the New York-based adjunct of the Rothschild family’s London-based Royal Institute of International Affairs. 52. Karl Lagerfeld, head of the Chanel perfume empire. 53. Oscar and Annette de la Renta, fashion designers. 54. Martha Stewart, popular television personality and home products tycoon. 55. Mickey Drexler, chief of the J. Crew fashion company. 56. Michael Moritz, financier previously associated with Google and former journalist who was San Francisco bureau chef for Bronfman-controlled Time magazine. Holds an interest in Pay Pal and inYahoo. 57. Brian Roberts, heads Comcast, the nation’s largest cable company and second-largest Internet provider. 58. Roger Ailes, runs Fox News channel for Murdoch and associates. 59. Vivi Nevo, Israeli-born international investment tycoon who holds large takes in Time-Warner, Goldman Sachs and Microsoft. (One of his principal associates is Israeli arms dealer, Arnon Milchan, a major backer of Israel’s secret nuclear weapons development program.) 60. Mick Jagger, rock star. 61. Jeff Skoll, film producer. 62. Vinod Khosla, Indian-born, American-based major investor in “green” technologies such as solar, clean coal, fuel cells and cellulosic ethanol. 63. Diego Della Valle, major figure in the luxury accessories fashion industry, notably the Tod’s shoe company. 64. Stacey Snider, co-chief of DreamWorks, the Spielberg-Geffen-Katzenberg combine in Hollywood. 65. Brian Grazer and Ron Howard, major Hollywood producers. 66. John Lasseter, Disney-Pixar studios. 67. George Soros, infamous international wheeler-dealer. 68. Philippe Dauman, runs Viacom media giant for Zionist mogul Sumner Redstone (who also controls CBS). 69. John Malone, runs Liberty Media (Discovery Channel, USA network etc); formerly associated with Jerrold Electronics, founded by Milton Shapp, a devout Zionist who served two terms as governor of Pennsylvania. 70. Sumner Redstone, owner of the Viacom/CBS media giant. 71. Paul Allen, head of Vulcan investment house and co-founder, with Bill Gates (see above) of the Microsoft empire. 72. Eddie Lampert, money manager for major figures in the global elite; member of the secret Skull & Bones fraternity atYale. 73. Leon Black, major investor with controlling influence at Telemundo, Spanish-language broadcasting, Harrah’s casino empire, and Realogy, which controls real-estate companies such as Coldwell Banker and Century 21. 74. Jann Wenner, owner of Rolling Stone magazine 75. Eric Fellner and Tim Bevan Working Title Films, London 76. JerryWeintraub, Hollywood producer. 77. Donatella Versace, fashion empire head. 78. Thomas L. Friedman, New York Times columnist. 79. Tim Russert, NBC news commentator. 80. Charlie Rose, PBS television news commentator and talk show host. 81. Joel Silver, Hollywood film producer. 82. Frank Rich, NewYork Times commentator/ author 83. Jonathan Ive, designer of the iPod, iMac and Iphone. 84. Larry Gagosian, owner of art galleries in New York, London and Los Angeles, closely associated with Zionist billionaires such as David Geffen and S. I. Newhouse Jr., etc. 85. Charles Saatchi, owner of the famed Saatchi Gallery and longtime major figure in the public relations industry. 86. Jean Pigozzi, art collector and close associate of the Rothschild family. 87. Stephen Colbert, television-based political satirist/host. 88. Bill O’Reilly, Fox television conservative talk show host. 89. Jon Stewart, TV personality and pundit. 90. Steve Bing, film producer. 91. Eli Broad, billionaire investor and patron of Zionist causes. 92. Michael Milken, Wall Street predator, ex-convict, and devoted supporter of Israel. 93. Arthur Sulzberger Jr., owner of the NewYork Times media empire. 94. Ron Burkle, supermarket and media magnate (including Motor Trend and Soap Opera Digest). 95. Scott Rudin, Hollywood producer 96. Jimmy Buffett, singer and musician, branching into investments. 97. Steven Rattner, private equity and hedge fund investor, former reporter for The NewYork Times. 98. Arianna Huffington, writer and television personality. 99. Doug Morris, runs Universal Music for its owners, the Zionist Bronfman family and its wide-ranging empire. 100. Jimmy Iovine, head of Interscope Records and closely associated with aforementioned Zionist music tycoon David Geffen. NOW would you be outraged if they 80% of the above were muslim names?

"The 25 Things That Killed Hip Hop" list, What do you think of this list and how many do you agree with? I did not create this list but what do you think about this list?.....source below..... http://www.soulbounce.com/soul/2008/04/25_things_that_killed_urban_mu.php 25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music In the midst of everyone's declarations that "Hip Hop is Dead" we somehow forgot the slow death that is spreading across all aspects of "urban" music, as the legacy of Soul and its close cousins has devolved into a writhing mass of commercialism, homogenization, thuggification and overall laziness. Now, in no particular order, we present to you the "25 Things That Killed (and are Still Killing) Urban Music" because you love lists and SoulBounce isn't afraid to say what you're thinking. Keep in mind that there will be some overlap, as certain items gave way to others that deserve their own spanking. 1. The End of the "Event" Album: There was a time when albums encompassed an era that included a look, a feel, and a style that informed an artist's videos and live performances for as long as they (or the label) could squeeze revenue from a project by releasing singles. The "event" album can chiefly be credited to Jacksons Michael and Janet, who have entire timelines built around the idea of a "Thriller Era" or a "Rhythm Nation Era". Nowadays, instead of treating albums as what they are (a collection of songs with one unifying theme) artists are more likely to seek out the most ubiquitous Hip Hop beatmakers of the moment and record over a hundred songs from which to "pick" singles. Also, when you have artists that are too scared to release music with a healthy 3-5 year gap in between, the lines to between albums begin to blur, and the eras become indistinguishable, rendering them null. 2. Big Name Hip Hop Producers: With respect due to the beatmakers that introduce a track with the name of their production imprint, ad-lib all over it, and insert themselves as guest rappers 50% of the time, they overshadow the actual vocalist of a song. We certainly don't begrudge any of them the right to employment, but when an artist has to do an inventory of who produced her project to qualifiy it instead of telling us what the album is about, we have to take exception. Reality check: If you're trying to goad me into a purchasing your album because you have a Pharrell beat on it and I'm a Pharrell fan, then that's the only song I'm buying. Your album has to have legs of its own. 3. Deaths of The Notorious B.I.G. & 2Pac: You can probably draw a direct line from the deaths of Biggie and 'Pac to the current state of Hip Hop. The two of them cultivated a style that even a decade later is re- and misappropriated to the nth. Perhaps if they were still alive, they'd have pushed the genre forward. Or maybe they'd be wack and irrelevant. Hey, at least they died while they were still good. 4. "Neo-Soul": We understand the emergence of the "neo-soul" genre as a response to the growing commercialization of modern R&B. But even the artists lumped into this category began to the see that the term was as much a marketing ploy as the very things they eschewed. The language used to describe these artists ranged from "organic" to "avant garde" and any press materials would claim that he/she looks up to Stevie, Marvin and Donnie. And don't stand too close to the stage lest you get burned by the candles and frankencense! Before long, the audience would be fooled and we would either grow to love or loathe this music, defending the art of its purveyors and loudly wondering why they couldn't move as many units as their mainstream counterparts. Simply put, "neo-soul" has become a term used by people to describe music they respect but would never buy. 5. Reality TV: Aside from the manufactured Pop idols that are struggling to stay signed within their prize contracts, we have to question the motives of Sean Combs, Robin Antin and Missy Elliott, who have all aped the reality television format to generate acts for their own stable of artists. To be sure, reality TV has replaced proper Artist Development as a means for these entrepreneurs to cash in, stroke their egos and embarrass people who, 9 times out of 10, deserve it. Speaking of which, what's O'so Krispie doing? 6. Lazy A&R Departments: Did you know that A&R people are also responsible for Artist Development? Probably not, since these days a newly-signed artist is more likely to be stripped of their identity and given one that falls in step with what's popular or, even worse, none at all. Take Cheri Dennis for example. While her album has a respectable amount of solid R&B tracks, we still don't know who Cheri Dennis is, what sets her apart from everyone else or even what she sounds like. But, she has earned the distinction of being signed to her label for nearly a decade with no album to speak of. Did the A&R department utilize that time by playing Spades? Probably. 7. Scarface and The Untouchables: Okay, rapper, we get it, Scarface and The Untouchables are the greatest movies ever made; your life in celluloid, even. But, if you look close enough, you'll come to learn that you are neither Pacino or De Niro and should stop emulating them by using audio clips from the films in your interludes and the script in your lyrics. Too many of you are still doing this after all these years. Also, tell members of your crew to stop calling themselves "Ness" and "Nitti". Just, please, cut it out. Thank you. 8. Thugs: Not only do we have "Studio Thugs" that use de Palma films to inform their image (see above) but there's the "Corporate Thug" (robs an artist of his publishing and signs him to a hellified contract he could never fulfill) and the questionable "R&B Thug", which happened somewhere between R. Kelly and Jodeci and continues to this day. Along the way, labels got the bright idea that the way to a woman's heart was by selling drugs and beating up people. Sexy! This trend has also given rise to something else we'll never understand: "R&B Beef", in which two singers talk trash about each other to the media. Unfortunately, this doesn't result in a "sing-off" but pretty much makes everyone involved look kind of retarded. 9. Crime: Between violating probation, not paying child support, being pulled over and caught with an ounce of weed or cocaine, assaulting nail technicians, shooting people, tossing concertgoers off the stage, committing perjury, tax evasion, and urinating on minors, we have to wonder if being a good artist means being a bad citizen. 10. Ringtones: "Real Music Ringtones" were created as a way to distinguish your ringing cellular from someone else's while also bringing you closer to your favorite artist. Unfortunately, the labels realized this was the only way to generate revenue and started making music for the sole purpose of selling ringtones. Now, we have stripped-down keyboard beats and grunts and "yaahhs" instead of lyrics. Is that my cellphone ringing or yours? We'll never know, because we both downloaded Soulja Boy. 11. Lack of Music Programs in Schools: Programs like Garage Band have not only made producers lazy, but undercut the importance of immersing young would-be musicians in music history as well as basic composition. Unless a popular musician was trained in the church, they probably lucked into a contract without knowing how to write, play an instrument, or worse, sing a note. 12. BET (and by extension its corporate owner) is on a mission to not only destroy urban music, but poison the perception of Black people in the process. If we were to use this network as a guide (and people unfortunately do), we would believe that "drug dealer > rapper > pimp" is a logical career path, alcoholic beverages can be used as bodysplash, women of exotic or indeterminate race are the standard of beauty, darker-skinned women are only valuable if they have a big ass and a tiny waist, a person's worth can only be determined by what they drive and what they wear, you ain't sh*t if you're over 30, and a week's worth of debauchery and decadence can be undone with a Sunday marathon of religious programming. It's funny because it's true. 13. The Radio: Used to be, you would turn on the radio and hear a variety of artists with a variety of sounds. But due to the "Clear Channeling" of Urban Radio, you'll hear a T-Pain song followed by 15 minutes of commercials, followed by a song featuring T-Pain, some shucking and jiving by unbearable radio personalities for five minutes, then something that resembles a T-Pain song, but isn't because just about everyone sounds like T-Pain now. And it's probably a commercial. 14. Spineless Club DJs: If you're going out to a club, you might as well sit in the house and blast the radio instead of paying the inflated cover charge. Once upon a time, DJs were tastemakers, but now so many of them are afraid they'll clear the floor by spinning something new that they just play album versions of songs people are tired of but are too drunk to notice. Then, they add insult to injury by showing off their "skills" with poorly-timed scratches, blends that don't line up and screaming over the music. And consider yourself lucky if you happen upon a DJ with ACTUAL! VINYL! RECORDS! 15. Mainstream Hip Hop Publications: Back in the 90's, holding one of these rags in your hands was like holding a monthly Bible to all things Hip Hop and R&B. Now, they've all been relegated to chasing blogs and reiterating things we already knew weeks ahead instead of properly utilizing the print medium to do something unique. Changes in personnel and ownership aside, they were already marching towards irrelevance. Even the covers suck now, but you probably won't get the damn thing delivered on time in order to find out. 16. Bloggers: Guilty as charged! Trifle few of us are qualified to be writing about music with any authority, especially since most of the people behind blogs haven't been alive long enough to have a healthy perspective on the subject. Although it can be argued that record companies rely on blogs for buzz, most of the music championed by popular websites is the same music that would've gotten attention anyway. Also, we have to point out that the commenting system has turned discussions about music into an unholy war of "haters" versus "stans", where everyone is an expert on what they hate or love, but have no concept of anything else including real life. Oh, and providing your readers with the URL to full album leaks doesn't "help" the artist. 17. Youtube & Myspace: On the Internet, everyone is a star (thank you, thank you). But while sites like Myspace and Youtube can provide mainstream and indie musicians with a means of cultivating and connecting with an audience, it becomes a chore to sort through the muck of people with a webcam and a login classifying themselves as "artists". And damn you all to Hell for having the crap you made in Grandma's basement on auto-play. 18. Singing Rappers, Acting Rappers & Rapping Athletes: We'll keep this short. Every now and then you'll happen upon someone that has been able to organically transition from one career to another. Will and Latifah come to mind. To everyone else (coughCurtiscough), stay in your lane. Again, we don't begrudge anyone the chance to make some extra ends; it just shouldn't be at the expense of the audience. 19. The End of Real Singing Groups: Once upon a time, you not only had singing groups that weren't put together by a reality show, but wherein each member contributed a distinct voice or purpose to the group. Sometimes they had members that barely sang a note, but who actually produced or wrote the song. Point is, throwing a bunch of strangers in a house with one phone and giving them makeovers doesn't create synergy. Also, name a recent singing group that wasn't created for a television show or for the purpose of launching someone's solo career. Exactly. 20. "Kanyitis" is a temporary, yet frequent, illness that afflicts singers and rappers alike, wherein an artist waits until the precise moment they are in front of a camera, microphone or reporter to say something shocking and stupid, which will then be quoted by bloggers and searched on Youtube ad nauseum. Then the artist has to explain what they "really" meant, but by that time everyone already thinks they're nuts and doesn't care about a retraction. 21. Death of Aaliyah: Not that Aaliyah took an entire genre of music with her to the grave, but it can be argued that her passing made way for a wave of young, pretty dancers with okay voices and no personality. Only difference between them and Aaliyah is, Aaliyah had personality along with talent, ideas and a willingness to experiment. Also, she wasn't so full of herself. 22. Money: Even worse than artists releasing garbage because they know it sells is the audience's obsession with how much an artist makes. Unfortunately, we've given lack of artistry a pass because someone's "making that paper", which totally undermines the hard work of true creative talents that are constantly writing, recording, and performing. When I buy an album I don't want to hear an entrepreneur, which brings us to-- 23. Products & Brands: Whether rappers and singers are inserting the names of designer alcoholic beverages into their lyrics or cable companies are inserting rappers and singers in their ad campaigns, things come to a point where we need to start realizing how owned these artists are. There's a thin line between businessperson and corporate slave. We'd also like to reiterate a fact that has been pointed out time and time again over the past 10 years: If you can't pronounce it, why should we care that you're wearing it, driving it, or drinking it? 24. People That Aren't in Any Way Associated with Music: Opportunities in the industry are built on connections and there's almost never been a time when someone didn't rise to stardom on someone else's coattails. But now, things have gotten way out of hand. Why be an actual artist when you can be someone that danced in videos, screwed a bunch of rappers and got a book deal? Or, you can be a butler or Executive In Charge of Umbrella-Carrying? Or, worse, be the "Fifth Mic" guy on stage and reliable instigator? Who needs a recording studio? 25. Teenagers: Young people have always had the power to determine trends in all genres of music, which is why corporations defer to them. However, today's teenagers seem to be slightly more insipid than they were in previous generations and definitely have a shorter attention span. Whether it's the teens themselves driving the garbage labels are releasing, or the labels that are leading teens down a path of ignorance, is totally up for debate. It's the chicken/egg question in its purest form.

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Its the War and other : a Job well done? from government , or exact the opposite? What is unique about our moment is that we live under a regime that has come to believe that the government itself can produce this result for us if we only give the government enough power, money, and managerial discretion to accomplish this goal. The Left is the major voice criticizing the war on terror, while the Right, much to my dismay, has enlisted in ways I could not have imagined back in the 1990s. The Right has led the call for war abroad, and called for speech controls, domestic spying, and more power to the president to arrest, jail, and even convict people in military courts without the slightest concern for human rights and liberties. Countless times I've had to explain to people who otherwise are suspicious of government that it is not a good thing to give the US government the power to overthrow any government in the world or torture people abroad or pass out trillions in reconstruction aid. When the Left makes a case for total government management at home and yet nonintervention abroad, while the Right argues for free markets at home and a global war on terror abroad, there is some sort of political schizophrenia alive in the land. People who have doubted the power of government to do much at home seem to take leave of their senses when it comes to war abroad. And it is hardly a surprise that they have been proven wrong. The debates about the war on terror have typically involved great detail about the validity of intelligence reports, investigations of terror networks, discussion of the reliability of this or that foreign regime, and the like. But none of this is really necessary if you want to make a sound judgment about whether to support the war in question. What we really need is more general knowledge about the nature of government and its limits. If we understand how it will lose the small wars against things such as cigarettes and liquor, we can more clearly understand how it loses the large wars. The attempt to ban liquor led to a vast increase in liquor distribution and consumption through black-market means. The campaign to wage a war on poverty resulted in more poverty. The war on literacy has created generations of illiterates. The wars on cigarettes and drugs have been spectacularly unsuccessful, and for proof you need look no further than prison, an environment that government fully controls and which is predictably swimming in cigarettes and drugs of all sorts. There are some things that a state just cannot do, no matter how much power it accumulates or employs. I'm sorry to tell this to the American Left, but the war on warm weather is not going to be any more successful than any other of these wars. And I'm sorry to tell this to the American Right, but there is no way that the American government can kill every person on the planet who resents US imperialism. The attempt to do so will generate more, not less, terrorism. We are now more than half a decade into this war on terror. The State Department now says, based on its own data, that the results of the war are "mixed." In government parlance, the admission of mixed results means, in regular language, total failure Gone was the rhetoric from 2002 about the great success. It was replaced with frenzied attacks on ever-increasing numbers of terror groups. Instead of 10 or 20, there were hundreds and hundreds of them taking the lives of ever more people. Incredibly, the State Department decided not to make public the 2005 figures since attacks rose yet again. Officials had to be hauled before a Congressional committee before they would give any specifics. Now they can't get away with hiding the numbers but you still have to look very hard to find them. The bottom line is that since the war on terror began, the incidents that qualify as terrorism have increased by an incredible 26 times. For every one incident in 2001, there are now 26 incidents. For every person killed by terrorism in 2002, 23 people were killed in 2006. Meanwhile, the polls reflect the perception that the world is more, not less, dangerous since the war on terror began. Indeed, among those polled, 81% now believe that the world is becoming more dangerous. Are we going to call this a job well done? It depends on what you call a good job. It fits precisely with what we might expect government to do: its wars always and everywhere make the problem worse, and not better. It is essential that we look at this war in light of history. At the end of World War II, the government and its elites were quite desperate for a massive global cause to keep spending high and the government in control. Communism was picked, and so our former allies in the war became our sworn enemies. Ten years ago, with communism gone, the American warmongers had little to do, other than intervene in small skirmishes. Finally they hit on a great idea: demonize Islamic radicalism. Here is a nation without borders that is terrifying to the American people, just like communism. Despite all the appearance of sadness and anger after 9–11, the elites also understood that it meant the continuation of the old war apparatus. And for that, they were not entirely regretful. At last there was a pretext for war preparedness and war itself that rivaled the old communist threat. So off we went into this structure. There has been no shortage of rhetoric. No expense is spared on arms escalation. There is no lack of will. The effort has the support of plenty of smart people. It is backed by threats of massive bloodshed. What is missing in the war on terror is the essential means to cause the war to yield beneficial results. Of all the billions of potential terrorists out there, and the infinite possibilities of how, when, and where they will strike, there is no way the state can possibly stop them, even if it had the incentive to do so. Behind terrorism is political grievance. This is not speculation. This is the word of the terrorists themselves, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama Bin Laden to innumerable suicide bombers. They are not acting randomly. They have goals. The goal is, first, get the US government and its troops out. And if history teaches us anything it is that no country wants to be ruled by a foreign power, whether that foreign occupation takes the form of colonialism or outright military dictatorship. People would rather run a country badly than have it run well from the outside. No one should understand this better than the American people, whose country was born in a revolt against foreign rule. The second goal of the terrorists is to gain access to the levers of power. In many cases, the United States created these, such as in Afghanistan and Iraq. We insist that there must be a single governing power. Then we are surprised when groups appear that are determined to control it. It would have been much better for everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan to have left them without states at all. The longer we continue in the failures of our war on terror, the more problems that we generate. The pool of actual terrorists (like the poor in the War on Poverty) is limited and can be known, and they are the ones the state focuses on. But the pool of potential terrorists (and potential poor people) is unlimited, and unleashed by the very means the state employs in its war. Hence, not only does the state not accomplish its stated goals, it recruits more people into the armies of the enemy, and ends up completely swamped by a problem that grows ever worse until the state throws in the towel. In the meantime, the target population is able to make a mockery of the state through sheer defiance. The means of conducting war has all the features and failings of every form of central planning. There is an overutilization of resources, and, when the results are the very opposite of the promise, they overutilize some more resources. They do not account for the possibility of error, even though error is more common than anything. Rather than admit error, the war planners shift the blame. The war planners do not account for basic traits of human nature, such as the will to resist. They assume that the world is theirs for the making and never confront the fact that there are forces beyond their control. The people who planned the war on Iraq dismissed suggestions that perhaps not everyone in Iraq is going to be overjoyed at the prospect of gaining freedom through bombing, destruction, and martial law administered by a US military dictatorship or a puppet regime. But can't the state just kill more, employ ever more violence, perhaps even terrify the enemy into passivity? It cannot work. Even prisons experience rioting. The theorist who first saw the collapse of the ideology of the nation-state, Israeli historian Martin van Creveld, was asked about this in an interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was refreshingly blunt: "The Americans in Vietnam tried it. They killed between two-and-a-half and three million Vietnamese. I don't see that it helped them much." Without admitting defeat, the Americans finally pulled out of Vietnam, which today has a thriving stock market. To a notable extent, the war on poverty has ended its most aggressive phases and poverty is declining. What does this experience tell us about the War on Terror? The right approach to this program, as to all government programs, is to end it immediately. But wouldn't that mean surrender? It would mean that the state surrenders its role but not that everyone else does. Had the airlines been in charge of their own security, 9–11 would not have happened. Bin Laden would have a hard time gaining recruits. Muslim fundamentalism would be dealt a serious blow, for no longer would US policy seem specifically designed to feed the madness of its lunatic fringe. In all the talk of war on Iraq, I've yet to hear anyone recently claim that taking out Saddam or bringing about a regime change made the world a more peaceful, happier place. No one really believes that. The 1990 war on Iraq gave rise to al-Qaeda, led to the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and emboldened an entire generation of Muslims to devote their lives to fighting America. The new war in Iraq has done the same. And where did these fanatics come from in the first place? They were subsidized in the 1980s by US policy. We believed that they were good guys because they were fighting communism. Some of the same groups that we are now bombing in Afghanistan and Iraq we were wining and dining in the 1980s in the pursuit of the Cold War. Thus has one bad intervention led to another, precisely in the way that Mises spelled out in his 1929 book Critique of Interventionism. He explained that interventionism is not a stable policy. It creates imbalances that cry out for correction, either by abandoning the policy or pursuing it further to the point of collapse. For this reason, the War on Terror is impossible, not in the sense that it cannot cause immense amounts of bloodshed and destruction and loss of liberty, but in the sense that it cannot finally achieve what it is supposed to achieve, and will only end in creating more of the same conditions that led to its declaration in the first place. In other words, it is a typical government program, costly and unworkable, like socialism, like the War on Poverty, like every other attempt by the government to shape reality according to its own designs. Now let us look at the flip side of the impossibility thesis. If government wars are impossible, what is possible? The answer was provided by the old liberal school: freedom. Society contains within itself the capacity to self-organize. There is nothing that government can do to produce a better result. This is true in domestic and foreign policy. "The idea of liberalism starts with the freedom of the individual," Mises wrote. "It rejects all rule of some persons over others; it knows no master peoples and no subject peoples, just as within the nation itself it distinguishes between no masters and no serfs." The war on Iraq has enjoyed some measure of public support based on the desire for revenge. Even though Saddam had nothing to do with 9–11, people wanted someone to suffer. What we tend to forget is that this is an old motive for war, and it can lead to calamity. The I'm often asked what an average person can do to stop the madness and further liberty. The first and most important step is intellectual. We all need to begin to say no to the state on an intellectual level. When asked what we would like the government to do for us, we need to be prepared to reply: nothing. We should not ask it to save our children, nor provide security, nor vanquish all evil, nor give us anything at all. We should not ask government to win a war on terror, end poverty, make everyone healthy and literate, provide for us when we are old, or anything else. Nothing the government does takes place without a greater cost than benefit to society. Knowing this, we can still be good citizens. We can be good parents, teachers, workers, entrepreneurs, church members, students, and contributors to society in a million different ways. This is far more important to the future of liberty than anything else we do. We must regain our confidence in our capacity for self-governance. I believe this is happening already. Even if the public sector cannot and will not prepare for a future of liberty, we can. Let us look for and work toward the triumph of liberty unencumbered by Leviathan and its wars. ________________________________________ Ludwig von Mises said that the great accomplishment of economists was to draw attention to the extreme limits on the power of government. His point was not merely that government should be limited, but that it is limited by the very structure of reality. It cannot make all people rich by its own initiative. It cannot provide universal housing, literacy, and health. It cannot raise wages across the board. It cannot ban products. Those who seek to accomplish economic ends such as these are choosing the wrong means. That is because there is something more powerful than government: namely economic law. And what is economic law? It is a force that operates within the structure of all societies everywhere that governs the production and allocation of material resources and time according to strict bounds of what is possible. Some things are just not possible. It just so happens that this includes most of the demands that are made by the public and pressure groups on the government. This was the great discovery of the modern science of economics. This was not known by the ancients. It was not known by the fathers of the early church. It was the discovery of the medieval schoolmen, and the insight was gradually elaborated upon and systematized over the centuries, culminating in the classical and Austrian traditions of thought. The power of government to do what we desire is strictly limited. Those who do not understand this point do not understand economics. And the economic teaching has a broader implication that concerns the organization of society itself. Government is not free to make and unmake society as it sees fit. It is not a tool we can use to fulfill our private dreams. Society is too complicated, too far reaching, too much a reflection of the free volition of individual actors, for government to be able to accomplish its ends. Most often, what government attempts to do — whether abolish poverty, end liquor consumption, or make all citizens literate and healthy — ends up backfiring and generating the exact opposite.

history...please help!? Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. 1 What was a direct effect of increased food production during Europe’s Agricultural Revolution? A New markets opened. B Overseas trade increased. C The population increased. D Excess food was wasted. 2 During the 1600s, Europe developed a thriving economy based on A barter. B money. C banking. D factories. 3 A defining feature of Europe’s Industrial Revolution was that many commercial goods were A purchased in overseas markets. B manufactured in less developed countries. C sold without economic barriers such as tariffs. D made by machine rather than by hand. 4 A geographic advantage of England in the Industrial Revolution was its A natural harbors. B national bank. C central location in Europe. D central mountain range. 5 The “Black Country” of England was known for its A forest fires. B smoke from coal. C fast-flowing rivers. D political stability. 6 What was one important power source for factories in 18th-century England? A gas B electricity C oil D water Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. 1 What impact did the steam engine have on the growth of industry? A permitted merchants to reach new markets B ended dependence on ocean transport C reduced pollution compared with coal D provided an efficient source of power 2 What technology did James Watt improve? A the steam engine B cotton processing C electric light D the Bessemer process 3 Which process would be an example of pasteurization? A Milk is sterilized. B Cotton fiber is separated. C Coal is burned to make steam. D Steel is made out of iron. 4 By the 1840s, England was connected by a network of A craft guilds. B telephone lines. C railroads. D electric lines. 5 Which 20th-century invention is most comparable to the telegraph in its impact? A television B e-mail and the Internet C airplanes D the telephone 6 Which increased as a result of the Industrial Revolution? A prices for consumer goods B dependence on the weather C the speed of transactions D isolation of commercial centers Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. 1 Which would have been a common life change in England during the Industrial Revolution? A A farmer moves to an industrial area to work in a coal mine. B A coal miner works his way up through the ranks to own the mine. C A coal miner moves to the country to run his own farm. D A lawyer loses his business and is forced to work in a coal mine. 2 In Great Britain, the Factory Act of 1819 declared it illegal for children to work more than 12 hours a day. What does the act suggest about labor conditions at that time? A Working conditions were worse in Great Britain than in other nations. B The government frequently intervened on behalf of workers. C Some children spent more than half of each day working. D Factories were unable to attract adult employees. 3 In the 19th century, millions of people seeking work migrated A from Asia to Europe. B from North America to Europe. C from North America to Europe and Asia. D from Asia and Europe to North America. 4 Which statement is true of social class during the Industrial Revolution? A People could move freely from one social class to another. B Social classes became increasingly divided. C The very idea of social classes became outdated. D Europe was generally divided between an upper class and a working class. 5 Collective bargaining was a process of negotiation between A employers and workers. B employers and the government. C unions and the government. D workers and unions. 6 In 1902, Pennsylvania coal miners refused to work, returning to their jobs only when guaranteed a 10 percent pay increase and reduction of hours. The miners’ action is an example of A forming a union. B free labor. C a strike. D a picket. Directions: Choose the letter of the best answer. Use the quotation to answer questions 1 and 2. “They are the leaders on the way to material progress. . . . They guess what the consumers would like to have and are intent on providing them with these things.” —from Human Action: A Treatise on Economics, Ludwig von Mises 1 The quotation describes the role in an industrial economy played by A entrepreneurs. B investors. C labor. D salespeople. 2 According to the quotation, what skill is important to a business leader? A the ability to raise money B an understanding of people’s needs C fair leadership D a love of material goods 3 What is the goal of industrial production? A employment for great numbers of people B efficient use of natural resources C finding new sources of capital D the manufacture of consumer goods that can be sold 4 Which event in 19th-century England most benefited its industrial economy? A war against Russia B the growth of democracy C increased population growth D a decline in agriculture 5 Which social

Job well Done?? from the State : WAR? What is unique about our moment is that we live under a regime that has come to believe that the government itself can produce this result for us if we only give the government enough power, money, and managerial discretion to accomplish this goal. The Left is the major voice criticizing the war on terror, while the Right, much to my dismay, has enlisted in ways I could not have imagined back in the 1990s. The Right has led the call for war abroad, and called for speech controls, domestic spying, and more power to the president to arrest, jail, and even convict people in military courts without the slightest concern for human rights and liberties. Countless times I've had to explain to people who otherwise are suspicious of government that it is not a good thing to give the US government the power to overthrow any government in the world or torture people abroad or pass out trillions in reconstruction aid. When the Left makes a case for total government management at home and yet nonintervention abroad, while the Right argues for free markets at home and a global war on terror abroad, there is some sort of political schizophrenia alive in the land. People who have doubted the power of government to do much at home seem to take leave of their senses when it comes to war abroad. And it is hardly a surprise that they have been proven wrong. The debates about the war on terror have typically involved great detail about the validity of intelligence reports, investigations of terror networks, discussion of the reliability of this or that foreign regime, and the like. But none of this is really necessary if you want to make a sound judgment about whether to support the war in question. What we really need is more general knowledge about the nature of government and its limits. If we understand how it will lose the small wars against things such as cigarettes and liquor, we can more clearly understand how it loses the large wars. The attempt to ban liquor led to a vast increase in liquor distribution and consumption through black-market means. The campaign to wage a war on poverty resulted in more poverty. The war on literacy has created generations of illiterates. The wars on cigarettes and drugs have been spectacularly unsuccessful, and for proof you need look no further than prison, an environment that government fully controls and which is predictably swimming in cigarettes and drugs of all sorts. There are some things that a state just cannot do, no matter how much power it accumulates or employs. I'm sorry to tell this to the American Left, but the war on warm weather is not going to be any more successful than any other of these wars. And I'm sorry to tell this to the American Right, but there is no way that the American government can kill every person on the planet who resents US imperialism. The attempt to do so will generate more, not less, terrorism. We are now more than half a decade into this war on terror. The State Department now says, based on its own data, that the results of the war are "mixed." In government parlance, the admission of mixed results means, in regular language, total failure Gone was the rhetoric from 2002 about the great success. It was replaced with frenzied attacks on ever-increasing numbers of terror groups. Instead of 10 or 20, there were hundreds and hundreds of them taking the lives of ever more people. Incredibly, the State Department decided not to make public the 2005 figures since attacks rose yet again. Officials had to be hauled before a Congressional committee before they would give any specifics. Now they can't get away with hiding the numbers but you still have to look very hard to find them. The bottom line is that since the war on terror began, the incidents that qualify as terrorism have increased by an incredible 26 times. For every one incident in 2001, there are now 26 incidents. For every person killed by terrorism in 2002, 23 people were killed in 2006. Meanwhile, the polls reflect the perception that the world is more, not less, dangerous since the war on terror began. Indeed, among those polled, 81% now believe that the world is becoming more dangerous. Are we going to call this a job well done? It depends on what you call a good job. It fits precisely with what we might expect government to do: its wars always and everywhere make the problem worse, and not better. It is essential that we look at this war in light of history. At the end of World War II, the government and its elites were quite desperate for a massive global cause to keep spending high and the government in control. Communism was picked, and so our former allies in the war became our sworn enemies. Ten years ago, with communism gone, the American warmongers had little to do, other than intervene in small skirmishes. Finally they hit on a great idea: demonize Islamic radicalism. Here is a nation without borders that is terrifying to the American people, just like communism. Despite all the appearance of sadness and anger after 9–11, the elites also understood that it meant the continuation of the old war apparatus. And for that, they were not entirely regretful. At last there was a pretext for war preparedness and war itself that rivaled the old communist threat. So off we went into this structure. There has been no shortage of rhetoric. No expense is spared on arms escalation. There is no lack of will. The effort has the support of plenty of smart people. It is backed by threats of massive bloodshed. What is missing in the war on terror is the essential means to cause the war to yield beneficial results. Of all the billions of potential terrorists out there, and the infinite possibilities of how, when, and where they will strike, there is no way the state can possibly stop them, even if it had the incentive to do so. Behind terrorism is political grievance. This is not speculation. This is the word of the terrorists themselves, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama Bin Laden to innumerable suicide bombers. They are not acting randomly. They have goals. The goal is, first, get the US government and its troops out. And if history teaches us anything it is that no country wants to be ruled by a foreign power, whether that foreign occupation takes the form of colonialism or outright military dictatorship. People would rather run a country badly than have it run well from the outside. No one should understand this better than the American people, whose country was born in a revolt against foreign rule. The second goal of the terrorists is to gain access to the levers of power. In many cases, the United States created these, such as in Afghanistan and Iraq. We insist that there must be a single governing power. Then we are surprised when groups appear that are determined to control it. It would have been much better for everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan to have left them without states at all. The longer we continue in the failures of our war on terror, the more problems that we generate. The pool of actual terrorists (like the poor in the War on Poverty) is limited and can be known, and they are the ones the state focuses on. But the pool of potential terrorists (and potential poor people) is unlimited, and unleashed by the very means the state employs in its war. Hence, not only does the state not accomplish its stated goals, it recruits more people into the armies of the enemy, and ends up completely swamped by a problem that grows ever worse until the state throws in the towel. In the meantime, the target population is able to make a mockery of the state through sheer defiance. The means of conducting war has all the features and failings of every form of central planning. There is an overutilization of resources, and, when the results are the very opposite of the promise, they overutilize some more resources. They do not account for the possibility of error, even though error is more common than anything. Rather than admit error, the war planners shift the blame. The war planners do not account for basic traits of human nature, such as the will to resist. They assume that the world is theirs for the making and never confront the fact that there are forces beyond their control. The people who planned the war on Iraq dismissed suggestions that perhaps not everyone in Iraq is going to be overjoyed at the prospect of gaining freedom through bombing, destruction, and martial law administered by a US military dictatorship or a puppet regime. But can't the state just kill more, employ ever more violence, perhaps even terrify the enemy into passivity? It cannot work. Even prisons experience rioting. The theorist who first saw the collapse of the ideology of the nation-state, Israeli historian Martin van Creveld, was asked about this in an interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was refreshingly blunt: "The Americans in Vietnam tried it. They killed between two-and-a-half and three million Vietnamese. I don't see that it helped them much." Without admitting defeat, the Americans finally pulled out of Vietnam, which today has a thriving stock market. To a notable extent, the war on poverty has ended its most aggressive phases and poverty is declining. What does this experience tell us about the War on Terror? The right approach to this program, as to all government programs, is to end it immediately. But wouldn't that mean surrender? It would mean that the state surrenders its role but not that everyone else does. Had the airlines been in charge of their own security, 9–11 would not have happened. Bin Laden would have a hard time gaining recruits. Muslim fundamentalism would be dealt a serious blow, for no longer would US policy seem specifically designed to feed the madness of its lunatic fringe. In all the talk of war on Iraq, I've yet to hear anyone recently claim that taking out Saddam or bringing about a regime change made the world a more peaceful, happier place. No one really believes that. The 1990 war on Iraq gave rise to al-Qaeda, led to the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and emboldened an entire generation of Muslims to devote their lives to fighting America. The new war in Iraq has done the same. And where did these fanatics come from in the first place? They were subsidized in the 1980s by US policy. We believed that they were good guys because they were fighting communism. Some of the same groups that we are now bombing in Afghanistan and Iraq we were wining and dining in the 1980s in the pursuit of the Cold War. Thus has one bad intervention led to another, precisely in the way that Mises spelled out in his 1929 book Critique of Interventionism. He explained that interventionism is not a stable policy. It creates imbalances that cry out for correction, either by abandoning the policy or pursuing it further to the point of collapse. For this reason, the War on Terror is impossible, not in the sense that it cannot cause immense amounts of bloodshed and destruction and loss of liberty, but in the sense that it cannot finally achieve what it is supposed to achieve, and will only end in creating more of the same conditions that led to its declaration in the first place. In other words, it is a typical government program, costly and unworkable, like socialism, like the War on Poverty, like every other attempt by the government to shape reality according to its own designs. Now let us look at the flip side of the impossibility thesis. If government wars are impossible, what is possible? The answer was provided by the old liberal school: freedom. Society contains within itself the capacity to self-organize. There is nothing that government can do to produce a better result. This is true in domestic and foreign policy. "The idea of liberalism starts with the freedom of the individual," Mises wrote. "It rejects all rule of some persons over others; it knows no master peoples and no subject peoples, just as within the nation itself it distinguishes between no masters and no serfs." The war on Iraq has enjoyed some measure of public support based on the desire for revenge. Even though Saddam had nothing to do with 9–11, people wanted someone to suffer. What we tend to forget is that this is an old motive for war, and it can lead to calamity. The I'm often asked what an average person can do to stop the madness and further liberty. The first and most important step is intellectual. We all need to begin to say no to the state on an intellectual level. When asked what we would like the government to do for us, we need to be prepared to reply: nothing. We should not ask it to save our children, nor provide security, nor vanquish all evil, nor give us anything at all. We should not ask government to win a war on terror, end poverty, make everyone healthy and literate, provide for us when we are old, or anything else. Nothing the government does takes place without a greater cost than benefit to society. Knowing this, we can still be good citizens. We can be good parents, teachers, workers, entrepreneurs, church members, students, and contributors to society in a million different ways. This is far more important to the future of liberty than anything else we do. We must regain our confidence in our capacity for self-governance. I believe this is happening already. Even if the public sector cannot and will not prepare for a future of liberty, we can. Let us look for and work toward the triumph of liberty unencumbered by Leviathan and its wars. ________________________________________ Ludwig von Mises said that the great accomplishment of economists was to draw attention to the extreme limits on the power of government. His point was not merely that government should be limited, but that it is limited by the very structure of reality. It cannot make all people rich by its own initiative. It cannot provide universal housing, literacy, and health. It cannot raise wages across the board. It cannot ban products. Those who seek to accomplish economic ends such as these are choosing the wrong means. That is because there is something more powerful than government: namely economic law. And what is economic law? It is a force that operates within the structure of all societies everywhere that governs the production and allocation of material resources and time according to strict bounds of what is possible. Some things are just not possible. It just so happens that this includes most of the demands that are made by the public and pressure groups on the government. This was the great discovery of the modern science of economics. This was not known by the ancients. It was not known by the fathers of the early church. It was the discovery of the medieval schoolmen, and the insight was gradually elaborated upon and systematized over the centuries, culminating in the classical and Austrian traditions of thought. The power of government to do what we desire is strictly limited. Those who do not understand this point do not understand economics. And the economic teaching has a broader implication that concerns the organization of society itself. Government is not free to make and unmake society as it sees fit. It is not a tool we can use to fulfill our private dreams. Society is too complicated, too far reaching, too much a reflection of the free volition of individual actors, for government to be able to accomplish its ends. Most often, what government attempts to do — whether abolish poverty, end liquor consumption, or make all citizens literate and healthy — ends up backfiring and generating the exact opposite.

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Its the War and other : a Job well done? from government , or exact the opposite? What is unique about our moment is that we live under a regime that has come to believe that the government itself can produce this result for us if we only give the government enough power, money, and managerial discretion to accomplish this goal. The Left is the major voice criticizing the war on terror, while the Right, much to my dismay, has enlisted in ways I could not have imagined back in the 1990s. The Right has led the call for war abroad, and called for speech controls, domestic spying, and more power to the president to arrest, jail, and even convict people in military courts without the slightest concern for human rights and liberties. Countless times I've had to explain to people who otherwise are suspicious of government that it is not a good thing to give the US government the power to overthrow any government in the world or torture people abroad or pass out trillions in reconstruction aid. When the Left makes a case for total government management at home and yet nonintervention abroad, while the Right argues for free markets at home and a global war on terror abroad, there is some sort of political schizophrenia alive in the land. People who have doubted the power of government to do much at home seem to take leave of their senses when it comes to war abroad. And it is hardly a surprise that they have been proven wrong. The debates about the war on terror have typically involved great detail about the validity of intelligence reports, investigations of terror networks, discussion of the reliability of this or that foreign regime, and the like. But none of this is really necessary if you want to make a sound judgment about whether to support the war in question. What we really need is more general knowledge about the nature of government and its limits. If we understand how it will lose the small wars against things such as cigarettes and liquor, we can more clearly understand how it loses the large wars. The attempt to ban liquor led to a vast increase in liquor distribution and consumption through black-market means. The campaign to wage a war on poverty resulted in more poverty. The war on literacy has created generations of illiterates. The wars on cigarettes and drugs have been spectacularly unsuccessful, and for proof you need look no further than prison, an environment that government fully controls and which is predictably swimming in cigarettes and drugs of all sorts. There are some things that a state just cannot do, no matter how much power it accumulates or employs. I'm sorry to tell this to the American Left, but the war on warm weather is not going to be any more successful than any other of these wars. And I'm sorry to tell this to the American Right, but there is no way that the American government can kill every person on the planet who resents US imperialism. The attempt to do so will generate more, not less, terrorism. We are now more than half a decade into this war on terror. The State Department now says, based on its own data, that the results of the war are "mixed." In government parlance, the admission of mixed results means, in regular language, total failure Gone was the rhetoric from 2002 about the great success. It was replaced with frenzied attacks on ever-increasing numbers of terror groups. Instead of 10 or 20, there were hundreds and hundreds of them taking the lives of ever more people. Incredibly, the State Department decided not to make public the 2005 figures since attacks rose yet again. Officials had to be hauled before a Congressional committee before they would give any specifics. Now they can't get away with hiding the numbers but you still have to look very hard to find them. The bottom line is that since the war on terror began, the incidents that qualify as terrorism have increased by an incredible 26 times. For every one incident in 2001, there are now 26 incidents. For every person killed by terrorism in 2002, 23 people were killed in 2006. Meanwhile, the polls reflect the perception that the world is more, not less, dangerous since the war on terror began. Indeed, among those polled, 81% now believe that the world is becoming more dangerous. Are we going to call this a job well done? It depends on what you call a good job. It fits precisely with what we might expect government to do: its wars always and everywhere make the problem worse, and not better. It is essential that we look at this war in light of history. At the end of World War II, the government and its elites were quite desperate for a massive global cause to keep spending high and the government in control. Communism was picked, and so our former allies in the war became our sworn enemies. Ten years ago, with communism gone, the American warmongers had little to do, other than intervene in small skirmishes. Finally they hit on a great idea: demonize Islamic radicalism. Here is a nation without borders that is terrifying to the American people, just like communism. Despite all the appearance of sadness and anger after 9–11, the elites also understood that it meant the continuation of the old war apparatus. And for that, they were not entirely regretful. At last there was a pretext for war preparedness and war itself that rivaled the old communist threat. So off we went into this structure. There has been no shortage of rhetoric. No expense is spared on arms escalation. There is no lack of will. The effort has the support of plenty of smart people. It is backed by threats of massive bloodshed. What is missing in the war on terror is the essential means to cause the war to yield beneficial results. Of all the billions of potential terrorists out there, and the infinite possibilities of how, when, and where they will strike, there is no way the state can possibly stop them, even if it had the incentive to do so. Behind terrorism is political grievance. This is not speculation. This is the word of the terrorists themselves, from Timothy McVeigh to Osama Bin Laden to innumerable suicide bombers. They are not acting randomly. They have goals. The goal is, first, get the US government and its troops out. And if history teaches us anything it is that no country wants to be ruled by a foreign power, whether that foreign occupation takes the form of colonialism or outright military dictatorship. People would rather run a country badly than have it run well from the outside. No one should understand this better than the American people, whose country was born in a revolt against foreign rule. The second goal of the terrorists is to gain access to the levers of power. In many cases, the United States created these, such as in Afghanistan and Iraq. We insist that there must be a single governing power. Then we are surprised when groups appear that are determined to control it. It would have been much better for everyone in Iraq and Afghanistan to have left them without states at all. The longer we continue in the failures of our war on terror, the more problems that we generate. The pool of actual terrorists (like the poor in the War on Poverty) is limited and can be known, and they are the ones the state focuses on. But the pool of potential terrorists (and potential poor people) is unlimited, and unleashed by the very means the state employs in its war. Hence, not only does the state not accomplish its stated goals, it recruits more people into the armies of the enemy, and ends up completely swamped by a problem that grows ever worse until the state throws in the towel. In the meantime, the target population is able to make a mockery of the state through sheer defiance. The means of conducting war has all the features and failings of every form of central planning. There is an overutilization of resources, and, when the results are the very opposite of the promise, they overutilize some more resources. They do not account for the possibility of error, even though error is more common than anything. Rather than admit error, the war planners shift the blame. The war planners do not account for basic traits of human nature, such as the will to resist. They assume that the world is theirs for the making and never confront the fact that there are forces beyond their control. The people who planned the war on Iraq dismissed suggestions that perhaps not everyone in Iraq is going to be overjoyed at the prospect of gaining freedom through bombing, destruction, and martial law administered by a US military dictatorship or a puppet regime. But can't the state just kill more, employ ever more violence, perhaps even terrify the enemy into passivity? It cannot work. Even prisons experience rioting. The theorist who first saw the collapse of the ideology of the nation-state, Israeli historian Martin van Creveld, was asked about this in an interview for the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He was refreshingly blunt: "The Americans in Vietnam tried it. They killed between two-and-a-half and three million Vietnamese. I don't see that it helped them much." Without admitting defeat, the Americans finally pulled out of Vietnam, which today has a thriving stock market. To a notable extent, the war on poverty has ended its most aggressive phases and poverty is declining. What does this experience tell us about the War on Terror? The right approach to this program, as to all government programs, is to end it immediately. But wouldn't that mean surrender? It would mean that the state surrenders its role but not that everyone else does. Had the airlines been in charge of their own security, 9–11 would not have happened. Bin Laden would have a hard time gaining recruits. Muslim fundamentalism would be dealt a serious blow, for no longer would US policy seem specifically designed to feed the madness of its lunatic fringe. In all the talk of war on Iraq, I've yet to hear anyone recently claim that taking out Saddam or bringing about a regime change made the world a more peaceful, happier place. No one really believes that. The 1990 war on Iraq gave rise to al-Qaeda, led to the bombing of the Oklahoma City federal building, and emboldened an entire generation of Muslims to devote their lives to fighting America. The new war in Iraq has done the same. And where did these fanatics come from in the first place? They were subsidized in the 1980s by US policy. We believed that they were good guys because they were fighting communism. Some of the same groups that we are now bombing in Afghanistan and Iraq we were wining and dining in the 1980s in the pursuit of the Cold War. Thus has one bad intervention led to another, precisely in the way that Mises spelled out in his 1929 book Critique of Interventionism. He explained that interventionism is not a stable policy. It creates imbalances that cry out for correction, either by abandoning the policy or pursuing it further to the point of collapse. For this reason, the War on Terror is impossible, not in the sense that it cannot cause immense amounts of bloodshed and destruction and loss of liberty, but in the sense that it cannot finally achieve what it is supposed to achieve, and will only end in creating more of the same conditions that led to its declaration in the first place. In other words, it is a typical government program, costly and unworkable, like socialism, like the War on Poverty, like every other attempt by the government to shape reality according to its own designs. Now let us look at the flip side of the impossibility thesis. If government wars are impossible, what is possible? The answer was provided by the old liberal school: freedom. Society contains within itself the capacity to self-organize. There is nothing that government can do to produce a better result. This is true in domestic and foreign policy. "The idea of liberalism starts with the freedom of the individual," Mises wrote. "It rejects all rule of some persons over others; it knows no master peoples and no subject peoples, just as within the nation itself it distinguishes between no masters and no serfs." The war on Iraq has enjoyed some measure of public support based on the desire for revenge. Even though Saddam had nothing to do with 9–11, people wanted someone to suffer. What we tend to forget is that this is an old motive for war, and it can lead to calamity. The I'm often asked what an average person can do to stop the madness and further liberty. The first and most important step is intellectual. We all need to begin to say no to the state on an intellectual level. When asked what we would like the government to do for us, we need to be prepared to reply: nothing. We should not ask it to save our children, nor provide security, nor vanquish all evil, nor give us anything at all. We should not ask government to win a war on terror, end poverty, make everyone healthy and literate, provide for us when we are old, or anything else. Nothing the government does takes place without a greater cost than benefit to society. Knowing this, we can still be good citizens. We can be good parents, teachers, workers, entrepreneurs, church members, students, and contributors to society in a million different ways. This is far more important to the future of liberty than anything else we do. We must regain our confidence in our capacity for self-governance. I believe this is happening already. Even if the public sector cannot and will not prepare for a future of liberty, we can. Let us look for and work toward the triumph of liberty unencumbered by Leviathan and its wars. ________________________________________ Ludwig von Mises said that the great accomplishment of economists was to draw attention to the extreme limits on the power of government. His point was not merely that government should be limited, but that it is limited by the very structure of reality. It cannot make all people rich by its own initiative. It cannot provide universal housing, literacy, and health. It cannot raise wages across the board. It cannot ban products. Those who seek to accomplish economic ends such as these are choosing the wrong means. That is because there is something more powerful than government: namely economic law. And what is economic law? It is a force that operates within the structure of all societies everywhere that governs the production and allocation of material resources and time according to strict bounds of what is possible. Some things are just not possible. It just so happens that this includes most of the demands that are made by the public and pressure groups on the government. This was the great discovery of the modern science of economics. This was not known by the ancients. It was not known by the fathers of the early church. It was the discovery of the medieval schoolmen, and the insight was gradually elaborated upon and systematized over the centuries, culminating in the classical and Austrian traditions of thought. The power of government to do what we desire is strictly limited. Those who do not understand this point do not understand economics. And the economic teaching has a broader implication that concerns the organization of society itself. Government is not free to make and unmake society as it sees fit. It is not a tool we can use to fulfill our private dreams. Society is too complicated, too far reaching, too much a reflection of the free volition of individual actors, for government to be able to accomplish its ends. Most often, what government attempts to do — whether abolish poverty, end liquor consumption, or make all citizens literate and healthy — ends up backfiring and generating the exact opposite.