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2024-06-19 00:45:07

mises.org: Resisting the Brave New Culture -- https://tinyurl.com/27c2dso2 -- Murray Rothbard noted that the culture wars are not the result of conservative intransigence but rather of progressive elites’ insistence on forcing new cultural rules on people who don’t want to be coerced. #liberty #news

2024-06-19 00:40:05

mises.org: The American Compass Points in the Wrong Direction -- https://tinyurl.com/2ae6jka9 -- In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon...fallacies. #liberty #news

2024-06-19 00:35:02

mises.org: The Fallacies of Conservative Protectionists -- https://tinyurl.com/27aaae7u -- In its attempt to claim that the concept of free trade is full of fallacies, The American Compass builds its anti-free trade case upon...fallacies. #liberty #news

2024-06-19 00:30:01

reason.com: Protections for the Undocumented -- https://tinyurl.com/29292uv5 -- Plus: Putin goes to North Korea, designer babies, YIMBY wins, and more... #liberty #news

2024-06-17 18:30:01

mises.org: The First French Communists: The Conspiracy of the Equals -- https://tinyurl.com/283yjq5q -- Caius Gracchus Babeuf came to Paris in 1790 and imbibed the revolutionary atmosphere. Five years later, he founded the secret Conspiracy of the Equals. #liberty #news

2024-06-16 12:35:50

mises.org: AI: “Existential Crisis” or Excuse for Cronyism? -- https://tinyurl.com/29z7qncp -- As AI continues to develop, the prophets of doom claim that it will “take over” and create a dystopian society. Far from being an “existential threat,” AI is a tool that can be used for good or ill. #liberty #news

2024-06-16 06:30:01

reason.com: House Passes Bill To Automatically Register Young Men for the Draft -- https://tinyurl.com/2aqkvg98 -- The Selective Service should be abolished, not made more efficient and equitable. #liberty #news

2024-06-11 12:40:30

reason.com: Australian Censors Back Down, Highlighting the U.S. as a Free Speech Haven -- https://tinyurl.com/2724bvu3 -- Officials suspend efforts to force X to suppress the world’s access to video of a crime. #liberty #news

2024-06-10 00:30:01

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: June 9, 1970 -- https://tinyurl.com/28dfpteg -- 6/9/1970: Justice Harry Blackmun (no relation) takes oath. #liberty #news

2024-06-09 12:30:01

reason.com: The Left Wing Attack on Judicial Independence and on Justice Alito -- https://tinyurl.com/2cw9d7fw -- The left has abolished the secret ballot and legalized fraud-friendly mail in voting. now they want to destroy our independent judiciary #liberty #news

2024-06-09 07:02:13

mises.org: Why Politicians Cannot Be Trusted with Just War Theory -- https://tinyurl.com/2bj9dpzp -- Politicians will invoke the venerable just war theory when they believe they can manipulate the facts in their favor. In truth, it is the rare government that engages in a justified conflict. #liberty #news

2024-06-09 06:55:10

mises.org: Socialism’s Very Quiet Revolution -- https://tinyurl.com/2bvqq8d5 -- Socialism does not infect our body politic just through economic measures. The current obessession with implementing DEI policies has all of the hallmarks of how socialist measures undermine a private property order. #liberty #news

2024-06-09 06:49:07

mises.org: The Achilles Heel of the Fiat Money System -- https://tinyurl.com/26v3a6s4 -- State-sponsored fiat money has been the norm for more than ninety years, but its very instability makes it vulnerable to a regime of sound money. #liberty #news

2024-06-09 06:36:05

reason.com: Oh God, What If Congress Bans Drinking on Airplanes? -- https://tinyurl.com/28z6tzjm -- New research and paternalistic legislators could threaten our last in-flight comfort. #liberty #news

2024-06-09 06:30:02

reason.com: Lessons from the 2020 Presidential Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2d7hqrn7 -- The importance of the secret ballot and of same day voting #liberty #news

2024-06-08 06:36:04

mises.org: The Biden Administration Uses Fudged Numbers to Justify Imposing Punitive Regulations -- https://tinyurl.com/29o4hf2h -- In order to vastly expand the regulatory state, the Biden administration is using fake cost-benefit ratios to make its regulations seem less costly and more beneficial. This is clearly fraudulent, but no bureaucrat will be charged with any crimes. #liberty #news

2024-06-08 00:35:07

mises.org: Justin Raimondo Explains How Conservatives Flipped on Palestine During the Cold War -- https://tinyurl.com/28tpxufd -- In this 2014 lecture, Justin Raimondo explains three reasons why the Conservative movement flip flopped and then doubled down on supporting the Israeli regime. #liberty #news

2024-06-07 06:45:08

mises.org: The Problem with Federal Courts and "Sovereignty" -- https://tinyurl.com/2bhv2awh -- Federal judges seem never to have heard of the American Revolution, fought to overthrow these very ideas of sovereignty, which these judges now proclaim. #liberty #news

2024-06-07 06:40:05

reason.com: When a North Carolina Colonel Shot This Utility Worker, Journalists Suggested His Victim Was a Spy -- https://tinyurl.com/25dsw4mg -- The reaction to Ramzan Daraev’s death is an extreme example of anti-immigrant panic and national security paranoia. #liberty #news

2024-06-07 00:46:36

mises.org: Dead Banks Walking, Part 1 -- https://tinyurl.com/2a9st6hl -- This is the ninth straight quarter of unusually high unrealized losses since the Federal Reserve began to raise interest rates in the first quarter of 2022.“ #liberty #news

2024-06-07 00:40:20

mises.org: Do You Know Who’s Hitting You? -- https://tinyurl.com/27crvkmy -- While our political “leaders” insist that the government is “protecting” us, it offers the same kind of “protection” that mobsters offer: pay us to “protect” you, or we burn down your place with you in it. #liberty #news

2024-06-07 00:35:03

reason.com: Rolling Backward -- https://tinyurl.com/28xe43l6 -- Plus: Hezbollah escalates, congestion pricing halted, the Didion-Dunne family feud, GIMBYism, and more... #liberty #news

2024-06-07 00:30:01

reason.com: Lawsuit Filed by Jewish Students Against UCLA -- https://tinyurl.com/2cb62dnl -- The case is Frankel v. Regents, filed yesterday; two of the plaintiffs are UCLA law students. (I have not been involved in the lawsuit, and first heard about it today, the day after it was filed.) The allegations mostly relate to actions outside the law school, but some mention the law school as well (paragraphs 197,… #liberty #news

2024-06-06 18:35:03

mises.org: The Fed Has No Earnings to Send to the CFPB -- https://tinyurl.com/22bop9e3 -- The Fed is running giant losses: it has lost the staggering sum of $169 billion since September 2022, and it continues to lose money at the rate of more than $1 billion a week. #liberty #news

2024-06-06 18:30:02

mises.org: How Phony “Civil Rights” Put Your Life in Danger -- https://tinyurl.com/234fjav6 -- The only true solution is to get rid of all “civil rights” laws. As the great Murray Rothbard has explained, in a libertarian society all exchanges with people are voluntary. #liberty #news

2024-06-06 12:30:02

reason.com: Arizona Voters Will Weigh Ballot Initiative To Make Illegal Border Crossing a State Crime -- https://tinyurl.com/2ax6unzy -- Law enforcement could arrest those they suspect of crossing into the state illegally—and they’d be “immune from liability for damages.” #liberty #news

2024-06-06 06:49:47

mises.org: Unsuccessful DEI Efforts Meet Legislative Opposition in Tennessee -- https://tinyurl.com/28qbhc59 -- The Tennessee Board of Regents for higher education is finding that their DEI efforts are not successful, and the Tennessee legislature has become skeptical. It might be better to scrap the DEI collectivist “solutions” altogether. #liberty #news

2024-06-06 06:42:04

mises.org: How People Can Better Fight Inflation -- https://tinyurl.com/27wletb6 -- Ordinary people cannot stop the Fed and the government from inflating the currency, but they can take measures to shield themselves from some of its harmful effects. Mark Thornton presents a few ideas on how it can be done. #liberty #news

2024-06-06 00:36:48

reason.com: Report: E.U. Censorship Laws Mostly Suppress Legal Speech -- https://tinyurl.com/2493clfo -- European speech regulations reach way too far to muzzle perfectly acceptable content. #liberty #news

2024-06-04 06:30:01

reason.com: Maryland Elementary School Tries To Force Students To Say The Pledge -- https://tinyurl.com/2xsshydy -- Students have a constitutional right to refuse to say the Pledge of Allegiance, no matter what school officials think. #liberty #news

2024-05-31 06:30:01

reason.com: Harvard Announces It Will Stop Releasing Political Statements -- https://tinyurl.com/28xbowhs -- Following months of campus protests over the war between Israel and Hamas, the university has announced that it will no longer weigh in on current events. #liberty #news

2024-05-31 00:36:03

mises.org: Smugglers: True Heroes of Liberty -- https://tinyurl.com/269xafa6 -- Even though our legal authorities treat smugglers as criminals, smugglers actually are promoters of liberty who usually break unjust laws. The US was practically founded on smuggling. #liberty #news

2024-05-29 18:30:02

reason.com: Libertarian National Convention: Are You Not Entertained? -- https://tinyurl.com/2dzarg8s -- Plus: A listener asks the editors for voting advice and commiseration in a predominantly democratic state. #liberty #news

2024-05-24 18:36:07

mises.org: No, Mises Was not Wrong about the Middle of the Road -- https://tinyurl.com/26jtqorl -- Ludwig von Mises was ridiculed for his assertion that “middle of the road” leads to socialism in the end. As the federal government swallows increasing amounts of the economy, we see that Mises was right. #liberty #news

2024-05-21 12:30:02

reason.com: San Diego Is Cracking Down on Groups Exercising Outside Without a Permit -- https://tinyurl.com/2xojf7da -- A revision to the municipal code made it illegal for groups bigger than four to convene in public spaces for commercial recreational activities without a government stamp of approval. #liberty #news

2024-05-18 06:42:09

mises.org: Nuclear Option Has Foreign Central Banks Dodging the Dollar and Going for Gold -- https://tinyurl.com/28zrkk9z -- “When Russia was cut off from SWIFT in 2022, that was just seen as this like watershed move, the sort of finance equivalent of a nuclear option.” #liberty #news

2024-05-16 06:30:02

reason.com: Biden Administration Strips Federal Funding From Nonprofit at Center of COVID Lab Leak Controversy -- https://tinyurl.com/2yf49leo -- Federal officials say EcoHealth Alliance failed to properly report on its gain-of-function research at the Wuhan Institute of Virology and to monitor safety conditions there. #liberty #news

2024-05-15 18:46:40

mises.org: Christian Worship of the False God of Politics -- https://tinyurl.com/2yqsb6fy -- Millions of American “evangelical” Christians have been convinced they must be worshipful of Israeli politicians and bureaucrats. Hence the spectacle of evangelical Christians cheerleading the killing of fellow Christians in Gaza by the Israeli state. #liberty #news

2024-05-15 06:48:27

mises.org: War Hysteria Drives the Federal Assault Against Free Speech -- https://tinyurl.com/26symuyw -- Unfortunately, these assaults on the First Amendment continue to find support even among people who pretend to be in support of freedom and opposed to federal power. #liberty #news

2024-05-15 06:42:17

mises.org: Will the Fed Lose Control? -- https://tinyurl.com/2yqnlqrs -- The government’s excessive spending and debt is leading to what some economists call “fiscal dominance.” Fiscal dominance occurs when a central bank must prioritize monetizing ever higher levels of government debt. #liberty #news

2024-05-14 00:36:06

mises.org: Profit Is Not Plunder -- https://tinyurl.com/2c6sbasp -- Despite statements from Biden and other progressives, profits in a market economy are not a form of plunder. Instead, they represent entrepreneurial gains that mostly benefit consumers. #liberty #news

2024-05-13 06:36:05

mises.org: The Intellectual Humility of the Spontaneous Order -- https://tinyurl.com/24cmd4dk -- F.A. Hayek coined the term spontaneous order to point out that the prosperous societies are also societies where people are free to pursue their own goals. The result is, ironically, harmony that cannot come about through central state planning. #liberty #news

2024-05-10 12:36:08

reason.com: The Feds Are Talking to Social Media Companies Again -- https://tinyurl.com/2yv9p64c -- Unless the Supreme Court rules against this practice, it is certain to continue. #liberty #news

2024-05-10 06:30:01

mises.org: As the Dollar Falters, Gold Becomes Insurance, Not Speculation -- https://tinyurl.com/25nd8t9y -- Despite the happy talk from the Fed and the White House, ordinary people are hurting in this inflationary economy. When that happens, people look to unload their gold. #liberty #news

2024-05-09 00:36:34

mises.org: The Fed Is Already Political -- https://tinyurl.com/27s42wjs -- Donald Trump’s leaked plan for the Fed has sparked a panic. But the real risk, from the establishment’s perspective, is not that Trump will turn the Fed into a political organization but that he will expose the fact that it already is one. #liberty #news

2024-05-08 12:30:01

reason.com: Judge Allows Suit Over Alabama Abortion Travel To Go Forward -- https://tinyurl.com/ymx48b66 -- Abortion rights groups have sued Alabama Attorney General Steve Marshall after he said he would prosecute anyone who facilitates legal out-of-state abortions. #liberty #news

2024-05-07 06:36:02

mises.org: The Fallacy of "Racism Equals Power Plus Prejudice" -- https://tinyurl.com/ynyzyhr2 -- As progressives attempt to redefine racism to fit modern political fantasies, we need to look at historical examples of ethnic discrimination to better understand our current situation. #liberty #news

2024-05-07 06:30:01

mises.org: Get Ready for Weaker Growth and Higher Inflation. The Consensus Was Wrong. -- https://tinyurl.com/yorrej37 -- Many economists argue that the economy is growing, and that inflation is a secondary problem. Not for the average American. Citizens are poorer in absolute and relative terms. #liberty #news

2024-05-06 18:36:03

mises.org: Does Libertarianism Reject Communities? Libertarianism Actually Strengthens Them -- https://tinyurl.com/3xkorjdg -- A common knock on libertarianism is that it is so individualistic that it rejects the concept of community. (Think of the political cartoon in which the libertarian lifeguard let people drown.) In truth, strong communities also need free individuals. #liberty #news

2024-05-06 18:30:02

mises.org: Conservatives Are Wrong on Economics. Here’s How to Fix the Problem. -- https://tinyurl.com/3ymyjle9 -- While conservatives and followers of Austrian economics often have much in common, many conservatives are against free trade and free exchange. Austrians need to carefully explain why those beliefs are harmful. #liberty #news

2024-05-03 06:47:11

mises.org: Free-Market Profit Comes From Voluntary Exchange, not Exploitation -- https://tinyurl.com/ymtgbget -- Progressives claim that profits are an unjust transfer of wealth from the poor to the rich. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits by directing resources from less valued to more valued uses to satisfy consumer needs. #liberty #news

2024-04-29 06:39:49

reason.com: The Clear Statement Rule and the Major Question Doctrine As Substantive Separation of Powers Canons -- https://tinyurl.com/28lfqaf9 -- The clear statement rule and the major question doctrine both function as substantive separation of powers canons in order to avoid deciding if federal actions are unconstitutional. #liberty #news

2024-04-29 00:35:15

reason.com: In the AI Economy, There Will Be Zero Percent Unemployment -- https://tinyurl.com/233pnfel -- AI developer Andrew Mayne explains why technology could create more jobs and lead to unprecedented economic growth. #liberty #news

2024-04-27 12:30:02

reason.com: The FBI Was Monitoring Student Protests Against Ben Shapiro -- https://tinyurl.com/23w23tpa -- A newly-obtained intelligence memo shows that the feds took a keen interest in Trump-era campus speech controversies. #liberty #news

2024-04-26 00:30:01

reason.com: Enough? -- https://tinyurl.com/2dodbydt -- Plus: Law enforcement cracks down on protesters, CDC goes after Botox, FTC eliminates noncompetes, and more... #liberty #news

2024-04-20 12:35:06

reason.com: If They Ban TikTok, Is Apple Next? -- https://tinyurl.com/26yscyk4 -- Banning companies for doing business with China is a bad path to start down. #liberty #news

2024-04-16 06:30:02

reason.com: Javier Milei and Elon Musk Bond Over Markets -- https://tinyurl.com/2yoqcn4e -- Argentine President Javier Milei and Tesla CEO Elon Musk met for the first time in Austin, Texas, where they agreed on the need for free markets. #liberty #news

2024-04-07 06:30:02

reason.com: How Michigan Lost $1 Million of Liquor -- https://tinyurl.com/29ep2emz -- Sadly, not by drinking it—the government just lost a fifth of the state’s inventory. #liberty #news

2024-04-01 06:37:29

reason.com: E.U. Regulations Created a Port Wine Black Market -- https://tinyurl.com/28crupoa -- Over 1,500 types of wine are protected by European Union regulations. #liberty #news

2024-04-01 06:30:01

reason.com: Journal of Free Speech Law: "Fake News, Lies, and Other Familiar Problems," by Prof. Sam Lebovic -- https://tinyurl.com/2447noy9 -- The fifth of twelve articles from the Knight Institute’s Lies, Free Speech, and the Law symposium. #liberty #news

2024-03-15 00:30:01

reason.com: UT Austin Brings Back the SAT After Scoreless Kids Underperform -- https://tinyurl.com/2ahn9bt5 -- The college is the latest in a spate of schools reinstating SAT and ACT test requirements. #liberty #news

2024-02-22 12:30:04

mises.org: The Last Conservative -- http://tinyurl.com/22gum84u -- Milton Friedman: The Last ConservativeBy Jennifer BurnsFarrar, Straus and Giroux, 2023; x + 587 pp.Imagine that you come across this about the “education premium” on someone’s blog: “By going to college, you are more than tripling your chances for success in after life.” The statement is buttressed by a calculation of the extra lifetime earnings that a college degree will provide. Wouldn’t you think that the author is an economist? In fact, the author was a high school student, and he wrote this in 1927, before ever studying economics. As you will by now have guessed, the precocious student w #liberty #news

2024-02-18 18:30:04

reason.com: The Sindex: Cigarette Prices Outpacing Inflation -- http://tinyurl.com/2c3yegmc -- The Reason Sindex tracks the price of vice: smoking, drinking, snacking, traveling, and more. #liberty #news

2024-02-14 00:30:01

reason.com: Tucker Dreams of Moscow -- http://tinyurl.com/23ueqt46 -- Plus: Aid for Ukraine, remote learning for 5-year-olds, intermittent fasting for Palestine, and more... #liberty #news

2024-02-11 18:30:02

reason.com: Why Does The Phrase "Not Herein Otherwise Provided For" Appear In The Appointments Clause? -- http://tinyurl.com/2y8pwdgh -- Earlier in the Constitutional Convention, the legislature had the power to appoint judges, ambassadors, and the treasurer. But that power was later stripped. #liberty #news

2024-02-02 06:36:02

mises.org: Are Bankruptcies of Some US States in the Future? -- http://tinyurl.com/yltbav83 -- Bankruptcy is a developing twenty-first century theme in America. We see bankruptcy in federal government policy and spending, many corporate boardroom decisions, nonprofit and religious groups’ overspending and arrogance, individuals, some United States cities and counties, and the territory of Puerto Rico. The federal bankruptcy law consisting of Chapters 7, 9, 11, and 13 allow bankruptcy filings for local governments, individuals, nonprofit groups, and for-profit businesses, but it does not allow bankruptcy filings for states and the federal government.A few states are facing the reality o #liberty #news

2024-02-02 00:36:06

mises.org: An Open Letter to Walter E. Block -- http://tinyurl.com/yplc7xrl -- Breaking up with a person you have known for more than thirty years, with whom you have participated in countless conferences and co-authored a couple of articles, even if only in the somewhat distant past, is nothing done lightly. It is even harder, if one shares with this person a common standing as a public intellectual and both our names are mentioned frequently in one breath as prominent students of the same teacher, Murray N. Rothbard, and as leading intellectual lights of the modern libertarian movement founded by Rothbard.But then: in this position, it becomes near-imperative to alway #liberty #news

2024-01-31 06:40:21

mises.org: What is Money? Who Controls Money? -- http://tinyurl.com/ym6ptpnf -- What Is Money? Who Controls It?Gold is money! Silver is money! Everything else is credit!J. P. Morgan famously said this in his testimony before Congress in 1912: “Gold is money. Everything else is credit.”J. P. Morgan was the founder of JPMorgan Chase & Co., an American multinational financial services company headquartered in New York City. It is the largest bank in the United States and the world’s largest bank by market capitalization as of 2023.In 1973, Henry Kissinger is purported to have said (though it is disputed): “Who controls the food supply controls the people; who control #liberty #news

2024-01-29 00:34:08

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: January 28, 1916 -- http://tinyurl.com/ykz4evdd -- 1/28/1916: President Wilson nominates Louis Brandeis to the Supreme Court. He would be confirmed on June 1, 1916. #liberty #news

2024-01-28 00:30:01

reason.com: A Constitutionally Dubious California Bill Would Ban Possession of AI-Generated Child Pornography -- http://tinyurl.com/ynbdmyrg -- The proposal seems to conflict with a Supreme Court ruling against laws that criminalize mere possession of obscene material. #liberty #news

2024-01-27 06:35:05

reason.com: Study: If You Let People Buy Beer at Grocery Stores, the Liquor Stores Still Survive -- http://tinyurl.com/yq2a3ngy -- Liquor store owners and store association lobbyists claimed that allowing alcohol sales on Sunday would negatively impact their livelihoods. #liberty #news

2024-01-27 00:30:01

mises.org: The Next Austrian School Renaissance -- http://tinyurl.com/yldneron -- Having recently completed forty-one years as a university economics professor I am convinced that books like Human Action in particular, and the Austrian School in general, are more needed than ever if Western civilization is to be saved from the onslaught by the current generation of “cultural” Marxist totalitarians. All socialists, Mises wrote in Socialism, are first and foremost “destructionists” who want to destroy the existing institutions of society first, then proceed to create their never-defined utopian fantasy world. They are succeeding and must be stopped. Only the power of superior #liberty #news

2024-01-24 00:35:02

reason.com: DeSantis Down and Out -- http://tinyurl.com/yv2po68h -- Plus: Javier Milei’s powerful speech on economic prosperity in Davos #liberty #news

2024-01-23 06:30:02

reason.com: Mandatory DEI Trainings and Academic Freedom -- http://tinyurl.com/yl2x4hne -- A recent story out of the University of Wisconsin Law School offers an opportunity to consider the potential tensions between mandatory Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) trainings and academic freedom, particularly in legal education. #liberty #news

2024-01-22 12:30:01

reason.com: Nikki Haley and Donald Trump -- http://tinyurl.com/yrw7crjl -- Could the race go on until the Convention? #liberty #news

2024-01-17 00:40:10

mises.org: The Oregon Problem: It’s Not Drugs! It’s the Socialistic Political Culture -- http://tinyurl.com/ymnajttd -- Not many people know that Oregon decriminalized all drugs through a ballot initiative. The Wall Street Journal recently ran an article: “Oregon Decriminalized Hard Drugs: It Is Not Working.” The question here is, why not?In 2020, the State of Oregon decriminalized all drugs, including hard drugs such as heroin, crystal meth, which you will remember as the centerpiece of the hit series Breaking Bad, and fentanyl, a highly dangerous synthetic opiate. Fentanyl is another example, really the latest step-product, of the war on drugs.Prior to decriminalization, if you were caught possessing one of #liberty #news

2024-01-16 06:45:40

fee.org: Why Are Some Diamond Brands So Expensive? -- http://tinyurl.com/2xgztsz3 -- The jewelry industry may seem like a real puzzle, but a little economic reasoning is all it takes to understand what’s going on. #liberty #news

2024-01-14 00:45:18

mises.org: Expect More Currency Destruction and Weak Economies in 2024 -- http://tinyurl.com/6sbqe -- Markets closed 2023 with the strongest rally for equities, bonds, gold, and cryptocurrencies in years. The level of complacency was obvious, registering an “extreme greed” level in the Greed and Fear Index.2023 was also an unbelievably bad year for commodities, particularly oil and natural gas, something that very few would have predicted in the middle of two wars with relevant geopolitical impact and significant OPEC+ supply cuts. It was also a poor year for Chinese equities, despite slower-than-expected but strong economic growth and robust earnings in the large components of the Hang Seng #liberty #news

2024-01-14 00:30:01

reason.com: Hacking the SEC -- http://tinyurl.com/ymkleg2z -- Cybertoonz is there! #liberty #news

2024-01-13 00:46:11

fee.org: 7 Ridiculous Examples of Government Waste in 2023 -- http://tinyurl.com/yk8xe8fg -- To stop out-of-control spending, it will take more than replacing politicians and bureaucrats. #liberty #news

2024-01-13 00:35:07

reason.com: War With Russia Teaches Ukraine To Value Private Guns -- http://tinyurl.com/ylsx8y5z -- Survey finds growing acceptance of civilian firearms among the country’s population. #liberty #news

2024-01-12 00:35:03

mises.org: Can an Easy Money Policy Increase Employment of "Idle Resources"? -- http://tinyurl.com/2xbnfcpq -- Whenever an economy falls into a recession, many economists point out that the economic slump means there will be idle capital and labor. Resources that could be employed are now unemployed because the economic slump has softened aggregate demand for goods and services.So-called experts believe the government must increase the overall demand in the economy since stronger demand will permit idle resources to be employed again. Hence, many economists recommend that the central bank adopt an easy monetary stance to strengthen aggregate demand.It appears to be quite simple: boost expenditure on #liberty #news

2024-01-11 00:30:01

reason.com: Bedlam in the Country -- http://tinyurl.com/ymogc3zz -- Plus: Migrant shelter stabbing, Hollywood doom, Cuban spies, and more... #liberty #news

2024-01-08 06:35:08

mises.org: Do Destroyed Monuments Represent a Past Not Worth Defending? -- http://tinyurl.com/26zdshjb -- Many cities and states in this country have been tearing down or destroying monuments because they represent part of a past that progressives and leftists believe should not have existed. Yet each time we tear down something, we potentially lose part of an important heritage.Original Article: Do Destroyed Monuments Represent a Past Not Worth Defending? #liberty #news

2024-01-07 06:30:01

reason.com: Guest Post on Israeli Supreme Court Decision Striking Down Law Restricting Judicial "Reasonableness" Review of Government Policies -- http://tinyurl.com/yv6bfygy -- The post is by prominent Israeli legal scholar Ronit Levine-Schnur (University of Tel Aviv). #liberty #news

2024-01-06 06:40:07

mises.org: FDR against the Bill of Rights -- http://tinyurl.com/ykf9ojl5 -- In this week’s column, I’d like to raise two questions suggested by David Beito’s excellent book The New Deal’s War on the Bill of Rights, which I reviewed last week. First, how can it be that Franklin Roosevelt has acquired a reputation among leftist historians as a champion of liberty, with his internment of Japanese Americans during World War II regarded as an aberration, in the face of the manifold violations of civil liberties that occurred during his administration? Second, given Roosevelt’s authoritarian proclivities, why wasn’t he successful in imposing the complete regime of censorshi #liberty #news

2024-01-06 06:30:01

reason.com: Welfare Is Great—for the Welfare Bureaucrats -- http://tinyurl.com/yrct65s6 -- The clients get a confusing maze and a lot of incentives to stay on welfare. #liberty #news

2024-01-06 00:35:11

mises.org: Why Argentina Needs Free Cities -- http://tinyurl.com/ymnpldlk -- As the libertarian anarchocapitalist Javier Milei ascends to the Argentinian presidency, the parting of the ominous clouds of socialism has brought about the rising sun of libertarianism on the South American continent. The Argentine legislative system, consisting of the Senate and the Chamber of Deputies, is designed to bolster democratic governance and accountability.However, its inherent structure often leads to impasses, particularly with contentious reforms. The presidency of Carlos Menem from 1989 to 1999 marked a pivotal turn toward classical liberalism, implementing broad changes such #liberty #news

2024-01-05 00:30:01

reason.com: Iran Explosion -- http://tinyurl.com/ym55kysx -- Plus: Gay fallout, Lithuanian badasses, Epstein buddies, Haley chutzpah, and more... #liberty #news

2024-01-04 06:40:09

mises.org: The Anti-Semitism Controversy on College Campuses Is the Direct Result of Identity Politics -- http://tinyurl.com/yqqnat7o -- Anyone following the news knows that after a bruising congressional hearing on antisemitism on elite college campuses knows that Liz Magill, the president of the University of Pennsylvania, and Claudine Gay, president of Harvard, recently lost their jobs. while the president from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology is under fire. While the issue is being framed as these presidents permitting (and sometimes encouraging) antisemitism on campus, the real issue is much deeper than just animus against Jewish students and firing a few presidents will not change the atmosphere.Ever since Hamas #liberty #news

2024-01-03 00:30:01

reason.com: Escalation in the Red Sea -- http://tinyurl.com/yu8oyq7h -- Plus: Inheritance taxes, lady gadgets, a stabbing in South Korea, and more... #liberty #news

2024-01-01 12:30:01

reason.com: Brickbats: January 2024 -- http://tinyurl.com/yqbomyn6 -- News of Florida politicians, police, and bureaucrats behaving badly. #liberty #news

2023-12-31 06:35:03

mises.org: Sound Money Movement Strikes Gold in 2023 -- http://tinyurl.com/ykt6xs5p -- Against the backdrop of high inflation rates and geopolitical uncertainty, states are increasingly enacting measures that encourage saving in precious metals and even using gold and silver as money.With five bills signed into law in 2023, sound money reforms are gaining momentum across the United States.Money Metals Exchange’s Sound Money Defense League project has emerged as an influential force, actively engaging in legislative battles by prompting intense grassroots support, drafting legislation, recruiting bill sponsors, and providing expert testimony directly to lawmakers.Twenty-five s #liberty #news

2023-09-16 00:30:02

reason.com: Environmentalists Are Destroying My Kitchen -- https://tinyurl.com/ywtupl5d -- Despite the New York Times’ gaslighting, bureaucrats and politicians are coming for your stoves. #liberty #news

2023-09-15 06:35:03

mises.org: Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty -- https://tinyurl.com/yl24zcv3 -- After governments create crises, they use those crises to seize new powers. After the crisis subsides, governments give up some, but not all, of their new authority, which we call the ratchet effect.Original Article: Beyond Crisis: The Ratchet Effect and the Erosion of Liberty #liberty #news