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2026-02-13 05:54:06 UTC

mises.org: The Turmoil at the Washington Post Does Not “Threaten” Democracy -- https://tinyurl.com/22u88k4r -- Pundits are claiming that the demise of the Washington Post will weaken democracy and provide a boost for government corruption. As usual, the pundits are badly mistaken. #liberty #news

2026-02-13 05:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Economic Freedom in Contexts of Crisis: An Austrian Analysis for 2026 -- https://tinyurl.com/26hezfwt -- Even as much of the political world is trying to direct us to socialism, the failures of that system are not hidden. There is a reason why economic freedom also results in a better life for all, and Austrian economists know that better than anyone else. #liberty #news

2026-02-13 05:38:03 UTC

reason.com: Politicians Want To Avoid Reforming Social Security and Medicare. You Will Pay the Price. -- https://tinyurl.com/25uxaayb -- Inflation is a silent tax—and the most painful way to finance government promises. #liberty #news

2026-02-13 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Washington Built Big Health Care. Now It Wants To Break It Up. -- https://tinyurl.com/2ajn7hnw -- The Break Up Big Medicine Act makes no mention of the laws and government programs responsible for consolidation of the health care industry. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 23:30:02 UTC

mises.org: The Turmoil at the Washington Post Does Not “Threaten” Democracy -- https://tinyurl.com/24tef4wy -- Pundits are claiming that the demise of the Washington Post will weaken democracy and provide a boost for government corruption. As usual, the pundits are badly mistaken. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 17:30:02 UTC

mises.org: People Are Not Upset Enough About the End of New START -- https://tinyurl.com/23fogw9x -- The administration dismissed concerns about the last nuclear treaty between the US and Russia formally expiring last week. But even if this isn’t an exceptionally dangerous moment in itself, the end of New START reflects an incredibly disturbing trend. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 11:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Why Politicians Hate Productivity (and Robots) -- https://tinyurl.com/233rs2hj -- Politicians and many others hate and inhibit market productivity due to economic fallacies. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 11:30:01 UTC

reason.com: A Tiny Alabama Town Ran an Outrageous Speed Trap. Now It Will Pay $1.5 Million To Settle a Lawsuit. -- https://tinyurl.com/24xbqf74 -- Brookside, Alabama, made national news in 2022 after investigations revealed it was bankrolling itself through predatory traffic enforcement. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 05:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Homeownership “Wealth” Is a Fallacy -- https://tinyurl.com/27rcptfg -- President Trump’s recent remarks that he wants to keep housing prices artificially high to protect the “wealth” built into people’s homes ignores the economic dislocation that occurs because these policies require inflating the money supply. #liberty #news

2026-02-12 00:02:08 UTC

mises.org: People Are Not Upset Enough About the End of New START -- https://tinyurl.com/23r7bgw3 -- The administration dismissed concerns about the last nuclear treaty between the US and Russia formally expiring last week. But even if this isn’t an exceptionally dangerous moment in itself, the end of New START reflects an incredibly disturbing trend. #liberty #news

2026-02-11 23:54:07 UTC

mises.org: The Challenge of Distinguishing History from Fiction -- https://tinyurl.com/23fay47r -- What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians? #liberty #news

2026-02-11 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Trump’s Assault on Our Right to Keep and Bear Arms -- https://tinyurl.com/2ynsb44s -- Is it illegal to carry a gun to a demonstration against ICE? According to the Trump Administration, it is. #liberty #news

2026-02-11 23:38:04 UTC

reason.com: Blame Overregulation for High Child Care Costs -- https://tinyurl.com/2xwyqe8z -- Politicians like New York’s Mayor Mamdani promise to solve a problem that they created. #liberty #news

2026-02-11 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Jobs Up, Federal Workers Down -- https://tinyurl.com/2ynuapkm -- Plus: Shifting goalposts on immigration and jobs, Netanyahu visits D.C., everything is fine in El Paso after all, and more... #liberty #news

2026-02-11 11:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Bad Bunny and the SCOTUS Precedent That Denies Constitutional Rights to Puerto Ricans -- https://tinyurl.com/2aqws4r4 -- Plus: Is this the Supreme Court’s next big immigration case? #liberty #news

2026-02-11 05:38:04 UTC

mises.org: From Cold War to Forever Wars: The Economics of America’s Military Addiction -- https://tinyurl.com/2b8xnqjc -- A “defense” surge, no audit, and mountains of debt. Welcome to the national security state. #liberty #news

2026-02-11 05:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Calls for “Unity” Help the Federal Government Seize More Power -- https://tinyurl.com/26wdgotb -- In the United States, since no state is allowed to ever leave, or to even control its own borders. This will lead to more centralized political power in every way. #liberty #news

2026-02-10 23:38:03 UTC

mises.org: The Challenge of Distinguishing History from Fiction -- https://tinyurl.com/22cf6ad9 -- What happens when historical fiction becomes a more accurate portrayal than the version of history given by mainstream historians? #liberty #news

2026-02-10 23:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Mises and Hayek Dehomogenized -- https://tinyurl.com/234d74y3 -- Today, the term Austrian economics is used to designate two very different paradigms. #liberty #news

2026-02-10 17:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Trump’s Keynesian Plan for Ukraine -- https://tinyurl.com/25m4cn8p -- President Trump’s plan to “rebuild” Ukraine following the destruction from warfare with Russia is a combination of Keynesianism and crony capitalism. #liberty #news

2026-02-10 05:30:02 UTC

mises.org: History Is Not a Mathematical Calculation -- https://tinyurl.com/29f2f9f2 -- Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 23:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Stop Fighting Your Neighbor: The Mechanics of State Power and How to Opt Out -- https://tinyurl.com/2agybhnl -- The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Alienated by Trump, Europeans Finally Take Responsibility for Defense -- https://tinyurl.com/23sth4sm -- Spurred by a hostile U.S. president, Europe struggles against stagnant economies to rearm. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 17:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Stop Fighting Your Neighbor: The Mechanics of State Power and How to Opt Out -- https://tinyurl.com/22s73djr -- The modern state doesn’t get its power from the consent of the governed. Instead, it creates crises and then uses coercion to demand obedience. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 17:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/24tk3kvo -- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

2026-02-09 11:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Immigration Massively Reduces Budget Deficits -- https://tinyurl.com/268of58y -- A new Cato Institute study provides the most comprehensive analysis of this issue to date. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 05:38:04 UTC

reason.com: Should A Clerkship Application Be Summarily Rejected For Having A Minor Error? -- https://tinyurl.com/2bjdefde -- One of my most important roles is advising my students on clerkships. This process has changed significantly since I clerked…The post Should A Clerkship Application Be Summarily Rejected For Having A Minor Error? appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-09 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: My Thoughts On Typos In Blog Posts -- https://tinyurl.com/26qlbcnx -- Earlier today, I wrote a post about whether a minor typo in a clerkship application should disqualify the candidate. Fittingly,…The post My Thoughts On Typos In Blog Posts appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-08 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 -- https://tinyurl.com/2bqhdb5g -- 2/8/1941: Justice Willis Van Devanter dies.The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-08 17:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/2ctw85ev -- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

2026-02-08 05:54:06 UTC

mises.org: Brazil’s Social Function Trap: When Property Becomes Conditional, Markets Become Political -- https://tinyurl.com/29cd8k5x -- While Brazil calls itself a constitutional democracy that has a market economy, private property and markets themselves are subject to conditions set by the government itself. #liberty #news

2026-02-08 05:46:05 UTC

reason.com: Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/2br4u5d9 -- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

2026-02-08 05:38:03 UTC

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 7, 1870 -- https://tinyurl.com/22abad9c -- 2/7/1870: Hepburn v. Griswold decided.The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 7, 1870 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-08 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: "Any Business in America Would Rather Not Have Their Internal Documents out in the Public" -- https://tinyurl.com/26pykedk -- But that does not mean that litigants have a right to hide them from the public once they are implicated in court proceedings. #liberty #news

2026-02-07 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: History Is Not a Mathematical Calculation -- https://tinyurl.com/25e2zw8k -- Understanding history is not about understanding formulas or narratives. Instead, we must understand the people who made history, their motives, and their goals. #liberty #news

2026-02-07 23:38:04 UTC

mises.org: The Giffen Good -- https://tinyurl.com/222jww84 -- Silver isn’t a “Giffen good.” It’s a case of shifting demand, not broken economics. #liberty #news

2026-02-07 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Do Republicans Want To Control Elections? -- https://tinyurl.com/27ywulmz -- Plus: assessing Trump’s first year, the dysfunction of Washington, D.C., and the politics of the Super Bowl. (Recorded live in Washington, D.C.) #liberty #news

2026-02-07 11:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Machiavelli Is Dead: Why Politics Without Property Rights, Rules, and Moral Limits Cannot Work -- https://tinyurl.com/2xzfph7h -- Modern political economy is based upon a Machiavellian belief in might makes right. Yet, political power cannot accomplish what free markets and private property rights have done in lifting billions of people out of poverty. #liberty #news

2026-02-07 11:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Once Again, a Federal Judge Orders ICE To Stop Unlawful Warrantless Arrests -- https://tinyurl.com/2d58593o -- Another judge has ordered the Department of Homeland Security to follow federal law, even as the Trump administration argues it has broad authority to conduct warrantless immigration arrests. #liberty #news

2026-02-07 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Militarized Policing Is at the Root of the Minneapolis Mayhem -- https://tinyurl.com/22kgmdtt -- Thanks to a lack of hiring standards, purposeful federal policy, poor training, and a lack of accountability for bad behavior, ICE is eroding safety and liberty for all Americans. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Does Acts Show Early Christian Communism? -- https://tinyurl.com/27fr2u7b -- Superficial reading of some early texts in Acts seem to suggest the ideal of Christian communal property ownership, or communism, rather than private property, but this is mistaken and the evidence is within Acts itself. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 23:38:04 UTC

mises.org: The Ruthlessness and Brutality of the US Government -- https://tinyurl.com/26hvglqe -- From time to time, the American people need to be reminded who is the boss. The boss is the US government. The citizenry are the serfs, the servants, the subordinates. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: The Trump Administration Has a Conflicted Relationship with the Second Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/29mlst3j -- The right to bear arms is inherently anti-authoritarian at a time when Trump wields authority. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 17:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Trump’s Credit Card Rate Cap Would Hurt the Poor -- https://tinyurl.com/28pysw5x -- If card-issuers are blocked from charging interest rates higher than 10 percent for consumers with a poor credit history, these consumers will find out that they have fewer borrowing options. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 05:46:05 UTC

reason.com: The Epstein Files Are Becoming a Witch Hunt -- https://tinyurl.com/2ynd8epf -- This type of broad reveal of criminal investigative files, released to a rabid media, will absolutely result in innocent people being hurt, warned Clay Higgins. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 05:38:03 UTC

reason.com: How Thousands of Randos Like Me Landed in the Epstein Files -- https://tinyurl.com/2bfpq7d2 -- To make sense of the Justice Department’s latest documents, you have to understand what they actually are. #liberty #news

2026-02-06 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Wealth Taxes Are Proven Failures. Will California Take Note? -- https://tinyurl.com/23mzjp75 -- Across advanced economies, they have repeatedly been narrowed or even repealed after delivering disappointing revenue, tax avoidance, capital flight, and costly administrative battles. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 23:54:06 UTC

mises.org: The Idiocracy that Is California Politics -- https://tinyurl.com/29dlpf6a -- If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: The Idiocracy that Is California Politics -- https://tinyurl.com/27w8ao2g -- If California voters and politicians do not understand the current crisis, we will see the continuous march to perdition as California politicians refuse to acknowledge that they are killing the geese laying the golden eggs. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 23:38:03 UTC

reason.com: This California Family Is Suing for the Right To Drill for Oil on Their Own Property -- https://tinyurl.com/2ydq6zle -- “We’re standing up not just for ourselves, but for the principle that government must respect property rights.” #liberty #news

2026-02-05 23:30:01 UTC

reason.com: The Private Sector Handles Hunger Better Than Mamdani Could -- https://tinyurl.com/25rz5r89 -- Polymarket’s pop-up grocery and Kalshi’s food money giveaways are the latest examples in New York’s decades-long history of food charity. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 17:38:05 UTC

mises.org: A Positive View of Sectional History -- https://tinyurl.com/2399eezx -- In most nations of any size, sectionalism is almost inevitable. How nations handle such divisions, historian Frank L. Owsley, determines if sectionalism is peaceful or becomes violent. It became violent in the US in 1861. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 17:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Arizona Bill Would Make It a Felony for Parents To Bring Their Kids to Drag Shows -- https://tinyurl.com/2b8fy3ch -- Yes, that includes drag queen story hour. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 05:46:06 UTC

mises.org: Why “Affordability” Is the Wrong Term to Describe Effects of Inflation -- https://tinyurl.com/2ca7f6c5 -- Politicians are touting “affordability” to describe the current regime of rising prices. However, most lawmakers who claim they are trying to make things more affordable demand policies that make things more costly. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 05:38:04 UTC

reason.com: How Involuntary Commitment Could Become Indefinite Detention -- https://tinyurl.com/266hogcz -- Federal authorities should not be able to turn civil commitment into a life sentence for anyone the government deems inconvenient. #liberty #news

2026-02-05 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Drug Dogs Should Not Be Unleashed To Authorize Apartment Searches, a SCOTUS Brief Argues -- https://tinyurl.com/28rd5nz5 -- The 4th Circuit held that the doorstep of an apartment did not qualify as protected curtilage under the Fourth Amendment. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Everyone Agrees Our Elites Are Terrible, So Why Are We Stuck with Them? -- https://tinyurl.com/222bystq -- The latest release of Epstein files again highlighted how disgusted and frustrated people have grown with the current elites. Yet they remain essentially untouchable. Why? #liberty #news

2026-02-04 23:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Have Fiat Money, Will Tyrannize -- https://tinyurl.com/2dko6o66 -- Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund its tyrannical schemes. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Deploying Troops to U.S. Cities Cost Half a Billion Dollars in 2025 -- https://tinyurl.com/2crkba6d -- Maintaining a uniformed domestic security force is pricey in terms of life, liberty, and dollars. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 17:30:01 UTC

mises.org: The Five Stages of Totalitarianism -- https://tinyurl.com/24zsunn5 -- Totalitarian societies do not become that way overnight. There are recognizable signs and stages which show how a society slides into that abyss. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 11:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Jeffrey Epstein Brokered Secret Meeting Between Qatari and Israeli Leaders -- https://tinyurl.com/25t4s3wu -- The late sex trafficker brought together former prime ministers from both countries while trying to help Qatar out of its diplomatic isolation. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 05:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Adam Smith Misunderstood the Origins of the Division of Labor -- https://tinyurl.com/282tm26u -- Although Adam Smith is well-known for emphasizing division of labor, his analysis was woefully incomplete, as Dr. Mark Thornton points out. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 05:38:04 UTC

reason.com: Housing Policy Can Be Win-Win -- https://tinyurl.com/27jjrhhp -- Allowing more homes to be built on existing residential land would be good for homeowners, homebuyers, and homebuilders. #liberty #news

2026-02-04 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Next-Generation Nuclear Power Can Meet Data Center Energy Demand—If Regulations Allow It -- https://tinyurl.com/2ba34ouh -- Is this small modular nuclear power’s moment? #liberty #news

2026-02-03 23:46:04 UTC

mises.org: A Positive View of Sectional History -- https://tinyurl.com/2yoku2mx -- In most nations of any size, sectionalism is almost inevitable. How nations handle such divisions, historian Frank L. Owsley, determines if sectionalism is peaceful or becomes violent. It became violent in the US in 1861. #liberty #news

2026-02-03 23:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Bureaucracy Increases Accidents and Risks -- https://tinyurl.com/2ddvadul -- The market regulates accidents very effectively. If the state does not coercively interfere, competition between companies forces them to improve services to the maximum. #liberty #news

2026-02-03 23:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Thawing ICE -- https://tinyurl.com/23uxddpf -- Plus: Courts block ending temporary protected status for Haitians and preventing lawmakers from entering ICE facilities, an end to government shutdown expected, and more… #liberty #news

2026-02-03 05:46:05 UTC

mises.org: Are There Constants in Economics? -- https://tinyurl.com/24nax72l -- One of the Austrian arguments against using mathematics to model economic phenomena is that there are no constants in economics, as things always are changing. #liberty #news

2026-02-03 05:38:03 UTC

mises.org: Silver Slammed as Trump Nominates New Fed Chair -- https://tinyurl.com/27d2p6om -- Mark Thornton presents a timely interview with Elijah K. Johnson that underscores how quickly “melt-ups” can flip into sharp corrections. #liberty #news

2026-02-03 05:30:01 UTC

reason.com: The NRA and NORML Unite To Oppose the Federal Gun Ban for Marijuana Users -- https://tinyurl.com/22zumohz -- Drug policy reformers and Second Amendment advocates team up in a case before the Supreme Court. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 23:46:05 UTC

mises.org: The Political Economy of Pesticides: How to Subsidize a Poison -- https://tinyurl.com/24cc92vt -- Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 23:38:04 UTC

reason.com: Dumping State Income Taxes Could Mean High Sales Taxes—or an Opportunity for Smaller Government -- https://tinyurl.com/24m3jkfg -- A new report warns that some plans for replacing income tax revenue rely on unrealistic assumptions. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 23:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Shutdown Showdown -- https://tinyurl.com/2d2tru8m -- Plus: the Epstein files, the officers who shot Alex Pretti, and more... #liberty #news

2026-02-02 17:44:05 UTC

mises.org: Have Fiat Money, Will Tyrannize -- https://tinyurl.com/2d3pzefb -- Thanks to the Federal Reserve, the US government will always have enough printed money to fund it tyrannical schemes. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 17:37:04 UTC

reason.com: Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/26fshfzx -- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

2026-02-02 17:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Brickbat: Down the Wrong Pathway -- https://tinyurl.com/24udtcgr -- A British government–funded video game aimed at students aged 11 to 18 is warning teenagers that questioning mass migration or…The post Brickbat: Down the Wrong Pathway appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 11:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Second Amendment Roundup: 5th Circuit Holds Disarming for Meth Conviction Violates 2nd Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/226uc7es -- No historical analogues justify felon possession ban for drug conviction. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 05:44:05 UTC

reason.com: Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/2cmw787b -- What’s on your mind? #liberty #news

2026-02-02 05:37:03 UTC

reason.com: Superintelligent AI Is Not Coming To Kill You -- https://tinyurl.com/2ccmmrdn -- If Anyone Builds It, Everyone Dies is an extreme proposal to effectively outlaw promising AI progress. #liberty #news

2026-02-02 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 1, 1816 -- https://tinyurl.com/23sf8oxl -- 2/1/1816: Second Bank of the United States chartered. The Supreme Court would uphold the constitutionality of the Bank in McCulloch…The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 1, 1816 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

2026-02-01 17:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Private Suit Commandeers New Hampshire Government to Maintain Vehicle Emission Inspections -- https://tinyurl.com/2d2twtqw -- The Live Free or Die state effectively acquiesces to unconstitutional commandeering of the state government under the Clean Air Act. #liberty #news

2026-02-01 05:37:03 UTC

mises.org: The Political Economy of Pesticides: How to Subsidize a Poison -- https://tinyurl.com/2bqql4ud -- Will the Make America Healthy Again (MAHA) succeed? If the regulatory story of DDT is a prime example of government regulation in action, then the answer is a resounding no. #liberty #news

2026-02-01 05:30:02 UTC

mises.org: The Division of Labor -- https://tinyurl.com/25dtazss -- Entrepreneurs, prices, and profit-and-loss coordinate the division of labor that makes prosperity possible. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 23:37:03 UTC

mises.org: The Panic of 1857: An Austrian View -- https://tinyurl.com/2a56fwo7 -- Economic historians usually are mistaken when looking at the causes of the Panic of 1857. Douglas E. French sets the record straight. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: How Americans Are Fighting a British Censorship Invasion -- https://tinyurl.com/2y2tc27e -- A new bill in Wyoming aims to defend Americans against the U.K.’s online regulators. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 17:37:05 UTC

reason.com: Judge Says ICE Violated Court Orders in 74 Cases—See Them All Here -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5e7nop -- The extraordinary document offers a glimpse of a national campaign by the federal government to deprive detained immigrants of due process rights. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 17:30:02 UTC

reason.com: The Minneapolis Shootings Underline the Advantages of Body Cameras, Which DHS Has Been Slow To Adopt -- https://tinyurl.com/26ctytyl -- A pending appropriations bill could increase transparency and accountability by requiring DHS personnel to record encounters with the public. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 05:44:05 UTC

mises.org: Unger The Weather -- https://tinyurl.com/2c52n9zu -- In this week’s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon examines the demands of philosopher Peter Unger, namely, that we be forced to give up our wealth to fund a world welfare state. Suffice it to say that Dr. Gordon is not impressed with Unger’s arguments. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 05:37:03 UTC

mises.org: Kevin Warsh’s Successful Political Campaign -- https://tinyurl.com/2ylrb2zj -- Leading up to his selection, Warsh had expertly crafted a message for his chosen audience of one—Donald Trump. #liberty #news

2026-01-31 05:30:02 UTC

reason.com: School Choice Week: Arizona Milestone Marks Growing Popularity of School Choice -- https://tinyurl.com/27qxnc9m -- Over 100,000 students use the state’s portable education funds for private schools and homeschooling. #liberty #news

2026-01-30 23:44:06 UTC

mises.org: Surprise! Mamdani Is Governing Like a Socialist -- https://tinyurl.com/2ywxqgtr -- By hiring a communist as his main housing adviser, New York Mayor Zohram Mamdani is fully committed to driving out private ownership of rental properties and handing over apartments to the city and politically-connected organizations. It will only make housing problems worse. #liberty #news

2026-01-30 23:37:04 UTC

mises.org: Mises, Money, and Catallactics: The State “Theory” of Money Abandons Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/2yxwanwy -- Ironically, an acatallactic pseudo-theory of money that emerged from a school of thought that rejected theory in favor of an empirico-realistic, historical theory of money now finds it intellectually acceptable, not only to reject catallactic economic theory, but also empirical history. #liberty #news

2026-01-30 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Group Chats About ICE Whereabouts Are Protected Speech. The FBI Is Investigating Anyway. -- https://tinyurl.com/2dx9gpu6 -- FBI Director Kash Patel pays lip service to the First and Second Amendments while casting suspicion on people who exercise their First or Second Amendment rights. #liberty #news

2026-01-30 17:30:01 UTC

reason.com: Tiffany Cross Still Denies Charlie Kirk Was Killed by a Leftist -- https://tinyurl.com/284db7cc -- This was straight-up debunked. #liberty #news

2026-01-30 05:30:01 UTC

mises.org: Quantitative Finance Has a Rotten Foundation -- https://tinyurl.com/27fj9p4k -- Austrian economists have long criticized using mathematics to undergird economic analysis. It is time to apply that same criticism to using math to undergird analysis of financial markets. #liberty #news

2026-01-29 23:51:06 UTC

mises.org: Surprise! Mamdani Is Governing Like a Socialist -- https://tinyurl.com/25tl2qks -- By hiring a communist as his main housing adviser, New York Mayor Zohram Mamdani is fully committed to driving out private ownership of rental properties and handing over apartments to the city and politically-connected organizations. It will only make housing problems worse. #liberty #news

2026-01-29 23:44:05 UTC

mises.org: Applause for the Exception: How Legal Education Is Learning to Stop Limiting Power -- https://tinyurl.com/25pjwbkj -- Liberty often dies to thunderous applause. At a recent graduation ceremony at one of Latin America’s oldest and most prestigious law schools, young lawyers applauded a vision of authority in which law no longer operates as a limit on power, but as its instrument. #liberty #news

2026-01-29 23:37:04 UTC

mises.org: Why the Federalists Hated the Bill of Rights -- https://tinyurl.com/2xrn42xb -- The Bill of Rights transformed the Constitution from one of supreme and total national power to a partially mixed polity where the liberal anti-nationalists at least had a fighting chance. #liberty #news

2026-01-29 23:30:02 UTC

reason.com: Ice, ICE…Maybe?  -- https://tinyurl.com/2yzq9bp9 -- Plus: Trump accounts, Klobuchar runs for governor, and who wants to buy CNN now? #liberty #news

2026-01-29 11:30:02 UTC

mises.org: Trump’s Embrace of Economic Leftism Will Destroy the Legacy He’s Desperately Trying to Build -- https://tinyurl.com/22rj7duy -- Trump is clearly focused on building a legacy in his second term with his domestic vanity projects and dramatic foreign interventions. But his actual legacy is shaping up to be defined by his lack of progress on affordability. #liberty #news