Gold Prices Rise as the Dollar Slowly Dies
https://mises.org/mises-wire/gold-prices-rise-dollar-slowly-dies
By Daniel Lacalle
> The estimated unfunded Social Security and Medicare liability is $175.3 trillion. If you think that will be financed with taxes “on the rich,” you have a problem with basic math.
Homeschoolers Don't Need Government Regulation
https://mises.org/mises-wire/homeschoolers-dont-need-government-regulation
By Heather Carson
> Government schooling advocates are demanding that homeschoolers be regulated by public school authorities. Perhaps homeschooling advocates should be monitoring the government.
"Expert" = A person who retains credibility, regardless of how often they're wrong.
I'm very sympathetic to Hoppe's views about economic methodology, but I think it misses that empirical work like Friedman's can make people more willing to listen to Austrian Theory.
I don't know if he ever had a change of heart.
Never underestimate the enduring pettiness of libertarian infighting.
The Last Conservative (Milton Friedman)
https://mises.org/misesian/last-conservative
By David Gordon
> Milton Friedman’s commitment to statistical analysis led him vehemently to oppose the economics of Ludwig von Mises and Friedrich Hayek, whom he regarded as the purveyors of a priori, “unscientific” theorizing.
Doctor Copper Is Sending Signals Our Way
https://mises.org/power-market/doctor-copper-sending-signals-our-way
By Mark Thornton
> The price of copper has hit an all-time high. This represents a signal about the world economy.
The Intellectual Poverty of Racial Polylogism
https://mises.org/mises-wire/intellectual-poverty-racial-polylogism
By Wanjiru Njoya
> The watchword in higher education today is decolonization, which depends upon what Ludwig von Mises called racial polylogism. Mises understood that polylogism undermines the very foundations of scientific thought.
The Consequences of California's New Minimum Wage Law
https://mises.org/mises-wire/consequences-californias-new-minimum-wage-law
By Hal Snarr
> Supporters of the new California minimum wage law for fast-food restaurants claim it will bolster economic opportunity for lower-income people. It actually will be a wealth transfer from the poor to the rich.
Jesus.
Do they jump out of a window holding hands to escape the heat at the end?
The Problem with Public Schools
https://odysee.com/@mises:1/the-problem-with-public-schools:0?r=8T2xqWjtafHWYGxQBSsrbw1wQPm7sWRq
From Radio Rothbard
# Video Description
> Ryan and Tho and guest Karl Streitel talk about how the public school monopoly conditions students for obedience while failing to educate them.
New Evidence Points To Possie Foul Play in Iranian Helicopter Crash
From the Kim Iversen Show
# Video Description
> Suspicions mount regarding the circumstances which lead to the President of Iran's death.
FDA study shows toddlers have increased risk of seizures after Covid Vaxx
Interview from the Kim Iversen Show
Rav Arora is an independent journalist and podcaster based in Vancouver, Canada. He is the Co-Founder along with Dr. Jay Bhattacharya of The Illusion of Consensus, an independent, podcast-fuelled newsletter devoted to dismantling weaponized "consensus" in issues as far-reaching as COVID-19, transgender care, nutrition, and mental health.
Government Schools: Power and History in Argentina
https://mises.org/mises-wire/government-schools-power-and-history-argentina
By Octavio Bermudez
> Government intervention is everywhere, but it is most evident in education. Looking at the case study of Argentina can help us understand this topic.
Higher Education Too Often Values Second-Rate Economics Research over Teaching
By Alex MacMillan
> Society would be better served by teaching basic economics to as many people as possible.
Industrial Policy Is Back—and It's a Gigantic Mistake
https://mises.org/mises-wire/industrial-policy-back-and-its-gigantic-mistake
By Christian Sandström, et al
> Around the world, governments are resorting to the ancient tradition of using massive amounts of resources to build things that glorify the state, not add to the economy.
Scaling Bitcoin with Lightning and Liquid
# Video Description
> In this video, I answer questions about how the Lightning Network and the Liquid Network can help to scale Bitcoin.
> Both offer faster and cheaper transactions, while giving up some of the final settlement guarantees that are only available at the base layer.
> As on-chain transaction fees move much higher over time, people will be forced onto higher layers, especially for small, low value transactions that don't require the same final settlement guarantees that the base layer can provide.
> Bitcoin's end game is completely full blocks that provide final settlement for the net results of transaction that take place on higher layers.
> Like other money, Bitcoin will scale in layers.
What an amazing narrative shift!
Now even plants are bad for the planet.
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I'm willing to guess the predictive AI isn't doing much more than Young + Male = Terrorist.
No, Mises Was not Wrong about the Middle of the Road
https://mises.org/mises-wire/no-mises-was-not-wrong-about-middle-road
By Eduard Bucher
> 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.