reason.com: Upcoming Talks in Britain -- https://tinyurl.com/2b6lco68 -- I will be giving three talks during an upcoming trip to the UK in July. #liberty #news
mises.org: From Profits to Pandering: How Government Turned Universities and Businesses into DEI Bureaucracies -- https://tinyurl.com/27xposv5 -- Long before government mandates and pressure infected businesses and universities with the DEI virus, Ludwig von Mises explained how bureaucracies infect the decision-making process. #liberty #news
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
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
reason.com: Rolling Backward -- https://tinyurl.com/28xe43l6 -- Plus: Hezbollah escalates, congestion pricing halted, the Didion-Dunne family feud, GIMBYism, and more... #liberty #news
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
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
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
mises.org: The Lesson of the Trump Conviction -- https://tinyurl.com/226bt49r -- The case against Donald Trump was utterly ridiculous. Yet he was convicted anyway. Opponents of the political establishment need to understand why. #liberty #news
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
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
reason.com: Woman Struck by Train While Locked in Police Car To Get $8.5 Million Settlement -- https://tinyurl.com/225g9aqk -- Yareni Rios was severely injured after a train struck a police car she had been placed in after being arrested in 2022. #liberty #news
reason.com: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul Kills Congestion Pricing -- https://tinyurl.com/2aq4t7qz -- In a surprise move, the governor axed a plan to start charging drivers $15 tolls to enter lower Manhattan starting at the end of June. #liberty #news
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
reason.com: Biden Announces Sweeping Asylum Restrictions at U.S.-Mexico Border -- https://tinyurl.com/26bfjnvf -- “The entry of any noncitizen into the United States across the southern border is hereby suspended and limited,” said the president’s order. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Maldives Banning Israelis Is a Disgrace -- https://tinyurl.com/22evwk7e -- President Mohamed Muizzu cannot claim to be on the right side of history while adhering to a textbook definition of bigotry. #liberty #news
mises.org: Debunking Robert Reich’s Debunking -- https://tinyurl.com/23vv6kq3 -- Robert Reich is an economic fallacy machine, and he has begun a ten-week series in which he claims to debunk economic myths. Of course, to do so, he has to create economic myths and present them as factual. #liberty #news
mises.org: Distinguishing Libertarian Philosophy from Political Strategy -- https://tinyurl.com/288u3zwl -- What makes a libertarian society libertarian? Certainly, one must begin—as did Murray Rothbard—not only with the nonaggression principle, but also with the unequivocal protection of private property rights. #liberty #news
mises.org: No Honor Among Government Thieves: The Evil of Asset Forfeiture -- https://tinyurl.com/2an9859o -- Asset forfeiture is another term for state-sponsored theft. Reform of this pernicious policy is almost impossible because of the incentives set up by governments at all levels. #liberty #news
reason.com: COVID Accountability Never -- https://tinyurl.com/267vhtdh -- Plus: Cryogenic freezing, masking for robberies, Trump surrenders his guns, and more... #liberty #news