reason.com: Your Right To Booze Could Be Impacted No Matter Who Wins the Presidential Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5bbmo2 -- From tariffs to dietary guidelines, this election may bring the biggest federal changes to alcohol since Prohibition’s end. #liberty #news
mises.org: Private-Sector Jobs Went Negative in October. Will the Fed Panic Again? -- https://tinyurl.com/29lvk7aa -- For the first time since 2020, private-sector employment fell, with full-time jobs dropping yet again. Will the Fed rush to stimulate the economy? #liberty #news
mises.org: The Reality of Red-State Fascism -- https://tinyurl.com/2bdt8u3m -- The sweep of history shows that there are two main dangers to liberty, one that comes from the left and the other that comes from the right. #liberty #news
reason.com: Voters Like Early Voting and Voter ID, No Matter What Politicians Say -- https://tinyurl.com/2xua9ma3 -- Majorities of Americans want casting a ballot to be easy and secure. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Indian Rope Trick -- https://tinyurl.com/26t6n3mr -- The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of equality to the Indian Rope Trick. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Indian Rope Trick -- https://tinyurl.com/2y5jxpzg -- The political theorist Anthony de Jasay takes on the left‘s ideas of equality, and David Gordon is there to agree—and disagree. Jasay likens the left‘s view of equality to the Indian Rope Trick. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Wife Vote -- https://tinyurl.com/277zcbvu -- Plus: RFK Jr. as health czar, a Miami update, Martha Stewart is pissed, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: “Victory Plan” or Deadly Delusion? Zelensky’s Perilous Five-Point Plan -- https://tinyurl.com/265mc94q -- The darling of America‘s political elites, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, now touts a “Five-Point Plan” that surely will extend the war and ultimately make his country even worse off. It is time to end this farce. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Establishment Media is Unaware of Its Growing Irrelevance -- https://tinyurl.com/2bzkogqy -- The corporate media has no idea how little we rely on them. #liberty #news
reason.com: Countries With Economic Freedom Are Far Better Off -- https://tinyurl.com/2c6blr7w -- Even the poorest citizens of free countries fare better than the middle classes in economically repressive nations. #liberty #news
reason.com: Newspaper Endorsements Die in Daylight -- https://tinyurl.com/2ay68jog -- More than presidential politics or #AnticipatoryObedience, economics is to blame (or thank) for the long, slow death of a publishing anachronism. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Story About THC-Laced Halloween Candy Shifts From Malevolent Strangers to Careless Parents -- https://tinyurl.com/26gj968k -- The change in official warnings and news coverage reflects the dearth of evidence that malicious pranksters are trying to dose trick-or-treaters. #liberty #news
reason.com: Compendium of Writings About the 2024 Election and Issues at Stake -- https://tinyurl.com/25bsbakv -- Links to all my writings on these topics. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Intellectual Property Laws Stifle Innovation -- https://tinyurl.com/2ca27wnu -- Supporters of intellectual property laws claim that people will not innovate unless they are protected by such legislation. In reality, people are more likely to be innovative when they encounter real free markets, not markets characterized by artificial scarcity. #liberty #news
mises.org: Gold Is Back—And So Is Judy Shelton -- https://tinyurl.com/28stecru -- Despite claims from the Keynesian “experts” that gold is a “barbarous relic,” the markets are saying that gold is more valuable than ever. In her new book, economist Judy Shelton advocates for gold once again to serve as money. Perhaps it is time to listen to her. #liberty #news
reason.com: Musa al-Gharbi: How Woke Elites Became Out of Touch -- https://tinyurl.com/2awzjjb7 -- The Stony Brook sociologist discusses how progressives are having a hard time processing why more and more black and Latino voters are supporting Donald Trump. #liberty #news
mises.org: What "Capitalism" Really Means -- https://tinyurl.com/24w8txfs -- Capitalism is characterized by the private ownership of capital, coming from Lockean homesteading principles, and not from state coercion and force. #liberty #news
mises.org: Will Tuesday Vote Counts Be Another Sham Biden-Harris Statistic? -- https://tinyurl.com/26xzl2gl -- In less than a week, the voters allegedly will choose a new president. However, will the process have integrity or just be a sham in which ballot boxes in key precincts are stuffed? If the voting numbers are like the fake statistics the Biden-Harris administration produces, we might wonder. #liberty #news
reason.com: Feds Admit Fossil Fuels Are Still the Cheapest -- https://tinyurl.com/22vkzvzs -- A Department of Energy analysis found natural gas is the cheapest residential energy source on the market. #liberty #news
reason.com: Voters in 5 States Will Decide Whether To Legalize Marijuana or Psychedelics Next Week -- https://tinyurl.com/2a7mtcoc -- The ballot initiatives would allow recreational marijuana use in Florida and the Dakotas, authorize medical marijuana in Nebraska, and decriminalize five natural psychedelics in Massachusetts. #liberty #news