mises.org: Entrepreneurial Profit Follows Good Decisions, Not Exploitation -- https://tinyurl.com/22peadue -- Employing the Labor Theory of Value, Marx claimed that entrepreneurial profits arise from exploitation of workers. In reality, entrepreneurs earn profits when they correctly gauge markets. Exploitation has nothing to do with it. #liberty #news
mises.org: Slavery and Collective Guilt -- https://tinyurl.com/25zs85ln -- Modern progressives are obsessed with collective guilt, demanding that Americans pay reparations for slavery even though it ended in the US 160 years ago. However, by employing collective guilt and collective punishment, those seeking reparations violate natural law. #liberty #news
mises.org: Sound Money Movement Chalks Up Seven State Legislative Victories in 2024 -- https://tinyurl.com/28xrl8ko -- Not all news from the gold and monetary fronts is bad. In fact, gold made a number of advancements in seven states, including exemptions from taxes and attempts by states to restrict Federal Reserve behavior. Gold is alive and well. #liberty #news
mises.org: Markets Made of Glass—How the Fed Destroyed Economic Resilience -- https://tinyurl.com/2yzpzw59 -- For nearly 30 years, the Fed has pursued an easy money policy that has made the economy increasingly dependent upon the next round of “stimulus.” Reversing that policy will mean, at least in the short run, a stiff recession before the economy rebounds, which is a non-starter today. #liberty #news
mises.org: No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2dq5tzxh -- The 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government. #liberty #news
mises.org: No Matter Who Wins, Half the Country Won’t Believe in the Election -- https://tinyurl.com/2brxz7zr -- The 2024 election will provide few solutions to the underlying pressures eroding American political norms. Regardless of the outcome, half the country will feel like they live under an occupational government. #liberty #news
reason.com: If You Can Keep It -- https://tinyurl.com/2ak94he2 -- Plus: Joe Rogan, Whoopi Goldberg, Liz Cheney, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Mises on Predicting Election Outcomes -- https://tinyurl.com/25nvgpfp -- What would Mises say about election predictions like Donald Trump has a 53% chance of winning? #liberty #news
reason.com: The Peculiar Phenomenon of Libertarians Supporting Donald Trump -- https://tinyurl.com/2cn7ssrf -- Libertarians owe nothing to would-be authoritarians. #liberty #news
reason.com: Government Goons Murder Internet-Famous Squirrel -- https://tinyurl.com/2ah6aesn -- Peanut the Squirrel charmed a large internet audience that helped fund an animal sanctuary. Then the government seized him. #liberty #news
mises.org: A Brief History of Tariffs and Stock Market Crises -- https://tinyurl.com/23kz4a2j -- Tariffs don‘t just raise consumer prices. They also affect capital flows and on numerous occasions have triggered stock market crises. What tariffs don‘t bring is prosperity. #liberty #news
mises.org: Does the Fed’s Lowering the Interest Rates Strengthen Economic Growth? -- https://tinyurl.com/23y7d6qk -- The Fed lowers interest rates ostensibly to “stimulate” the economy. But while the Fed claims it is strengthening the economy, it actually weakens it through its easy money policies. #liberty #news
reason.com: Nobody Trusts Congress, but Americans Keep Reelecting the Same People -- https://tinyurl.com/24lfv3v3 -- Increasingly like-minded communities make incumbent lawmakers safer than ever. #liberty #news
reason.com: CNN Panelist Claims That Donald Trump Caused Charlottesville Attack -- https://tinyurl.com/25cg5p58 -- The punch line: It was a panel on the dangers of misinformation. #liberty #news
reason.com: Citizen Journalism Is Under Attack. This Texas Woman Is Fighting to Save It. -- https://tinyurl.com/25ocy5tx -- After being arrested for doing journalism, Priscilla Villarreal has taken her fight to the courts. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: November 2, 1845 -- https://tinyurl.com/22jmeoz9 -- 11/2/2010: Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association argued.The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 2, 1845 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Free Speech Unmuted: Protests, Public Pressure Campaigns, Tort Law, and the First Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/23x2hrde -- The latest podcast episode from Prof. Jane Bambauer (Florida) and me. #liberty #news
mises.org: Lessons from Reconstruction -- https://tinyurl.com/23z2smr8 -- Using state power to enforce social orthodoxy is always a recipe for disaster. Radical Republican governments in the post-war South attempted to do just that, sowing seeds of hatred and discord in the process. #liberty #news
reason.com: Reflections on Lecturing on Immigration Policy in Switzerland -- https://tinyurl.com/2ar9nloq -- Ove the last few days, I gave two talks on immigration in Switzerland. Here are some reflections on that experience. #liberty #news
reason.com: Us-Versus-Them: The Pronouns of Populism -- https://tinyurl.com/28444n2v -- Populism’s pronoun usage taps into the darker elements of the human condition. #liberty #news