reason.com: Beer Lobby Wants Restrictions and Higher Taxes on Intoxicating Hemp Products -- https://tinyurl.com/2ceywnyp -- The proposal brings to mind the classic bootleggers and Baptists theory in which both moralists and competitors oppose a substance. #liberty #news
mises.org: Trump’s Immigration Plans: The Good and the Bad -- https://tinyurl.com/2aspde2g -- One does not need to be an advocate of open borders to have concerns when one hears about a federal law enforcement agency engaging in a “crackdown.” #liberty #news
reason.com: Democrats Did Themselves No Favors by Veering Hard to the Left -- https://tinyurl.com/2yfqxsy5 -- Economics likely spelled doom for Harris, but extreme ideology sealed her party’s fate. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Clock Is Running Out for Student Loan Forgiveness -- https://tinyurl.com/23ggqgyu -- With only months left in his term, Biden wants to forgive the loans of nearly eight million borrowers experiencing hardship. #liberty #news
mises.org: Gresham’s Law: Bitcoin Will Save the World! -- https://tinyurl.com/27ccn958 -- While most of us are familiar with Gresham‘s Law, we should remember that it does not mean that bad money is preferred to good money. Instead, it refers to a situation in which government mandates that inferior and superior money legally have the same face value. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Targets Birthright Citizenship and Calls for Military Role in Deportations -- https://tinyurl.com/26du7gv5 -- Both plans are an affront to America’s image as a nation of immigrants. #liberty #news
mises.org: Is America Turning Fascist? -- https://tinyurl.com/25pvchjv -- With the election of Donald Trump, we are seeing repeated use of another F-word to describe the direction America is going: fascist. But is that what is happening in the US, or is the term fascist being thrown about in blind ignorance? These accusations need scrutiny. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Inflationists’ Narrative Is Crumbling -- https://tinyurl.com/2xvpvtpv -- Let’s be realistic. The U.S. needs pro-growth strategies and tax cuts, but no administration will be able to offset a $1 trillion increase in mandatory spending with higher tax revenues. #liberty #news
mises.org: Post-Election Prospects for Ending DEI -- https://tinyurl.com/2588flkv -- With the demise of the Biden administration, it is time to take a hard look at the DEI programs it imposed. While divisive, simple removal will not solve underlying problems. #liberty #news
reason.com: After Wrongful Diagnosis, Texas CPS Took This Baby Away -- https://tinyurl.com/22h8an5b -- Thankfully, a judge reunited the Boatright family last week. #liberty #news
reason.com: Will America Make the Same Mistakes as Britain in the Middle East? -- https://tinyurl.com/2azr4t9b -- The Suez Crisis demonstrated how peace through strength can go terribly wrong. #liberty #news
reason.com: Texas Bill Takes Aim at Online Speech About Abortion Pills -- https://tinyurl.com/23bbzjwe -- Abortion battles are becoming tech policy battles. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Relevance of the Natural Sciences Methods in Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/29tprk6o -- Modern academic economics is based upon the methodologies used to study the natural sciences. However, such methodologies are inappropriate to study economics, which must be based upon causal-realism. #liberty #news
mises.org: Destroying Creative Destruction: The DMA against Innovation -- https://tinyurl.com/2cxe5od8 -- As Joseph Schumpeter noted, markets need “creative destruction” to survive and advance. However, Europe‘s Digital Market Act (DMA)—while written to ostensibly protect competition—gives the digital economy uncreative destruction. #liberty #news
reason.com: Infographic: How Republicans and Democrats View Federal Agencies -- https://tinyurl.com/27lvcdtr -- Democrats tend to view the feds favorably but many agencies are under water among Republicans. #liberty #news
reason.com: Social Security Approaches Its Day of Reckoning -- https://tinyurl.com/2bssx29u -- Americans should plan for their futures rather than relying on a nonexistent Social Security “trust fund.” #liberty #news
reason.com: Part XI: Freedom of Speech -- https://tinyurl.com/26hs6ekh -- An Introduction To Constitutional Law Video Library: Schenck v. United States (1919), Debs v. United States (1919), Gitlow v. People of the State of New York (1925), Abrams v. United States (1919), Stromberg v. California (1931), United States v. O’Brien (1968), Texas v. Johnson (1989), R.A.V. v. City of St. Paul (1992), Buckley v. Valeo (1976), McConnell v. Federal Election Commission (2003), Citizens United v. Federal Election Commission (2010), New York Times Co. v. Sullivan (1964), Snyder v. Phelps (2011), U.S. v. Stevens (2010), Brown v. Entertainment Merchants Association (2011), Tinker #liberty #news
reason.com: Why Suing LLCs in Federal Court Under Diversity Jurisdiction Can Be So Complicated -- https://tinyurl.com/298x3h43 -- Seems hard to justify, especially since corporations are treated quite differently; but there it is. #liberty #news
reason.com: Map: Pearl Clutchers in Hot Spring County -- https://tinyurl.com/2yetvk67 -- A rural Arkansas county files more than twice as many FCC complaints per resident than anywhere else in the United States. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: November 17, 1880 -- https://tinyurl.com/2c227pbh -- 11/17/1880: The United States and China sign treaty that protects Chinese laborers residing in the United States. This treaty was…The post Today in Supreme Court History: November 17, 1880 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news