mises.org: End Congress’s Christmas Tradition -- https://tinyurl.com/2yr2yc3u -- I am not referring to the lighting of the White House Christmas tree but to passage of a “continuing resolution” (CR) funding the government and thus avoiding a Christmastime government shutdown. #liberty #news
mises.org: America’s Problem with Consumerism Is the Government’s Fault -- https://tinyurl.com/25dck5to -- The child-like obsession with buying stuff that American society is often criticized for around Christmas is a sought-after result of our government’s monetary policy. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Christmas Truce of World War I -- https://tinyurl.com/28qmfhjy -- Never forget the Christmas truce of World War I, when troops refused to be pawns of empire for one blessed day. #liberty #news
mises.org: We Desperately Need Sound Money, Not Tariffs -- https://tinyurl.com/27gjnjqu -- President-elect Donald Trump has declared that he will raise tariffs his first day in office. Our economy, however, does not need government-created roadblocks to trade. Instead, we need free exchange and sound money. #liberty #news
mises.org: How the Third Reich Remade German Christmas in the Nazi Image -- https://tinyurl.com/27nf27xm -- The National Socialists wanted to to absorb all independent Christianity under the new pagan nationalistic doctrines of the German state. Christmas was at the center of this. #liberty #news
reason.com: We Need More Three Mile Islands -- https://tinyurl.com/2b87x24c -- As tech companies reboot nuclear energy, the site of the famous meltdown represents both the industry’s demise and its rebirth. #liberty #news
reason.com: Housing Policy 2024: the Good, the Bad, and the Ugly -- https://tinyurl.com/24qj32pt -- Cities and states are passing lots of productive reforms, local courts are increasingly striking them down, and local governments continue their harassment of homeless shelters. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Final(?) Attempt to Resurrect the Kids Climate Case -- https://tinyurl.com/25anw3q9 -- The Juliana plaintiffs are again seeking Supreme Court review of their case. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Great Ralph Raico -- https://tinyurl.com/27t2696h -- “There was no ‘classical’ liberalism, only a single liberalism, based on private property and the free market, that developed organically, from first to last.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Economic Reconstruction and the Police State -- https://tinyurl.com/22v5awj9 -- Modern historians tend to view the post-Civil War Reconstruction period as a time when the victorious northern states attempted to bring law and order to the South. However, by establishing a de facto police state, the North further poisoned relationships between whites and freed slaves. #liberty #news
mises.org: Imperialism and the Logic of War Making -- https://tinyurl.com/244rnrov -- War is the outcome of class conflict inherent in the political relationship — the relationship between ruler and ruled, parasite and producer, tax-consumer and taxpayer. #liberty #news
reason.com: Biden Commutes Nearly All Federal Death Penalty Sentences -- https://tinyurl.com/2beuc252 -- Biden preserved the death sentences of three mass murderers but commuted the sentences of 37 other federal death row inmates to life in prison. #liberty #news
reason.com: Foreign-Born Religious Workers Are Trapped in a Green Card Backlog -- https://tinyurl.com/222rvmyn -- Without a fix, churches and other places of worship could lose their clergy. #liberty #news
mises.org: Should Central Banks Accommodate Increases in Demand for Money? -- https://tinyurl.com/2ykvxqzc -- One of the fallacies pushed by monetary economists is that a growing economy needs a growing supply of money in order to prevent deflation, which they claim is as harmful as inflation. However, as Austrians point out, there is no “optimum” amount of money in the economy, since prices adjust. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Decaying Joe Biden Underlines the Need for a Less Powerful Presidency -- https://tinyurl.com/2d4dqw8c -- The power of the office is excessive, and we don’t even know who is wielding it. #liberty #news
reason.com: "Advanced Stalking" -- https://tinyurl.com/2ycmyyep -- From Guam Code Ann. § 19.70: (a) A person is guilty of simple stalking if he or she willfully, maliciously,…The post Advanced Stalking appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Cancerous Politics -- https://tinyurl.com/262s8xn9 -- Plus: Taking gerontocracy to new heights, a real life Arc Reactor, Happy Festivus, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Is the Fed Loosening or Tightening and What Will It Do Next? -- https://tinyurl.com/23qygzyb -- First the Federal Reserve raises interest rates—and then it cuts them. The economy is “great,” but apparently needs constant adjustment. The Fed‘s strategy has been to lurch from one position to another, all the while telling the rest of us not to panic. #liberty #news
reason.com: Brickbat: Going Up…and Up -- https://tinyurl.com/2xwlg8o7 -- In Pennsylvania, the Delaware County Council voted 4–1 to raise property taxes by 23 percent. The council hiked taxes 5…The post Brickbat: Going Up…and Up appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 22, 1789 -- https://tinyurl.com/29gfe3qp -- 12/22/1789: Justice Levi Woodbury born.The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 22, 1789 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news