mises.org: The Significance of 2024 and the Challenges of 2025 -- https://tinyurl.com/2y9bj2v3 -- 2024 was a rough year for the Washington establishment as its control over public discourse continued to collapse. While this is an excellent development, the year also previewed the adoption of a new, more fruitful establishment strategy: co-option. #liberty #news

reason.com: Bootleggers and Baptists in the U.S. Steel Deal -- https://tinyurl.com/27octl78 -- Progressives and environmental groups have teamed up with a rival steelmaker to lobby against the U.S. Steel deal. #liberty #news

reason.com: Unprecedented Rise in Homelessness -- https://tinyurl.com/24gx9cy2 -- The latest federal homelessness survey finds an 18 percent annual rise in the number of people living without permanent shelter. #liberty #news

reason.com: IRS Failed To Properly Dispose of Sensitive Tax Documents, Report Finds -- https://tinyurl.com/2anpro5q -- Some IRS offices routinely threw away sensitive material with regular trash, while others used unlocked or damaged storage bins. #liberty #news

mises.org: An Economic Forecast for 2025 -- https://tinyurl.com/2c6qsna3 -- Mark Thornton looks forward to 2025—and a little bit backward at 2024—and projects what we might see in the coming new year. #liberty #news

mises.org: Happy New Year: A Toast to 50 Years of Legalized Gold -- https://tinyurl.com/28a6pfnl -- On New Year’s Eve 1974, President Gerald Ford snuck in an executive order legalizing private gold ownership, revoking FDR’s previous policies banning gold “hoarding.” #liberty #news

reason.com: Bible Back in Texas Schools After Being Pulled for Sexual Content -- https://tinyurl.com/29k8asan -- Canyon Independent School District pulled sections of the Bible from its library shelves over concerns that its sexually explicit material violated Texas law. #liberty #news

mises.org: Radical Republicans and the Thirteenth Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/22cmfxeb -- While US historians tend to tell the simple, good-versus-evil story of the creation and implementation of the Thirteenth Amendment abolishing slavery, revisionist historians see a series of complex events in which the political agenda of Radical Republicans dominated the South. #liberty #news

reason.com: Jack Smith Withdraws From Florida Case, Refers Case to U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida -- https://tinyurl.com/26j93fl3 -- A few moments ago, Jack Smith and his co-counsel filed a motion to withdraw from the Florida case: Pursuant to…The post Jack Smith Withdraws From Florida Case, Refers Case to U.S. Attorney for Southern District of Florida appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

mises.org: Is the Market Economy Inherently Unstable, Or Is Government the Culprit? -- https://tinyurl.com/2256r77m -- The Federal Reserve and so-called government stabilizers exist ostensibly to balance a market economy that supposedly is fundamentally unstable. But what if government intervention itself causes the instability? #liberty #news

reason.com: Final Farewells -- https://tinyurl.com/2anh2y8f -- Plus: What Biden regrets, Trump supports visas for skilled workers (or does he?), a major Amtrak screwup, and more... #liberty #news

mises.org: Regulate and Pretend -- https://tinyurl.com/239rsw36 -- Three regulators fighting over fewer than a third of the banks that were operating 40 years ago. Thousands of regulators overseeing bankers pretending bad loans are good. #liberty #news

mises.org: Under Trump, Expect No Change to the Monetary Status Quo -- https://tinyurl.com/27cegzgp -- The Trump team plans to tinker with government spending, but this does nothing to address the real problem which is the current inflationist monetary experiment. #liberty #news

reason.com: This Holiday Season, Remember That Charity Is More Effective Than Government -- https://tinyurl.com/29rksmke -- Charities can focus resources on those who genuinely need a hand while saying no to those who just need a kick in the butt. #liberty #news

reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: December 29, 1971 -- https://tinyurl.com/22f4cesy -- 12/29/1971: Justice John Marshall Harlan II dies.  The post Today in Supreme Court History: December 29, 1971 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news

mises.org: Matt McCaffrey on Frank Fetter vs. Alfred Marshall on the Theory of Rent -- https://tinyurl.com/2bxgk8lx -- Dr. Matt McCaffrey joins Bob to discuss his newly published journal article exploring the dispute Fetter had with the august British economist Alfred Marshall over the theory of rent. #liberty #news

reason.com: Shareholder Derivative Lawsuit Against Fox Officers and Directors Over Fox $787M Libel Settlement Can Go Forward -- https://tinyurl.com/22oowuyr -- [T]he complaint alleges facts sufficient to raise a reasonable doubt that at least three other directors lack independence from Murdoch. #liberty #news

reason.com: Address Border Chaos by Making Legal Migration Easier -- https://tinyurl.com/2xp8ofv5 -- Cato Institute immigration analyst Alex Nowrasteh has an excellent piece on this subject. #liberty #news

reason.com: Here We Go Again: Federal Judges Should Review Prosecutions From The Trump DOJ "Through a Different Lens" -- https://tinyurl.com/2alywq5d -- No Presumption of Regularity for Trump 2.0 #liberty #news

reason.com: Hypocrisy on Bodily Autonomy at the DEA -- https://tinyurl.com/29rh4p3n -- Trump’s pick for federal drug enforcement was ousted for not respecting personal freedom. Too bad that that’s a job requirement. #liberty #news