mises.org: 2025 New Year’s Resolutions, Part Two -- https://tinyurl.com/2yzssgbm -- Eventually the monetization of federal debt will lead to a major economic crisis caused by, or resulting in, the rejection of the dollar’s world reserve currency status. #liberty #news
mises.org: Socialists in Bed with the Führer: A Match Made in Hell -- https://tinyurl.com/23scrso2 -- Socialists want us to believe that they always have stood against the fascism of Adolph HItler. However, history tells a different story. From the Gestapo to the Nazi Show Trials with Roland Friesler, the Nazis took their cues from the USSR and other European socialists. #liberty #news
reason.com: How Awful Policies Fueled the L.A. Fires -- https://tinyurl.com/29h5kzh6 -- Plus: A listener asks the editors if Donald Trump is the most libertarian president ever. #liberty #news
reason.com: 41 Percent of Chicago Teachers Were Chronically Absent Last Year, Report Finds -- https://tinyurl.com/2banxoeq -- The problem is likely widespread across the country. #liberty #news
reason.com: Maryland Cop Who Recklessly Shot a 5-Year-Old Boy Got Qualified Immunity -- https://tinyurl.com/23x5l5wa -- The Cato Institute is urging the Supreme Court to take up the case and reaffirm that the liability shield does not apply to obvious rights violations. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Can the Fed Pay Dividends to Its Shareholders When It Has No Profits? -- https://tinyurl.com/25au8nwx -- If the Fed really believes that its technical insolvency doesn’t matter, why is it intent on hiding the numbers? #liberty #news
reason.com: When New Jersey Hiked Minimum Wages, Fast Food Prices Rose -- https://tinyurl.com/28aal22n -- If politicians want stuff to be more affordable, they should stop implementing policies that have the opposite effect. #liberty #news
reason.com: Prosecutor Disbarred for Forged Texts Apparently Aimed at Framing Co-Worker for Sexual Harassment -- https://tinyurl.com/2bgu8yaw -- The Denver Post (Shelly Bradbury) was apparently the first to report on the story: Yujin Choi falsely accused Dan Hines,…The post Prosecutor Disbarred for Forged Texts Apparently Aimed at Framing Co-Worker for Sexual Harassment appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: 2025: More Inflation, More Asset Bubbles, and More QE? -- https://tinyurl.com/26xs277q -- The Federal Reserve has welcomed the New Year by more of the same. As government spending continues to explode, the Fed enables it with its usual financial tricks. #liberty #news
reason.com: Monday Open Thread -- https://tinyurl.com/2cw8uanp -- The post Monday Open Thread appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Despite 2024 Setbacks, Drug Policy Is Still on a Long-Term Trend Toward Reform -- https://tinyurl.com/236tcz35 -- Recent election results show the drug war’s punitive mentality still appeals to many Americans, even in blue states. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: January 12, 1932 -- https://tinyurl.com/2a8rwnfp -- 1/12/1932: Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes resigns from the Supreme Court.The post Today in Supreme Court History: January 12, 1932 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: My Cuban Vacation -- https://tinyurl.com/2cdvd2en -- Americans and Cubans have been deprived of trade and travel. Who benefits? #liberty #news
mises.org: The Flaws of GDP Accounting Explained -- https://tinyurl.com/2cxh3nrq -- Bob looks at the misconceptions and misuses of GDP accounting, explaining why this widely accepted metric often paints a misleading picture of economic health. #liberty #news
mises.org: Government Spending Will Cause the Next Financial Crisis -- https://tinyurl.com/29ftxfbt -- Politicians’ lack of concern stems from the fact that taxpayers, families, and businesses will bear the brunt of the next crisis. #liberty #news
mises.org: Politicians Won’t Solve Our Spending Problem Unless We Make Them -- https://tinyurl.com/24y9geze -- Politicians respond to pressure. If we want them to actually carry out the cuts they claim to stand for, it’s up to us to provide that pressure. #liberty #news
reason.com: 2024 Was the Hottest Year On Record -- https://tinyurl.com/27ay8f9q -- Most researchers report the global temperature last year was more than 1.5 degrees Celsius above the pre-industrial average. #liberty #news
mises.org: A Trick Question: How Many Times Have Nuclear Weapons Been Used? -- https://tinyurl.com/25beb3bl -- The debate over use of nuclear weapon is built upon the assumption that they‘ve only been used twice, both against Japan. However, if we expand the definition of use to how we apply it to other kinds of weapons, then nuclear weapons have been used too many times. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Turning Point of World History -- https://tinyurl.com/2d8bydvv -- Rose Wilder Lane, known for her many writings, also has been a favorite of libertarians. In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, David Gordon reviews a book based on her columns in the Pittsburgh Courier from 1942-45 on race and race relations. #liberty #news
reason.com: Fires Incinerated the Facade of California Governing Competence -- https://tinyurl.com/274k5ohv -- Virtue-signaling is no substitute for disaster preparedness. #liberty #news