reason.com: Riviera of the Middle East -- https://tinyurl.com/2adz4sor -- Plus: Federal buyouts, puberty blockers at the Supreme Court, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Looking for Changes at the Fed -- https://tinyurl.com/2dck9z9b -- Centrally-coordinated economic planning, especially central banking, has been detrimental to liberty, freedom, and the purchasing power of the US dollar. #liberty #news
mises.org: Audit USAID…Then Shut it Down! -- https://tinyurl.com/2c5tfpdp -- USAID needs a full and transparent audit. Americans deserve to know exactly what is being done in their name overseas. #liberty #news
reason.com: Alabama Cops Cooked Up Bogus Charges After Arresting Man They Tased While Handcuffed, Lawsuit Says -- https://tinyurl.com/22gcwlbu -- Video of the incident shows Micah Washington screaming as a Reform, Alabama, police officer deploys a Taser directly into his back. #liberty #news
reason.com: Here Is How Trump Can Falsely Claim His Tariff Threats Helped Win the Drug War -- https://tinyurl.com/29pfa2he -- The president can cite meaningless adequate steps, ambiguous drug seizure numbers, and a decline in drug deaths that began before he took office. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Impotence of Knowledge in Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/23tg3fo2 -- Mainstream economists make too much out of “knowledge.” First, the kind of knowledge one needs to be successful in an economy is not knowing things generally but having an understanding that is more than knowing mere facts. The entrepreneur‘s judgement is ultimately what matters. #liberty #news
mises.org: Shifting Sands of Constitutional Interpretation -- https://tinyurl.com/296tn3f7 -- Progressives have created the fiction in which the US Constitution “is what the Supreme Court says it is.” In reality, the justices simply interpret the Constitution according to modern statist progressive viewpoints that fit their own progressive narratives. #liberty #news
mises.org: High Time Preference Is the Cause of Increases in Long-Term Interest Rates -- https://tinyurl.com/246av95r -- Long-term interest rates are on the rise and there is no shortage of explanations from the usual suspects. One thing the pundits miss, however, is the role of time preference in determining interest. The Austrians do not make that error. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Praised His A.G. Pick for Reducing Opioid Overdoses. In Reality, Drug Deaths Surged Under Her Watch. -- https://tinyurl.com/2486hplb -- Pam Bondi cracked down on pill mills in Florida. The result was increased consumption of black-market alternatives. #liberty #news
reason.com: Stupid Trade War -- https://tinyurl.com/23ctw484 -- Plus: Puberty blockers nixed, DOGE chaos, AI race, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Is It the Money or Is It the People? -- https://tinyurl.com/2xl2v8ka -- Third World economies rarely operate on trust, which inhibits capital development and other important ingredients for economic growth. Is that a case of personal morality or do the monetary systems play a role? #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 2, 1790 -- https://tinyurl.com/28mqxeg6 -- 2/2/1790: Justice William Cushing takes oath. The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 2, 1790 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: American Satisfaction -- https://tinyurl.com/2bzfvew3 -- Opinion polls and the latest electoral results are at odds with the facts as presented by mainstream media and government statistical offices. What is going on? #liberty #news
reason.com: How the Fair Housing Act Gave Us Emotional Support Parrots -- https://tinyurl.com/2aurh6ke -- The right to a reasonable accommodation has produced some absurd results. #liberty #news
mises.org: Should Greenland Become an American Colony? -- https://tinyurl.com/2box898w -- President Donald Trump has openly called for the US to annex Greenland. However, Greenland‘s residents don‘t want to be part of the US empire. Unfortunately, this is another chapter in the sorry history of US acquisitions. #liberty #news
mises.org: Europe Doubles Down on Stagnation at Davos -- https://tinyurl.com/2xnfjrdr -- When governments subsidize low productivity and penalize high productivity with enormous taxes, the economy suffers. This is why Europe is stagnating. #liberty #news
mises.org: A Philosopher Goes on Holiday -- https://tinyurl.com/239vbfz5 -- In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon looks at Allen Wood‘s attempts to salvage Marx‘s theory of exploitation. While Dr. Gordon acknowledges Allen‘s expertise in 19th-century philosophy, he notes that Allen truly misunderstands economics. #liberty #news
mises.org: Now Is a Great Time for California to Secede -- https://tinyurl.com/27mawor2 -- California secession would not change the US into a laissez-faire paradise, but the positive change would be immense. #liberty #news
mises.org: Imagination, Economics, and the Mythical Lighthouse -- https://tinyurl.com/23jvg63e -- Imagination is a key aspect of abstract thinking and economics. However, many fallaciously assume that one‘s failure to imagine how something would work on a free market necessitates state provision. This is an unjustified leap in logic. #liberty #news
mises.org: The State vs. Homeschoolers -- https://tinyurl.com/24j8256g -- Ryan McMaken and Heather Carson discuss how homeschooling is a way to resist and sabotage the many ways the state centralizes power and destroys private institutions. #liberty #news