mises.org: Are the Transfer Portal and NIL Ruining College Sports? Explaining the Changes Using Austrian Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/22a7ge56 -- A common refrain among college fans is, The Transfer Portal and NIL are ruining college sports. But are they? Before we can answer that question, we have to be able to explain what is happening, and Austrian economics provides the best analytical tools. #liberty #news
mises.org: The State Isn’t Santa Claus, It’s the Grinch! -- https://tinyurl.com/2c33fvsx -- Like Santa, who gives free gifts to our children, people think of the state as providing services “for free.” However, the state cannot provide anything without first confiscating wealth from others—like the Grinch, who first stole all the presents in Whoville. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 -- https://tinyurl.com/2xzwqnj6 -- 2/8/1941: Justice Willis Van Devanter dies.The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 -- https://tinyurl.com/24wopw6y -- 2/8/1941: Justice Willis Van Devanter dies.The post Today in Supreme Court History: February 8, 1941 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: What About the Price of Beef? -- https://tinyurl.com/26xyjj4b -- Beef prices are rising again because of government intervention in the monetary system and in regulation of the beef industry. As American beef consumption falls, the entire industry is in trouble. #liberty #news
reason.com: This Judge Tried To Get Out of Jury Duty by Saying Everyone Appearing Before Him Is Guilty -- https://tinyurl.com/2dl2xtha -- I know they are guilty, otherwise they would not be in front of me, said town justice Richard Snyder, who resigned in December. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Good Huemer Man -- https://tinyurl.com/2aye4w5q -- Michael Huemer takes on wokeness and other progressive shibboleths—and he wins with an easy takedown. #liberty #news
mises.org: How Do We Best Interpret Income Inequality? -- https://tinyurl.com/2cojnurl -- Mainstream economists and the media “warn” us about the dangers of “income inequality.” But is income inequality really an economic and social problem, or is this yet one more false crisis ginned up by intellectual and governing elites? #liberty #news
reason.com: Has DOGE Already Lost Its Way? -- https://tinyurl.com/2xly4cac -- Much cutting. Very waste. But the Department of Government Efficiency might not have the legal and budgetary chops to actually reduce spending? #liberty #news
reason.com: Showmanship All Around -- https://tinyurl.com/2yzmupl7 -- Plus: Parental backlash, cocaine and whiskey, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Hoppe versus Milei on Central Banking: Breaking Down the Differences -- https://tinyurl.com/24kwgnuv -- Hans Hoppe recently criticized Argentina‘s President Javier Milei for not closing the country‘s inflationary central bank. In response, Milei claimed that doing so would result in hyperinflation. Given the central bank prints lots of pesos, shutting it obviously would decrease inflation. #liberty #news
reason.com: USAID Paying for Politico Is a Nontroversy -- https://tinyurl.com/2do5cyqb -- There are many legitimate criticisms of both USAID and Politico; this is not one of them. #liberty #news
reason.com: Wasteful FEMA Spending Topped $9 Billion During the Pandemic -- https://tinyurl.com/28vd8w2u -- One grant for $1.1 billion was supported by one sheet of paper and didn’t include itemized costs for the project. #liberty #news
mises.org: Economic Calculation and the FAA: Why Air Traffic Control Systems Are Outdated -- https://tinyurl.com/2bppblbk -- Following last week‘s air crash in Washington, the FAA is receiving extra scrutiny. The real problem with the FAA, however, is that it is a political entity, which means that political goals will determine its capital structure and hiring practices. #liberty #news
reason.com: This Trump Appointee Could Bring Fiscal Sanity to the White House -- https://tinyurl.com/2dkoag9w -- Personnel is policy has shaped past administrations. Kevin Hassett, who has been tapped to lead the National Economic Council, will have a hand in tax reform, debt reduction, and more. #liberty #news
reason.com: Guest Post from Professor Kurt Lash: (Former) President J.D. Vance -- https://tinyurl.com/23xuc8sb -- I am happy to pass along this fascinating guest post from Professor Kurt Lash: Vice Presidents are generally considered a…The post Guest Post from Professor Kurt Lash: (Former) President J.D. Vance appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: Fight For Formosa or Not? -- https://tinyurl.com/29t4ds45 -- I have long been puzzled by the haste and of the conservative-interventionists’ desire for a showdown. Why do all of them implicitly believe that time is on the side of communism? #liberty #news
mises.org: “Foreign Aid” Enriches the Rich While Impoverishing the Impoverished -- https://tinyurl.com/248uuajn -- The foreign aid bureaucrats at the United Nations, heavily funded by US taxpayers, live lavishly at US taxpayer expense. #liberty #news
mises.org: Elon Musk Is Wrong About Money -- https://tinyurl.com/2d9xmf7q -- Elon Musk‘s latest comments on money make the same errors as we saw with Milton Friedman and the Monetarists. If Musk really wants to understand money, he needs to read Murray Rothbard and Ludwig von Mises. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Needy Are the Human Shields of the American Regime -- https://tinyurl.com/22a6kdmj -- The media and political outcry that came when President Trump temporarily froze USAID and some domestic funding revealed how the political establishment uses the plight of the most vulnerable people to keep their rigged political system in place. #liberty #news