mises.org: Nazism, Fascism, and Communism: Warring Sons to a Common Father -- https://tinyurl.com/28zx9r6o -- Conventional progressive wisdom says that Nazism and Fascism were polar opposites to Communism. Yet, all of these totalitarian worldviews came from the same collectivist origins. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Progressive Betrayal of Trans Americans -- https://tinyurl.com/23y6q5qp -- How well-intentioned laws created new cultural conflicts—and eroded personal liberty. #liberty #news
mises.org: Would DOGE Dividend Checks Stoke Inflation? -- https://tinyurl.com/27zjkeom -- Is Elon Musk’s DOGE taxpayer dividend proposal inflationary, or is it simply returning savings from government spending cuts? #liberty #news
mises.org: The Last Metaphysical Right -- https://tinyurl.com/2xn8x7wm -- David Gordon revisits Richard Weaver‘s 1948 classic Ideas Have Consequences and finds that this volume has much to tell us today. This review takes us through Weaver‘s views on property rights and the welfare state, and he found the latter wanting. #liberty #news
reason.com: The New Republican Budget Plan Is Unserious -- https://tinyurl.com/296kfn2h -- It tries to offset as much as $4.8 trillion—mostly for tax cut extensions—with only $1.5 trillion in supposed spending reductions. #liberty #news
mises.org: Constitutional Dictatorship? -- https://tinyurl.com/2axx79x2 -- Just because a government’s constitution allows for dictatorship, that doesn’t mean that the dictator is therefore legitimate, moral, or that we must obey that Constitution, #liberty #news
mises.org: Jesus, Mises, and Private Property -- https://tinyurl.com/2cjoke2y -- The religious left today claims that Jesus was a socialist who was against private property and any kind of economic arrangement that smacks of capitalism. An investigation into Jesus‘ teachings and actions overwhelmingly contradicts that notion. #liberty #news
reason.com: Mississippi Judge Orders Newspaper To Take Down Editorial Criticizing City Board for Secrecy -- https://tinyurl.com/23kg4pdb -- Free speech experts say the takedown order is a clear example of unconstitutional prior restraint under the First Amendment. #liberty #news
reason.com: FDR Was Pretty Consequential -- https://tinyurl.com/2y9nfokw -- Stick to your areas of expertise, Brits! #liberty #news
mises.org: External Revenue or Protectionism: A Tariff Can’t be Both -- https://tinyurl.com/28gojmr8 -- Either tariffs raise revenue from foreign imports or make imports expensive enough to protect domestic producers, not both. There is nothing magical about tariffs. They are taxes and they are paid by you. #liberty #news
reason.com: Education Department Orders Schools To Stop All Racial Discrimination -- https://tinyurl.com/24uq7bxe -- The letter mostly builds on existing civil rights law. #liberty #news
mises.org: Decoupling America’s AI Capabilities from China Act: Another Overstep -- https://tinyurl.com/26ob3wgx -- Whatever the case, what the Decoupling America’s Artificial Intelligence Capabilities from China Act translates to is another example of an egregious overstep in government authority. #liberty #news
mises.org: Trump Cannot Allow a Declining Europe to Drag the US Down -- https://tinyurl.com/25nybuf7 -- The unfortunate truth is that most of Europe is deep in a self-imposed decline. US taxpayers should not be forced to have any part of it. #liberty #news
mises.org: Subprime Redux: Commercial Real Estate Bond Distress Hits Another Record High -- https://tinyurl.com/255tfter -- Despite the government‘s efforts to prop up real estate prices, the markets are having the last word. Commercial real estate is especially vulnerable to the latest trends. #liberty #news
reason.com: Cutting 8 Percent -- https://tinyurl.com/2639qr6f -- Plus: Border update, a shift in U.S. policy on Taiwan (Beijing is pissed), and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Trump Is Doing a Public Service by Turning the DOJ Upside Down -- https://tinyurl.com/29htbzcs -- The bloodletting at the Department of Justice and the FBI has begun, and the mainstream media is portraying the purged agents as victims of a lawless Trump administration. But these agencies have been lawless for years and someone needs to bring them to heel. #liberty #news
mises.org: Sacrificing Truth on Leviathan’s Altar -- https://tinyurl.com/2c932fd6 -- There is truth, and then there is government truth. Unfortunately, today‘s ruling class wants us to believe that government (or at least government run by elites) is the source of truth, and not to believe our lying eyes. #liberty #news
reason.com: Did Biden Blow the Best Chance of Preventing War in Ukraine? -- https://tinyurl.com/28z5laxu -- While the U.S. publicly insisted on an “open door” policy, Zelenskyy says he was privately told that Ukraine couldn’t join NATO. #liberty #news
reason.com: Rand Paul Wants DOGE To Build a $500 Billion Rescission Package for Congress To Approve -- https://tinyurl.com/2cqpsbnv -- The only way you get less waste is to give them less money to spend, says the libertarian-adjacent senator from Kentucky. #liberty #news
mises.org: Reconstruction through Propaganda -- https://tinyurl.com/27mnbxys -- Modern historians often portray post-Civil War “Reconstruction” as a time when well-meaning Republicans tried to aid newly-freed slaves who were being oppressed by their former masters. Using revisionist history, Wanjiru Njoya comes up with different, more realistic, accounts. #liberty #news