mises.org: Riots Are a Symptom of the Statist Disease -- https://tinyurl.com/yklfpsgj -- President Trump cracked down on the latest version of the LA riots by calling in the National Guard. However, much of the violence that accompanied those riots came courtesy of government actors. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Mythology of Methodological Collectivism -- https://tinyurl.com/yn58wcma -- A central belief of collectivists is that people think collectively, too. Whether one is a member of a class, religious group, or ethnic group, collectivism holds that each group has distinct interests that determine how individuals in the group think. Mises would have disagreed. #liberty #news
mises.org: Political Machine Rolls on Regardless -- https://tinyurl.com/yqdeo2gh -- Don‘t kid ourselves. The federal government is hurtling toward disaster with its destructive activities underwritten by the Federal Reserve System. It‘s best that we know how to protect ourselves from the consequences. #liberty #news
reason.com: TSA Policies Become Slightly Less Stupid -- https://tinyurl.com/yuhbjt8u -- Plus: Texas flooding update, shark policy, tariffs affecting Prime Day, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Tariffs Destroy Consumer Choice -- https://tinyurl.com/yl97sq2j -- Although President Trump has claimed that tariffs will ultimately raise our standard of living, they really are taxes on consumers. Furthermore, tariffs also deny consumers the choices they want to make. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Mythology of Methodological Collectivism -- https://tinyurl.com/2xylyj9s -- A central belief of collectivists is that people think collectively, too. Whether one is a member of a class, religious group, or ethnic group, collectivism holds that each group has distinct interests that determine how individuals in the group think. Mises would have disagreed. #liberty #news
reason.com: Gun Rights Groups Welcome the Demise of Illogical and Constitutionally Dubious Federal Firearm Taxes -- https://tinyurl.com/ypddgp4g -- The taxes on sound suppressors, short-barreled rifles, and short-barreled shotguns, originally enacted in 1934, were meant to be prohibitive, imposing bans in the guise of raising revenue. #liberty #news
mises.org: Israel’s Nuclear Arsenal: A Controversial Reality -- https://tinyurl.com/yop5o6cg -- Israel is a nuclear armed state! Some claim it has 90-400 nuclear warheads and has not signed the Treaty on the Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT). #liberty #news
mises.org: Tariffs Destroy Consumer Choice -- https://tinyurl.com/ykqsyzg3 -- Although President Trump has claimed that tariffs will ultimately raise our standard of living, they really are taxes on consumers. Furthermore, tariffs also deny consumers the choices they want to make. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Undermines His Own South Korea Trade Deal With New 25 Percent Tariffs -- https://tinyurl.com/ytphyxfp -- In 2018, Trump hailed a trade deal with South Korea as fair and reciprocal and said it was a historic milestone in trade. So much for that. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Futility of Price Stability Policies -- https://tinyurl.com/ytncb7wu -- Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower prices through enhanced productivity. Thus, they reason, overall prices will remain stable. Such policies actually promote economic instability. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Futility of Price Stability Policies -- https://tinyurl.com/yo35rnff -- Monetarists have long believed that the Fed should pursue policies of low inflation in order to counter the effects of lower prices through enhanced productivity. Thus, they reason, overall prices will remain stable. Such policies actually promote economic instability. #liberty #news
mises.org: Rights, Fights, and the Economy of Self-Defense: Why MMA Facilitates the Right to Self-Defense -- https://tinyurl.com/ylh5s3y5 -- Mixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors. #liberty #news
mises.org: Rights, Fights, and the Economy of Self-Defense: Why MMA Facilitates the Right to Self-Defense -- https://tinyurl.com/yvb8w8vn -- Mixed martial arts is a brutal, imperfect, occasionally ugly sport. But it’s also one of the most honest epistemic systems we have when dealing with self-defense, and each individual has the right to defend himself against aggressors. #liberty #news
reason.com: What Is A "Liberty Interest" And Why Does The Due Process Clause Protect It? -- https://tinyurl.com/ylyg8uaq -- Once again, Justice Thomas raises questions the other Justices simply do not wish to answer. #liberty #news
mises.org: An Excellent Casey for Anarchism -- https://tinyurl.com/yuhcl5ut -- Has anyone besides Murray Rothbard made a compelling case for state-free anarchy? In this week‘s Friday Philosophy, Dr. David Gordon extols Libertarian Anarchy by Gerard Casey, which he says provides excellent arguments for doing away with the state. #liberty #news
reason.com: Have The Gundy and Fulton Moments Passed? -- https://tinyurl.com/ynqlcocq -- The intelligible principle test and Employment Division v. Smith are likely safe from Justices Kavanaugh and Barrett. #liberty #news
reason.com: On Schadenfreude -- https://tinyurl.com/yvpbcetm -- It is time, I suggest, to give what-about-ism a well-deserved burial. #liberty #news
reason.com: SCOTUS Holds, In A Footnote, That The "Capable Of Repetition, Yet Evading Review" Doctrine Can Apply Even When Plaintiff Does Not Seek A Preliminary Injunction -- https://tinyurl.com/ywcue9gv -- Justice Kagan mows down many circuit precedents without much explanation. #liberty #news
reason.com: Conflicts and Contrasts Make Jerusalem Endlessly Fascinating -- https://tinyurl.com/yvd56t6m -- The City of Peace has been a locus of conflict for a very long time—a story that continues to this day. #liberty #news
reason.com: Medina v. Planned Parenthood: Abandoning the Abortion "Distortion" Field For Section 1983 and the Spending Clause -- https://tinyurl.com/ynfagyql -- The Court faults lower courts for not anticipating the abandonment of Wilder and other Section 1983 precedents. #liberty #news
mises.org: Methodological Individualism in Historical Analysis -- https://tinyurl.com/ypp98wpk -- Modern historians depend heavily upon sweeping narratives and their take on the US War of Secession is no exception. Yet, the use of methodological individualism allows one to avoid sweeping judgments like claiming the Confederacy was founded upon belief in white supremacy. #liberty #news
reason.com: Short Circuit: An inexhaustive weekly compendium of rulings from the federal courts of appeal -- https://tinyurl.com/yv94qg4m -- Federal enclaves, false alarms, and pseudonymous lawsuits. #liberty #news
reason.com: 69 Percent of Americans Say American Dream Is Not Dead -- https://tinyurl.com/yucdxn7r -- Americans are increasingly optimistic about their ability to attain the American Dream, according to a new survey. #liberty #news
reason.com: What Is "Speed Dial"? -- https://tinyurl.com/2xezngx8 -- Justice Sotomayor used a catchy line in her dissent that most law students today will not understand. #liberty #news
mises.org: STUDENT OPPORTUNITY: 2025 Ron Paul Scholars Seminar -- https://tinyurl.com/2b62kqkq -- The Ron Paul Scholars Seminar is a one-day, interactive foreign policy and civil liberties “boot camp,” with lectures from some of the most thoughtful pro-liberty/pro-peace experts. #liberty #news
reason.com: The U.S. Is Closing Every Door on Afghan Allies -- https://tinyurl.com/24rojcru -- Afghan prosecutors, interpreters, and other U.S. partners are being evicted, abandoned, or forced back into Taliban hands. #liberty #news
reason.com: Medicaid Work Requirements Are a Short-Term Fix to a Long-Term Problem -- https://tinyurl.com/2yf9c68s -- A more effective reform is to let the market curb waste and reward innovation. #liberty #news
mises.org: Meyer Frank about Your Views -- https://tinyurl.com/26oxwqk3 -- Although Meyer Frank was a National Review colleague of William F. Buckley, who loathed Murray Rothbard, Frank admired Rothbard and the two men often agreed on the current state of affairs. That is how Dr. David Gordon remembers him in today‘s Friday Philosophy. #liberty #news
reason.com: What More Do the Iran Hawks Want? -- https://tinyurl.com/23qkc9er -- Those who pushed for Trump to attack Iran are now moving the goalposts for success. #liberty #news
reason.com: Tariffs Are Keeping Interest Rates High -- https://tinyurl.com/28jcfc58 -- The Federal Reserve is unwilling to lower interest rates because there will be some inflation from tariffs coming, Jerome Powell told a Senate committee. #liberty #news
mises.org: Does the “Economy” Actually Exist? -- https://tinyurl.com/266qkuqt -- We speak of the “economy” as though it produces goods. Yet, the term really is a fiction, as purposeful individuals working in cooperation with each other are the real producers. #liberty #news
mises.org: Government is a Racket -- https://tinyurl.com/2cpv3nyg -- The American Revolution was fought to free American colonists from an overbearing British government. Yet, only a few years after independence, Americans had created a constitutional government that would wield much power than anything the British had. #liberty #news
mises.org: To Veatch His Own -- https://tinyurl.com/2d5strct -- As a bookend to last week‘s critical article on Thomistic Aristotelianism of Alasdair MacIntyre, Dr. David Gordon in Friday Philosophy scrutinizes the libertarian-tolerant philosopher Henry B. Veatch. Dr. Gordon finds Veatch‘s arguments much more tolerable. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Wants $25 Million To Settle His Meritless 60 Minutes Lawsuit -- https://tinyurl.com/2awbak5n -- In a legal filing this week, Trump argued that routine edits to a CBS News interview he did not participate in caused him confusion and mental anguish. #liberty #news
mises.org: The American Pravda Sues the Trump Administration -- https://tinyurl.com/278qrxsf -- State-funded media has been a hallmark of the Soviet Union and of all other oppressive, totalitarian regimes in history. #liberty #news
reason.com: Overcrowding and Dysfunction Produced a Quiet Riot at a Miami Federal Prison Holding ICE Detainees -- https://tinyurl.com/26ez3tzn -- Half the elevators at Federal Detention Center Miami are broken. Immigrant detainees are kept on lockdown, and lawyers can barely reach their clients. #liberty #news
mises.org: Price Controls and Drug Shortages in France: A Textbook Case of the Evils of Interventionism -- https://tinyurl.com/266hu6jr -- France is facing critical shortages of a number of drugs, and one need look no further for a cause than a price control regime. Naturally, the French media and government blame capitalism and look to double down on the intervention that has causes this crisis. #liberty #news