mises.org: The FTC versus Fortnite: “Consumer Protection” is Consumer Deception -- https://tinyurl.com/2bm9kgwp -- The Federal Trade Commission has fined the makers of the video game Fortnite more than $500 million ostensibly for violations that have no legal basis. This is yet another case of the feds shaking down producers in the name of “consumer protection.” #liberty #news
mises.org: Trump’s Tariff Ship Has Sailed: The Chinese Ship Levy -- https://tinyurl.com/2yuehlvl -- President Trump is proposing a $1.5 million levy on Chinese-built ships that enter US harbors. Since a majority of cargo ships have been produced by Chinese shipyards, the costs would be substantial. This action also would damage US exports, yet another unintended consequence of US policies. #liberty #news
reason.com: Canada Seeks To Jail Freedom Convoy Organizers for 8 Years -- https://tinyurl.com/25pfxq6q -- Too many government officials see dissent as the worst crime imaginable. #liberty #news
reason.com: Can Trump Use Emergency Powers To Tax All Imports? His Tariffs Are Back in Court on Thursday. -- https://tinyurl.com/23tns9bw -- To win in court, the Trump administration will have to argue against a pair of legal theories that conservatives have spent years developing as a way to check executive power. #liberty #news
mises.org: The US-EU Trade “Deal” is Nothing to Celebrate -- https://tinyurl.com/2deb7uvt -- The White House is boasting about a new trade “deal” with the EU. But every supposed benefit that comes from the agreement applies only to a small subset of the country while leaving the American public, as a whole, worse off. #liberty #news
reason.com: Britain and France Talk Palestinian Statehood -- https://tinyurl.com/243j84v2 -- Plus: Ocasio-Cortez told to pay up, Mao revisionism, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Why Classical-Liberal Constitutionalism Has Failed -- https://tinyurl.com/2y2ucc86 -- The old classical liberal political tactics of constitutionalism, state building, and universal suffrage have clearly failed. #liberty #news
mises.org: Don’t Ship Weapons to Troubled Hot Spots -- https://tinyurl.com/275bh26n -- Once he took office, Trump continued Biden‘s policy of massive arms shipments to Israel. Trump even sent American bombers to attack Iran‘s nuclear facilities. #liberty #news
reason.com: Yes, Tariffs Are Raising Prices -- https://tinyurl.com/25lv9ugn -- And if Trump moves ahead with his threatened August 1 tariff hikes, prices will climb even more. #liberty #news
reason.com: This U.S. Citizen Recorded an Immigration Arrest. Officers Told Him To Delete It or Face Charges. -- https://tinyurl.com/25blpgn2 -- The peaceful traffic stop in Florida turned violent after immigration officers arrived and used chokeholds and a stun gun to make arrests. #liberty #news
reason.com: Privacy Breaches, Dating App Safety, and AI - Oh My! -- https://tinyurl.com/2xztmdwl -- How We Ended up with the Tea App Breach and What Are the Alternatives #liberty #news
reason.com: Shooting at Blackstone, NFL, KPMG Building -- https://tinyurl.com/2cyhzlq8 -- Plus: Wildfires alter air quality across the Northeast, fertility crisis narratives, and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Austrian Perspectives on Social Justice -- https://tinyurl.com/2yq9fpvs -- Many social justice advocates claim to appeal to a “higher law,” but they usually refuse to acknowledge economic laws because those laws stand in their way of creating the just society. #liberty #news
reason.com: Federal Court Rejects Trump Lawsuit Challenging Illinois Sanctuary Policies -- https://tinyurl.com/2aebw7uv -- The court ruled the state and local policies are protected by the Tenth Amendment. #liberty #news
mises.org: Can Surveys Provide Insight Into the State of the Economy? -- https://tinyurl.com/23krqwah -- Surveys used to gauge optimism or pessimism about the economy may be interesting to read, but unless they are the product of sound and realistic economic theory, they are not economically useful. #liberty #news
mises.org: Can Surveys Provide Insight Into the State of the Economy? -- https://tinyurl.com/2496zbj4 -- Surveys used to gauge optimism or pessimism about the economy may be interesting to read, but unless they are the product of sound and realistic economic theory, they are not economically useful. #liberty #news
reason.com: The Age-Gated Internet Is Here -- https://tinyurl.com/25ayjsmz -- Goodbye, online anonymity. #liberty #news
reason.com: The FBI Took Her $40,000 Without Explaining Why. She Fought Back Against That Practice—and Lost. -- https://tinyurl.com/2dfauc8f -- The twist underscores just how little accountability exists in civil forfeiture, which allows law enforcement to seize assets without charging the owner with a crime. #liberty #news
reason.com: Californians Can Now Buy Ammunition Online Just Like Free Americans -- https://tinyurl.com/2yglzlh9 -- Golden State ammunition restrictions have been voided for violating the Second Amendment. #liberty #news
reason.com: N.Y. Appellate Court Rejects Addictive Design Theory in Lawsuit Against Social Media Defendants Over Buffalo Shootings -- https://tinyurl.com/22eh4tv6 -- An excerpt from Patterson v. Meta Platforms, Inc., decided Friday by a panel of the New York intermediate appellate court,…The post N.Y. Appellate Court Rejects Addictive Design Theory in Lawsuit Against Social Media Defendants Over Buffalo Shootings appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: New Tariffs Hit Friday -- https://tinyurl.com/2bxf5dl6 -- Plus: Wealthy parents appease their zoomer socialist children, public broadcasting gets saved (by private donors), and more... #liberty #news
mises.org: Key Elements of a Market-Based Health System -- https://tinyurl.com/278j9e77 -- Most people believe that ours is a “free-market” healthcare system, but nothing could be further from the truth. A true market-based system as explained here would be less costly and more oriented to patient care. #liberty #news
mises.org: Understanding Stablecoins and U.S. Crypto Policy -- https://tinyurl.com/25x8abar -- Bob Murphy and Jason Priddle discuss the Genius Act, stablecoins, and what the future holds for cryptocurrency regulation and monetary freedom. #liberty #news
mises.org: Human Reason as the Foundation of Civilization -- https://tinyurl.com/24pzdjh7 -- Human reason, wrote Ludwig von Mises, is the basis for civilization itself. Western civilization, he said, was built upon economic progress that sprang from reason. However, he also warned that if the West abandoned sound economics, it would trigger its demise. #liberty #news
mises.org: Closing Remarks and Awards Ceremony -- https://tinyurl.com/2xlhocm7 -- Joe Salerno wraps up Mises U 2025. #liberty #news
mises.org: Inflation: True or Out of the Blue -- https://tinyurl.com/26qtm5sj -- Inflation isn’t a mystery. It’s a racket. Politicians spend. The Fed prints. You pay. #liberty #news
reason.com: Appointment of Interim U.S. Attorneys -- https://tinyurl.com/23nq3nur -- The attorney general can appoint interim U.S. Attorneys to successive 120-day terms of office unless the nominee is someone to whom the Senate has refused to give advice and consent by a vote either in committee or on the floor. #liberty #news
mises.org: Will an Iran Cyber Attack Panic Usher In a New Patriot Act? -- https://tinyurl.com/2cpo3cyq -- In the wake of the US bombing of Iran, media outlets are warning about Iran retaliating with cyber attacks on the West. As the public fear of attacks increases, government moves into the void to find new ways to restrict our liberties. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Questionable Role of Quantitative Methods in Economics -- https://tinyurl.com/27nv7al4 -- Austrian economics veers sharply from the economic mainstream over the use of mathematics and quantitative measures. Instead, Austrians build upon irrefutable premises based upon human action. #liberty #news
mises.org: Selling the Public Lands -- https://tinyurl.com/2bfvn6sl -- Some in Congress are floating the idea of selling government land—especially in the West—as a way to pay down federal debt and free more land for housing. While this might seem like a free market “solution,” we should remember that the government is a rapacious monopoly. #liberty #news
mises.org: Selling the Public Lands -- https://tinyurl.com/2932lmxe -- Some in Congress are floating the idea of selling government land -- especially in the West -- as a way to pay down federal debt and free more land for housing. While this might seem like a free market solution, we should remember that the government is a rapacious monopoly. #liberty #news
reason.com: Brickbat: Pretty Tied Up -- https://tinyurl.com/247njx8a -- A federal judge sentenced Mario Stewart, a retired police sergeant in Mount Vernon, New York, to six months in prison…The post Brickbat: Pretty Tied Up appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
reason.com: Lawyers and Families Report Squalid Conditions and Lack of Legal Access at Alligator Alcatraz -- https://tinyurl.com/yt8ux8o5 -- Numerous accounts of lack of showers, overflowing toilets, and inability to meet with lawyers are emerging from the detention center in the middle of the Everglades. #liberty #news
mises.org: Social Engineering under the Fourteenth Amendment -- https://tinyurl.com/ykg6vyeo -- Murray Rothbard called egalitarianism a “revolt against nature,” and he believed that the egalitarianism inherent in the Fourteenth Amendment was socially harmful. Social engineering never turns out well, but that doesn‘t discourage progressives from engaging in it. #liberty #news
mises.org: Debunking the Myth of “Market Fundamentalism” -- https://tinyurl.com/ynkxsnsm -- Critics of free markets such as Oren Cass claim that Austrians and other supporters of the free economy are engaged in “market fundamentalism.” However, support for free markets is not an act of blind faith but is based upon understanding of how markets actually work. #liberty #news
mises.org: Texas Flood Debacle a Predictable Result of 98 Years of Government Flood “Control” -- https://tinyurl.com/2x3stptt -- Lives will continue to be lost in Kerr County, Texas if Texas’s political leadership and citizens believe river alarms will assure safety from flood waters that can rise dozens of feet in minutes in the middle of the night. #liberty #news
reason.com: Today in Supreme Court History: July 12, 1909 -- https://tinyurl.com/yrwerd7o -- 7/12/1909: 16th Amendment is submitted to the states.The post Today in Supreme Court History: July 12, 1909 appeared first on Reason.com. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Forces of Centralization and the Struggle for Freedom -- https://tinyurl.com/yk7xmvze -- Throughout history, decentralization and secession have helped pave the way for more individual freedom. Naturally, political elites want to centralize everything, thus setting off the eternal battle between centralizers and decentralizers. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Homeownership Rate Is Lower Now than it Was 45 Years Ago -- https://tinyurl.com/yorpotzt -- Now is the time to admit that easy-money policy and corporate bailouts—imposed in the name of increasing homeownership—has only made housing more unaffordable. #liberty #news