mises.org: The New Minimum Wage Increase in Nigeria is a Pyrrhic Victory for Organized Labor -- -- The Nigerian government has passed a new minimum wage law, and The Usual Suspects are happy because the country is getting a raise. Economic reality, however, will set in soon enough as people find that government edicts do not create wealth. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Problem with Trump’s Agenda 47 for Homeschoolers -- -- While Donald Trump is trying to appeal to homeschooling families with his Agenda 47 plan, the reality is that by offering tax breaks and subsidies, the federal government ultimately will be able to regulate homeschooling, and federal control will ruin homeschooling as we know it. #liberty #news
reason.com: What Walz and Vance Get Wrong About Opportunity and Mobility -- -- Walz is wrong to attack Vance for leaving home to go to Yale. Vance is wrong to support policies that would close off similar opportunities to others. #liberty #news
mises.org: Back to the Future With Price Controls -- -- Democrat presidential candidate Kamala Harris is demonstrating why monetary debasement has always been a favorite way for government officials to plunder the citizenry. #liberty #news
reason.com: Economic Liberty Now Has No Place In Either Party -- -- The rise of neopopulism means those who prioritize free markets have no political home. #liberty #news
reason.com: America Is Ready To Party -- -- Which is not the same as party politics at all. #liberty #news
reason.com: Neither Harris Nor Her Party Perceives Any Constitutional Constraints on Gun Control -- -- The 2024 Democratic platform devotes five paragraphs to firearm restrictions but does not even allude to the Second Amendment. #liberty #news
reason.com: How Does the Democratic Party Actually Feel About Billionaires? -- -- Sen. Bernie Sanders calls them oligarchs, while Gov. J.B. Pritzker gets cheers when touting his own billionaire status. #liberty #news
mises.org: Kamala Harris Is Not a Radical Communist, but That Makes Her Even More Dangerous -- https://tinyurl.com/26nrmo6o -- Trump has taken to calling Kamala Harris a communist. But a real communist president would be hemmed in by the political class, who wants to keep the profits they’re extracting from us, and limited by a commitment to principles. Harris will not have that problem. #liberty #news
mises.org: John Kenneth Galbraith’s The Great Crash, 1929: A Retrospective -- -- Although John Kenneth Galbraith promoted socialism and Keynesianism, at least he was an entertaining writer. His book, The Great Crash, 1929, provides a readable history of the stock market crash that helped bring on the Great Depression. #liberty #news