reason.com: Will Cutting the BAC Limit to .05 Really Make Our Roads Safer? -- -- Utah’s experiment with stricter drunk driving laws has led to more fatalities, not fewer. The push for lower BAC limits is missing the real problem. #liberty #news
reason.com: Are the Two Parties Any Different? -- -- Two former Republican staffers, David Stockman and Stephen Moore, debate the state of the party. #liberty #news
mises.org: Three Contradictions in Krugman’s Take on the Rate Cuts -- -- What’s the point of Fed independence if nobody buys it? #liberty #news
mises.org: The Denarius and the Dollar: Price Controls Then and Now -- -- The more things change, the more they remain the same. In our present age of inflation, we are reminded of how Diocletian and other Roman authorities ordered price controls and other measures to hold down prices. None of these edicts were successful in bringing down prices. #liberty #news
mises.org: An Economy So Strong It Requires Crisis-Level Fed Action -- https://tinyurl.com/24gtbs6m -- The Fed’s specialty is propaganda through data, with a long record of failure. This is by design. Their communication tools must work in overtime, particularly in the face of a decision like this, to avoid “spooking markets”, though this veneer is easy to see through. #liberty #news
reason.com: Medicare and Medicaid Spend More on Native-Born Americans Than Immigrants -- -- Despite anti-immigrant rhetoric, the foreign-born account for nearly 20 percent less public health spending than those born in America. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Second Trump Shooter Believed Exactly What the Establishment Media Wanted Him to Believe -- https://tinyurl.com/23yhcs5z -- After Trump narrowly escaped another assassination attempt, the establishment seems uninterested in the motives of the would-be shooter. Perhaps that’s because he’s echoing the same simplistic narratives about the Ukraine war and Trump that they demand we all believe. #liberty #news
mises.org: Understanding the Basics of Modern Banking -- https://tinyurl.com/26gzg56h -- Banking systems around the world have huge effects on our lives, yet few people understand how banks work. Worse yet, even fewer understand the malign powers of central banks and how this system undermines economies. Thus, it is important to demystify these systems. #liberty #news
reason.com: A Movie Mirrors the Stranger-Than-Fiction Reality of Civil Asset Forfeiture -- -- The outrageous seizure at the center of Rebel Ridge resembles real-life cash grabs. #liberty #news
reason.com: Trump Targeted Again Amidst Rising Tide of Political Violence -- -- Politicians and partisan fanatics spur each other to extremes in what they see as a struggle against evil. #liberty #news