reason.com: Robert Reich Is Wrong About Billionaires—and Almost Everything Else -- -- His ideas would leave us poorer and less free. #liberty #news
mises.org: The Comic Absurdity of a US Sovereign Wealth Fund -- https://tinyurl.com/29taca3b -- The US Government is no stranger to scamming citizens but the latest financial hustle being proposed, a sovereign wealth fund, is a flim-flam on steroids. It needs to be put out of its misery before it makes the rest of us miserable. #liberty #news
mises.org: No, Russia is Not Losing the War in Ukraine: A Reply to Paul Schwennesen -- -- Despite a recent claim in Reason by Paul Schwennesen that a briefly successful Ukrainian advance somehow translates into an ultimate Ukraine victory. The hard facts of the war tell us something different. #liberty #news
reason.com: War Is a Self-Licking Ice Cream Cone -- -- Washington risks Americans’ lives in wars of choice, then uses their deaths to justify more war. #liberty #news
mises.org: Economically-Illiterate Policy Proposals Are Popular, And Economists Are to Blame -- https://tinyurl.com/29rtl2l7 -- Many “mainstream” economists are bothered by the popularity of economically-flawed policy proposals like tariffs and price controls. It’s their own fault. #liberty #news
mises.org: Covid Czar Scandal Is Reminder of Boundless Idiocy and Hypocrisy of the Covid Regime -- https://tinyurl.com/26tpxgw8 -- Remember when progressive governments outlawed church gatherings but sanctioned sex orgies? Yes, it really happened. As more Covid authoritarianism comes to light, we are reminded the government leadership itself during Covid was perverted. #liberty #news
reason.com: Most Chinese E.V. Firms Are Unprofitable. Local Governments Keep Propping Them Up Anyway. -- -- China has dominated the market—thanks in part to a robust industrial policy. #liberty #news
mises.org: Does Technical Knowledge by Itself Drive Economic Growth? -- https://tinyurl.com/2adb2367 -- Ask most people why our economy is advanced, and they will likely will answer, “Technology.” Yet, technical knowledge is meaningless without capital development, and capital development is impossible without real savings. #liberty #news
mises.org: Henri Bergson: The Philosopher of Life and Creative Evolution -- https://tinyurl.com/23tdpzry -- While Henri Bergson did not point his intellectual abilities toward politics, lesser men who were unscrupulous commandeered his ideas to promote their own collectivist ideologies. #liberty #news
mises.org: Past Tense—The Homeless Problem in Star Trek DS9 -- -- When discussing the homeless situation in the US, Star Trek does not usually come to mind. However, one of the episodes, but one episode from about three decades ago was both insightful and prophetic in presenting what would be homelessness in San Francisco. #liberty #news